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Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
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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 sticks. There are a few women; one who has fainted but is in an erect position owing to the crowd, is being revived with smelling-salts. A man is vomiting. In the foreground two lady's hats, the ribbons partly torn off, lie on the ground with shoes and the broken fragments of a shoe-buckle. In the background two ladies and a man are passing through a narrow door into the theatre itself; through the doorway is seen a section of an upper gallery and boxes below it, both crowded. On the exterior wall, above the heads of the crowd, is a playbill ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the related print
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"., Unsigned and undated; artist attribution and approximate date from those assigned to the related print in the British Museum catalogue. See no. 6769 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6., Inscribed on poster in upper center portion of image: By Command of their MAJESTIES. At the Theatre Royal Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter And Euphrasia Mrs Siddons To which will be added The Devil to Pay Tomorrow the Tragedy of Hamlet HAMLET by MR KEMBLE., and Laid down on wove paper with watermark "B. E. & S."
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].
Published / Created:
[1814]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1814 5/25
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
E. Macleish, printer, 2, Bow-Street, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855., and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Wednesday, May 25, 1814, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy of Julius Caesar ... : Brutus by Mr. Kemble ... to which will be added (25th time) a new grand Asiatick spectacle called Sadak & Kalasrade or, The waters of oblivion ...
Published / Created:
[1814]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1814 5/18
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
E. Macleish, printer, 2, Bow-Street, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Pocock, I. 1782-1835. (Isaac),, and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Wednesday, May 18, 1814, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy of Coriolanus; or, The Roman matron ... : Caius Marcius Coriolanus by Mr. Kemble ... to which will be added a new melo-drama, (interspersed with choruses, &c.) called The miller & his men ...
Published / Created:
[1814]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1814 2/9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., For further information, consult library staff., and Annotation on verso: "A great and overflowing audience from box pit and galleries /2 price at 5 to 9 tragedy over 5 past 10 and all concluded by a /4[?] feast eleven o'clock with Mr Roberts at Piazza Pit Room."
Publisher:
E. Macleish, printer, 2, Bow-Street, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834., and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Wednesday, February 9, 1814 will be acted, Shakspeare's tragedy of Julius Caesar ... : Brutus by Mr. Kemble ... to which will be added the farce of The spoil'd child ...
Published / Created:
[1814]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1817 5/30+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
E. Macleish, printer, 2, Bow-Street, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Bishop, Henry R. 1786-1855. (Henry Rowley),, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823., and Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Friday, May 30, 1817, will be acted Shakspeare's play of Cymbeline ... : Leonatus Posthumus by Mr Kemble ... after which for the 9th time a new operatick drama, in two acts called The libertine. Founded on the interesting story of Don Juan in which will be introduced the celebrated musick in Mozart's Don Giovanni ... Don Juan (the libertine) by Mr. C. Kemble ...
Published / Created:
[1814]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1814 2/7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Last night but two of Mr. Kemble's present engagement
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by E. Macleish, 2, Bow-Street, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Farley, Charles, 1771-1859., and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This present Monday, February 7, 1814, will be acted Shakspeare's play of King Henry the Eighth ... : Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Kemble ... to which will be added (for the 31st time) the new grand pantomime, called Harlequin & the swans or, The bath of beauty ...
Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1810 6/4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
E. Macleish, printer, 2, Bow-Street, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Delpini, Mr. -1828. (Carlo Antonio),, 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 Monday, June 4, 1810, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy of Macbeth ... : Macbeth by Mr. Kemble, Macduff by Mr. C. Kemble ... Lady Macbeth by Mrs. Siddons ... after which, in honour of His Majesty's birth day, the musical piece of The jubilee ... to which will be added the grand serious pantomimical ballet of The deserter of Naples ...
Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1810 6/11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
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 Monday, June 11, 1810, will be acted Shakspeare's historical play of King John ... : John, King of England by Mr. Kemble ... Faulconbridge by Mr. C. Kemble ... Lady Constance by Mrs. Siddons ... after which (for the 52nd and last time) the new comick pantomime, called Harlequin pedlar or, The haunted well ...
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., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
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 ...
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., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
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 ...
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