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.
"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