The Cricket on the Hearth, The Old School and The Bee and the Orange Tree
Playbill
1846 (printed)
1846 (printed)
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Playbill advertising The Cricket on the Hearth, The Old School, and The Bee and the Orange Tree, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 14 February 1846.
This was the 18th performance of The Cricket on the Hearth, described as 'an entirely New Drama, founded on the New Christmas Tale, by Charles Dickens, Esq.' Dickens' Christmas novel about the cricket whose chirruping protected the Peerybingle family had only been published in December 1845, but Ben Webster made a speedy (and unauthorised) stage adaptation that opened at his theatre on 6th January 1846, starring John Baldwin Buckstone as Tilly Slowboy, and William Farren as Caleb Plummer.
It was followed by the 5th performance of 'a New Original Comedy in Two Acts', The Old School, and the 44th performance of 'the Successful New Fairy Extravaganza', The Bee and the Orange Tree, also decribed on the playbill as 'an entirely new Grand Christmas Fairy Extravaganza In One Act.... founded on the Countess d'Anois' [sic] Fairy Tale 'L'Abeille et L'Oranger'[sic]. The text is referring to the French author of fairy tales Marie-Catherine Baronne d'Aulnoy and her fairy story L'Orangier et l'Abeille from Les Contes des Fées (1697).
After their triumphant success in Ion the previous evening, the playbill notes the return of sisters Charlotte and Susan Cushman in Ion the following week, starring Charlotte in the title role and Susan as Clemanthe, and Romeo and Juliet with Charlotte as Romeo, Susan as Juliet, and Mrs. Glover as the Nurse.
This was the 18th performance of The Cricket on the Hearth, described as 'an entirely New Drama, founded on the New Christmas Tale, by Charles Dickens, Esq.' Dickens' Christmas novel about the cricket whose chirruping protected the Peerybingle family had only been published in December 1845, but Ben Webster made a speedy (and unauthorised) stage adaptation that opened at his theatre on 6th January 1846, starring John Baldwin Buckstone as Tilly Slowboy, and William Farren as Caleb Plummer.
It was followed by the 5th performance of 'a New Original Comedy in Two Acts', The Old School, and the 44th performance of 'the Successful New Fairy Extravaganza', The Bee and the Orange Tree, also decribed on the playbill as 'an entirely new Grand Christmas Fairy Extravaganza In One Act.... founded on the Countess d'Anois' [sic] Fairy Tale 'L'Abeille et L'Oranger'[sic]. The text is referring to the French author of fairy tales Marie-Catherine Baronne d'Aulnoy and her fairy story L'Orangier et l'Abeille from Les Contes des Fées (1697).
After their triumphant success in Ion the previous evening, the playbill notes the return of sisters Charlotte and Susan Cushman in Ion the following week, starring Charlotte in the title role and Susan as Clemanthe, and Romeo and Juliet with Charlotte as Romeo, Susan as Juliet, and Mrs. Glover as the Nurse.
Object details
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| Title | The Cricket on the Hearth, The Old School and The Bee and the Orange Tree (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed paper |
| Brief description | Playbill advertising The Cricket on the Hearth, The Old School and The Bee and the Orange Tree, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 14 February 1846 |
| Physical description | Letterpress playbill, printed in two columns, advertising The Cricket on the Hearth, The Old School and The Bee and the Orange Tree, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 14 February 1840. The playbill gives the casts of the plays and lists the scenes of The Bee and the Orange Tree. There is also an announcement of forthcoming performances by the Cushman sisters in Ion and Romeo and Juliet. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by Mrs Buckeridge in October 1964. |
| Summary | Playbill advertising The Cricket on the Hearth, The Old School, and The Bee and the Orange Tree, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 14 February 1846. This was the 18th performance of The Cricket on the Hearth, described as 'an entirely New Drama, founded on the New Christmas Tale, by Charles Dickens, Esq.' Dickens' Christmas novel about the cricket whose chirruping protected the Peerybingle family had only been published in December 1845, but Ben Webster made a speedy (and unauthorised) stage adaptation that opened at his theatre on 6th January 1846, starring John Baldwin Buckstone as Tilly Slowboy, and William Farren as Caleb Plummer. It was followed by the 5th performance of 'a New Original Comedy in Two Acts', The Old School, and the 44th performance of 'the Successful New Fairy Extravaganza', The Bee and the Orange Tree, also decribed on the playbill as 'an entirely new Grand Christmas Fairy Extravaganza In One Act.... founded on the Countess d'Anois' [sic] Fairy Tale 'L'Abeille et L'Oranger'[sic]. The text is referring to the French author of fairy tales Marie-Catherine Baronne d'Aulnoy and her fairy story L'Orangier et l'Abeille from Les Contes des Fées (1697). After their triumphant success in Ion the previous evening, the playbill notes the return of sisters Charlotte and Susan Cushman in Ion the following week, starring Charlotte in the title role and Susan as Clemanthe, and Romeo and Juliet with Charlotte as Romeo, Susan as Juliet, and Mrs. Glover as the Nurse. |
| Associated object | S.949-1996 (Object) |
| Other number | 1964/G/81 - BTMA accession number |
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| Accession number | S.338-2016 |
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