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1.
Farewell dinner to J.P. Kemble Esqr. on his retirement from the stage admit [blank] / [graphic]

Creator:
Silvester, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1817]
Call Number:
File 66 817 S58+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraved ticket to the retirement dinner for John Philip Kemble. At the top, a portrait of Kemble's head, irradiated. The text is surrounded by garlands; at the base a banner with a quote from Hamlet "The observed, all observers" woven through a ly...
Alternative Title:
Ticket to farewell dinner for John Philip Kemble
Description:
Title from engraved text.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Farewell dinner to J.P. Kemble Esqr. on his retirement from the stage admit [blank] / [graphic]

2.
[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].

3.
[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]

4.
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].

5.
New Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This present Saturday, Dec. 15, 1810, will be acted Shakspeare's

Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1810 12/5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
E. Macleish, printer, 2, Bow-Street, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Jackman, Isaac, active 1776-1795., 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, Dec. 15, 1810, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy of King John ... : John, King of England by Mr. Kemble ... Faulconbridge by Mr. C. Kemble ... the Lady Constance by Mrs. Siddons ... to which will be added the farce of All the world's a stage ...

6.
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 ...

7.
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 ...

8.
New Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. This present Monday, June 11, 1810, will be acted Shakspeare's

Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1810 6/11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
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 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 ...

9.
New Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. This present Monday, June 4, 1810, will be acted Shakspeare's

Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
File 767 P69B C838 1810 6/4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
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 ...

10.
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This present Monday, February 7, 1814, will be acted Shakspeare's

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.
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 ...