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11.
New Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Saturday, May 26, 1810, will be acted Shakspeare's

Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1810 5/26
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
This present Saturday, May 26, 1810, will be acted Shakspeare's historical play of King Henry the Eighth ...
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
E. Macleish, printer, 2, Bow-Street, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841., Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823., Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854., and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > New Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Saturday, May 26, 1810, will be acted Shakspeare's historical play of King Henry the Eighth ... : Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Kemble ... Cromwell, Mr. C. Kemble ... Katharine, Queen of England, Mrs. Siddons ... ; to which will be added (first time this season) the musical entertainment of The escapes; or, The water carrier ...

12.
Acting magistrates committing themselves being their first appearance on this stage, as performed

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately September 1809]
Call Number:
809.09.00.06++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The stage of Covent Garden Theatre is seen from the right with a small part of the pit in the left foreground; the boxes and galleries adjoining the stage form the background on the left. The pittites are standing and blow trumpets, spring rattles, r...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823., Nares, John, 1754-1816., Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818., Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849., Dickons, Maria, approximately 1774-1833., Harris, Thomas, -1820., Reed, James, active 1808., Mountain, Rosoman, approximately 1768-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Stages (Platforms), Actors, Orchestras, Theater audiences, Theaters, and 1809
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Acting magistrates committing themselves being their first appearance on this stage, as performed at the National Theatre Convent Garden, Sepr. 18, 1809 [graphic].

13.
[The monster melo-drama] [graphic]

Creator:
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 December 1807]
Call Number:
807.12.04.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A four-footed monster, with four human heads, the long hairy body resembling that of a dog, stand in an open space in front of the theatres of Covent Garden (left) and Drury Lane (right), the latter partly obscured by clouds rising from the ground, a...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published for the Satirist, Decr. 4th, 1807, by S. Tipper, Leadenhall Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Covent Garden Theatre,, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837, Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837., Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Monsters, Dramatists, Theaters, Daggers & swords, and Geese
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The monster melo-drama] [graphic]

14.
[The pit door] [art original].

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784]
Call Number:
Drawings D574 no. 12 Box D205
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A struggling crowd, partly within and partly without the pit door, a spiked gateway, of Drury Lane Theatre. Men, respectably dressed but of plebeian appearance, stand in the foreground on the outskirts of the crowd or fight their way in, some with st...
Alternative Title:
Porte du parterre
Description:
Title from related print, which bears both the English title "The pit door" and the French title "La porte du parterre".
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823., Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831., and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Theaters, Crowds, Gates, Doors & doorways, Vomiting, Loss of consciousness, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The pit door] [art original].