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2.
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- By permission of the Right Hon. the Lord-Mayor. For the benefit of Mr. Brown. At the Theatre in Smock-Alley
- Description:
- Caption title., Place of publication derived from theatre., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 181.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Charles, 1679-1748. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > This present Tuesday, being the 26th of February, 1760, will be presented, a comedy, called, The country lasses ... : to which will be added, a farce, called High-life below-stairs ...
3.
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- By permission of the Right Hon. the Lord-Mayor. Not acted this season. For the benefit of Mr. Kennedy at the theatre in Smock-Alley
- Description:
- Caption title., Place of publication derived from theatre., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 182.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Centlivre, Susanna, 1667?-1723. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > This present Monday being the 3d of March, 1760, will be presented, a comedy, called, The wonder a woman keeps a secret ... : between the play and farce, Bucks, have at ye all, by Master Kennedy ... to which will be added, a farce, called, High-life below-stairs ...
4.
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- By permission of the Right Hon. the Lord-Mayor. At the Theatre in Smock-Alley. For the benefit of Mr. Duvall
- Description:
- Caption title., Place of publication derived from theatre., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 179.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hoadly, Dr. 1706-1757. (Benjamin), and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > This present Friday, being February, the 22d, 1760, will be presented a comedy, called The suspicious husband ... : to which will be added, a farce, called, High-life below-stairs ...
5.
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- By permission of the Right Hon. the Lord-Mayor. By desire. For the benefit of Mr. Brown. At the Theatre in Smock-Alley
- Description:
- Caption title., Place of publication derived from theatre., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 180.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > On Tuesday next, being the 26th of February, 1760, will be presented a comedy, called, Rule a wife ... : to which will be added, a farce, called High-life below-stairs ...
6.
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- By permission of the Right Hon. the Lord-Mayor. At the Theatre in Smock-Alley. For the benefit of Mr. Cullen, box-keeper
- Description:
- Caption title., Place of publication derived from theatre., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 183.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > On Thursday the 6th day of March, 1760, will be presented, a comedy, called, Much-ado about nothing ... : to which will be added, a farce, called, High-life below-stairs ...
7.
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- By permission of the Right Hon. the Lord-Mayor. At the Theatre in Smock-Alley. By particular desire of several ladies of quality. For the benefit of John Burns, born deaf and dumb
- Description:
- Caption title., Place of publication derived from theatre., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 184.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > On Monday the 10th day of March, 1760, will be presented, a comedy, called, The confederacy ... : to which will be added, a farce, called, High-life below-stairs ...
8.
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- By permission of the Right Hon. the Lord-Mayor. At the theatre in Smock-Alley. For the benefit of Mr. Wilkinson. By desire
- Description:
- Caption title., Place of publication derived from theatre., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 177.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Home, John, 1722-1808. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > On Friday the 15th Day on February, 1760, will be presented, the tragedy of Douglas ... : between the play and the farce, Mr. Wilkinson will treat the ladies and gentlemen with Comic lecture; or, Dish of all sorts ... to which will be added, a new farce, called High life below stairs ...
9.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 23d Feby. 1774.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 71. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bench in a kitchen on which are seated, from left to right: the coachman, half asleep; the huge cook seated facing us, arms akimbo; and a rather drowsy black boy. A shelf with pots and pans on it is on the wall to the left. At the extreme right is a grandfather clock. There are two drawings pinned to the wall
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of dialogue etched below title: Coachman: You go." Cook: Hang me if I go." Kingston: Mollsey, Pollsey go.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: High life below stairs -- Amateur theatricals -- Domestic service: Coachman -- Kingston -- Black foot-boy -- Reference to William Ann Holles, earl of Essex, 1732-1799., Mounted on page 71 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.6 x 29.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Coach drivers, Cooks, Servants, Longcase clocks, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs as it was represented at Cashiobury, the seat of the Earl of Essex / [graphic]
10.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 23d Feby. 1774.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 774.02.23.01.2+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 71. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bench in a kitchen on which are seated, from left to right: the coachman, half asleep; the huge cook seated facing us, arms akimbo; and a rather drowsy black boy. A shelf with pots and pans on it is on the wall to the left. At the extreme right is a grandfather clock. There are two drawings pinned to the wall
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of dialogue etched below title: Coachman: You go." Cook: Hang me if I go." Kingston: Mollsey, Pollsey go.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: High life below stairs -- Amateur theatricals -- Domestic service: Coachman -- Kingston -- Black foot-boy -- Reference to William Ann Holles, earl of Essex, 1732-1799., and Watermark, trimmed.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Coach drivers, Cooks, Servants, Longcase clocks, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs as it was represented at Cashiobury, the seat of the Earl of Essex / [graphic]
11.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- 770.00.00.103+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of a kitchen showing servants at leisure: a stout woman dances with a black man in the centre accompanied by a man with a wooden leg who sits playing a violin on the left; watched by others on the right, a young woman standing on a chair and supported by a young man, while a seated man wearing a tricorn smiles and points at her and an elderly woman stands with her arms folded under her apron, a dog at her heels; two posters pasted on the wall behind, shelves, bellows and other kitchen implements in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of the same design
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publisher and approximate date of publication from smaller version in the British Museum; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.344., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark., A depiction of a scene from a performance of High life below stairs (1759), the popular Georgian comedy by James Townley., For a related drawing, attributed to Francis Grose, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Drawings G877 no. 1., and Laid down on stiff sheet.
- Publisher:
- Carington Bowles?
- Subject (Name):
- Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Interiors, Kitchens, Servants, Peg legs, Violins, Bellows, Dogs, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs [graphic].
12.
- Creator:
- Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
- Published / Created:
- [1761]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- By the Bath Company of Comedians
- Description:
- Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 74., and Dated in ms.
- Publisher:
- New Theatre in Portsmouth
- Subject (Name):
- Jones, Henry, 1721-1770. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > At the New Theatre in Portsmouth, this present Wednesday, being the 22d of July, will be presented a tragedy, call'd The Earl of Essex ... : to which will be added a farce, call'd High life below stairs ... ickets to be had at the Fountain ... and the Wheat Sheaf on the common. N.B. Nothing under full price will be taken
13.
- Creator:
- Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
- Published / Created:
- [1761]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- By desire and This present Thursday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a comedy ...
- Description:
- Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 77., and Dated in mss.
- Publisher:
- New Theatre in Portsmouth
- Subject (Name):
- Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > At the New Theatre in Portsmouth, this present Thursday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a comedy, call'd She wou'd and she wou'd not or The kind imposter ... : to which will be added a farce, call'd, High life below stairs ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and at the India Arms in Gosport. N.B. The whole performance will be over at half an hour past ten