Playbill
1865 (printed)
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Playbill for the Theatre Royal, Town Hall, Oxford, 15 August 1865, advertising the 'petite comedy' Who Speaks First, by Charles Dance, with Henry Irving as Captain Charles, followed by a Grand Pas de Deux by Misses F. and C. Taylor, followed by the farce Mudborough Election, by Brough and Halliday, to conclude with the highly successful classical Burlesque extravaganza by F.C. Burnand, Ixion!, with a Grand Ballet Divertisement by the Misses C. and F. Taylor, Miss Fielder and Mrs. Arnott 'incidental to the piece'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printed paper |
| Brief description | Letterpress playbill for The Theatre Royal, Town Hall, Oxford, 15 August 1865, advertising Who Speaks First, with Henry Irving as Captain Charles, followed by Ixion! or, The Man at the Wheel. |
| Physical description | Letterpress broadsheet playbill, printed in black ink on very flimsy white paper. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Part of the Henry Irving Archive, given to the British Theatre Museum Association in January 1959. |
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| Summary | Playbill for the Theatre Royal, Town Hall, Oxford, 15 August 1865, advertising the 'petite comedy' Who Speaks First, by Charles Dance, with Henry Irving as Captain Charles, followed by a Grand Pas de Deux by Misses F. and C. Taylor, followed by the farce Mudborough Election, by Brough and Halliday, to conclude with the highly successful classical Burlesque extravaganza by F.C. Burnand, Ixion!, with a Grand Ballet Divertisement by the Misses C. and F. Taylor, Miss Fielder and Mrs. Arnott 'incidental to the piece'. |
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| Accession number | S.322-2001 |
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| Record created | April 23, 2001 |
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