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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Playhouses, Theatres and Other Places of Public Amusement in London and its Suburbs from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to William IV. Vol. V [ The Kings Theatre, Haymarket Theatre, The English Opera House (or Lyceum)] |
| Date | 1777-1875 |
| Document Type | Scrapbook |
| Library/Archive | The Garrick Club Library |
| Collection Name | Illustrated chronicle |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Illustrated with portraits, views, plans, drawings, caricatures, autographs, manuscripts, tickets, play-bills, music sheets, advertisements of performances and other ephemera. Includes a notice from the opera house creditors, an advertisement for a presentation on the zodiac, a planetarium, and information on the destruction of the English opera house by fire. |
| Theme | Celebrity Culture & Fashion Business & Finance Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle |
| Theatre | The King's Theatre, Haymarket The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket Lyceum Theatre English Opera House |
| Theatre Manager | Foote, Samuel Crawford, Peter & Co Colman, George Harris, Thomas Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Cobb, James O'Keeffe, John Gallini, J A Kemble, John Philip Colman the Younger, George |
| Actor | Gras, Doras Grisi, Carlotta, Elser, Fanny Falcon, Mrs Foote, Samuel Weston, Thomas Palmer, Mr Elliston, Robert William Young, Mr Bartlett, Mr Kelly, Miss |
| Keywords | theatre fire history music sheets history actor architecture Shakespeare newspaper advertisement science |
| Copyright | The Garrick Club Library |