Playbill
1865 (printed)
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Playbill for the Theatre Royal, Town Hall, Oxford, Tuesday 29 August 1865, advertising Boucicault's comedy London Assurance! with Henry Irving as Dazzle and Edmund Phelps as Charles Courtly, concluding with the comic operatic extravaganza Kenilworth, or, ye Queene, ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. Also advertising the programme for Wednesday 30 August 1865, commencing with Tom Taylor's drama Plot and Passion, with Henry Irving as De Neuville and Edmund Phelps as Fouchè, concluding with Kenilworth. Also advertising the programme for Thursday 31 August featuring Shakespeare's Macbeth, with music by Locke.
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| Materials and techniques | Printed paper |
| Brief description | Letterpress playbill for the Theatre Royal, Town Hall, Oxford, 29 August 1865, advertising London Assurance! with Henry Irving as Dazzle, concluding with the comic operatic extravaganza Kenilworth, or, ye Queene, ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. Also advertising the programme for 30th and 31st August 1865. |
| 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, Tuesday 29 August 1865, advertising Boucicault's comedy London Assurance! with Henry Irving as Dazzle and Edmund Phelps as Charles Courtly, concluding with the comic operatic extravaganza Kenilworth, or, ye Queene, ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. Also advertising the programme for Wednesday 30 August 1865, commencing with Tom Taylor's drama Plot and Passion, with Henry Irving as De Neuville and Edmund Phelps as Fouchè, concluding with Kenilworth. Also advertising the programme for Thursday 31 August featuring Shakespeare's Macbeth, with music by Locke. |
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| Accession number | S.328-2001 |
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| Record created | June 14, 2001 |
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