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1. A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

Published / Created:: [between 1762 and 1820?]
Call Number:: 66 762 C697 Shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:: 14
Resource Type:: three-dimensional form
Abstract:: A collection of seven copper theater passes or tickets for London theatres dating between 1762 and approximately 1820, all blank on the obverse sides except for the token for the Box Prince's Side (BPS 1796) which is decorated with a chain of small li...
Description:: Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Theater
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

2. At the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, this present Thursday, being the 22d of May, will be acted a comedy, call'd The constant couple; or, A trip to the jubilee. : The part of Sir Harry Wildair by Mrs Woffington ...

Creator:: Covent Garden Theatre
Published / Created:: [1755]
Call Number:: File 767 P69B C838 1755
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Abstract:: This playbill records a performance at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden of The constant couple by George Farquhar (1676-1707) on 22 May 1755 in which Margaret Woffington (1720?-1760) played the leading part of Sir Harry Wildair - one of the roles fo...
Description:: A playbill.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707., Woffington, Margaret, -1760., and Covent Garden Theatre.
Subject (Topic):: Theater
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > At the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, this present Thursday, being the 22d of May, will be acted a comedy, call'd The constant couple; or, A trip to the jubilee. : The part of Sir Harry Wildair by Mrs Woffington ...

3. At the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Saturday, Nov. 17, 1798 will be preformed a new play, (in five acts) called Lover's vows : the principal characters by Mr. Pope, Mr. Munden, Mr. H. Johnston ... After which will be performed a farce, called Two strings to your bow. ... To which will be added, 11th time, a news musical piece, in one act, called The mouth of the Nile ... in which will be introduced a representation of the battle of the glorious first of August. The overture and music composed by Mr. Attwood ...

Creator:: Covent Garden Theatre
Published / Created:: [1796]
Call Number:: File 767 P69B C838 1798
Image Count:: 1
Description:: At head of title: Twentieth time.
Publisher:: Covent Garden Theatre
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821., Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803., Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre.
Subject (Topic):: Theater
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > At the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Saturday, Nov. 17, 1798 will be preformed a new play, (in five acts) called Lover's vows : the principal characters by Mr. Pope, Mr. Munden, Mr. H. Johnston ... After which will be performed a farce, called Two strings to your bow. ... To which will be added, 11th time, a news musical piece, in one act, called The mouth of the Nile ... in which will be introduced a representation of the battle of the glorious first of August. The overture and music composed by Mr. Attwood ...

4. By desire and under the immediate patronage of Col. Judgson. On Friday evening, July 20th, 1832, will be presented the fashionable comedy of Charles the Second; or, The merry monarch ... To which will be added ... The Irish Tutor; or, The new lights ... The whole to conclude with a truly laughable farce called The illustrious stranger, or, Married and buried ... : Mr. W. Palmer will feel obliged to those shopkeepers who will show the bills to be seen in their windows

Published / Created:: [1832]
Call Number:: File 767 P69B Al452 1832 07/20
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text
Alternative Title:: Theatre, Rothbury. Blue Bell Inn
Description:: Caption title.
Publisher:: Davison, printer
Subject (Geographic):: England, Northumberland., and Northumberland (England)
Subject (Name):: Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852., Glengall, Richard Butler, Earl of, 1794-1858., and Kenney, James, 1780-1849.
Subject (Topic):: Theater
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > By desire and under the immediate patronage of Col. Judgson. On Friday evening, July 20th, 1832, will be presented the fashionable comedy of Charles the Second; or, The merry monarch ... To which will be added ... The Irish Tutor; or, The new lights ... The whole to conclude with a truly laughable farce called The illustrious stranger, or, Married and buried ... : Mr. W. Palmer will feel obliged to those shopkeepers who will show the bills to be seen in their windows

5. By particular desire for this night only, Mr. and Mrs. Gallager respectfully inform the ladies and gentlemen of [blank] that on Wednesday evening, July [blank] at Mr. [blank] they will present A medley of entertainments ... Part I. Mechanism, will be performed The grand le [sic] ombres chinoises ... Part II. Activity, dancing, singing, &c ... By the powers of machinery will be presented an ancient and splendid representation of Egypt, with the town of Rosetta, the places of worship, and ancient fortifications. Likewise the Battle of the Nile, between the English and French fleets ... Neptune riding in his triumphal car ...

Published / Created:: [not before 1798]
Call Number:: File 767 P69B B859+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text
Description:: Title from first line of text.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England, Bristol., and England.
Subject (Topic):: Theater and Shadow shows
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > By particular desire for this night only, Mr. and Mrs. Gallager respectfully inform the ladies and gentlemen of [blank] that on Wednesday evening, July [blank] at Mr. [blank] they will present A medley of entertainments ... Part I. Mechanism, will be performed The grand le [sic] ombres chinoises ... Part II. Activity, dancing, singing, &c ... By the powers of machinery will be presented an ancient and splendid representation of Egypt, with the town of Rosetta, the places of worship, and ancient fortifications. Likewise the Battle of the Nile, between the English and French fleets ... Neptune riding in his triumphal car ...

6. Colonel F. Grant's scrapbook, 1795-1898

Call Number:: Folio LWL Mss Vol. 182
Image Count:: 49
Abstract:: Clippings relating to the French Revolution and Louis XVI; playbills, School for Scandal, New-England weekly journal (numbr. LV. Monday April 8, 1728). With later additions of ephemera, circa 1896-1898. With additions of ephemera related to Fred A. ...
Description:: Colonel F. Grant, book collector and author.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Eaton, Fred. A. (Frederick Alexis).
Subject (Topic):: Theater
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Colonel F. Grant's scrapbook, 1795-1898

7. Hans Buling, a mountebank of great notoriety who frequently exhibited in Covent Garden. From a Delft plate on the back of which are the initials B.S. 1750

Creator:: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:: [probably before 1820s]
Call Number:: 820.00.00.120
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Hans Buling from a Delft plate, full-length, slightly turned to the left, a paper in one hand and holding the chain of a small monkey dressed in clothes with the other, dressed in petticoat breeches and a doublet with a ruff about his nec...
Alternative Title:: Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine vendor, dressed in theatrical costume while selling his wares, assisted by another costumed person and a monkey. Engraving by I.R. Cruikshank after a Delft plate by B.S., 1750
Description:: Title from item.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Buling, Hans,
Subject (Topic):: Quacks and quackery, Entertainers, Impostors and imposture, Monkeys, Performing arts, Theater, Costume, and Playing cards
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Hans Buling, a mountebank of great notoriety who frequently exhibited in Covent Garden. From a Delft plate on the back of which are the initials B.S. 1750

8. In the Free-Mason's Lodge room, at Mr. Cumming's, Nag's Head, Silver Street. Mr. Adcock respectfully solicits the patronage of the ladies, gentlemen, and public in general, on Monday evening December 14th, 1812 ... will be performed ... The Travellers; or Hit or miss. Consisting of recitations, singing and dancing. By Mr. Master and Miss Adcock, from the Theatre-Royal Newcastle. Part I> Excordium ... PArt II. A lecture upon hearts (with appropriate paintings) ... Part III. The barber's petition ... Tickets to be had of Mr. Davison, printer

Published / Created:: [1812]
Call Number:: File 767 P69B Al452 1812 12/14+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text
Description:: Caption title.
Publisher:: Davison, printer
Subject (Geographic):: England, Northumberland., and Northumberland (England)
Subject (Name):: Adcock, Miss (Actor) and Adcock, Master (Actor)
Subject (Topic):: Theater
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > In the Free-Mason's Lodge room, at Mr. Cumming's, Nag's Head, Silver Street. Mr. Adcock respectfully solicits the patronage of the ladies, gentlemen, and public in general, on Monday evening December 14th, 1812 ... will be performed ... The Travellers; or Hit or miss. Consisting of recitations, singing and dancing. By Mr. Master and Miss Adcock, from the Theatre-Royal Newcastle. Part I> Excordium ... PArt II. A lecture upon hearts (with appropriate paintings) ... Part III. The barber's petition ... Tickets to be had of Mr. Davison, printer

9. Letter to Horace Walpole, 1769 May 8.

Creator:: Mason, William, 1725-1797
Call Number:: LWL Mss Vol. 163
Image Count:: 8
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letter from Mason to Horace Walpole, in which Mason writes that he has read Walpole's tragedic play, The Mysterious Mother, several times and has provided a sketch of alterations he believes necessary to improve the ...
Description:: William Mason (1724-1797) was a poet, editor, and gardener. In 1747, his poem "Musaeus, a Monody on the Death of Mr. Pope" was published to acclaim and quickly went through several editions. In 1775, he published the Poems of Mr Gray, a friend who w...
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Mason, William, 1725-1797. and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):: English drama (Tragedy), Family, Incest, Religion, and Theater
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Letter to Horace Walpole, 1769 May 8.

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