Details

Subject(s)

• Arne, Thomas Augustine 1710-1778—Comus [Browse]
• Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759 [Browse]
• Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley) 1786-1855 [Browse]
• Cherubini, Luigi 1760-1842 [Browse]
• Milton, John 1608-1674 [Browse]
• Conway, William Augustus 1789-1828 [Browse]
• Incledon, Charles Benjamin 1763-1826 [Browse]
• Sinclair, John 1791-1857 [Browse]
• Diddear, Harriet Elizabeth 1789-1857 [Browse]
• Stephens, Catherine 1794-1882 [Browse]
• Liston, Sarah 1781-1854 [Browse]
• Parker Mrs active approximately 1818-1823 [Browse]
• Kenney, James 1780-1849—Fortune of war! [Browse]
• Abbott, William 1789-1843 [Browse]
• Mathews, Charles 1776-1835 [Browse]
• Liston, John 1776-1835 [Browse]
• Davenport, Mary Ann 1759-1843 [Browse]
• Foote, Maria 1797?-1867 [Browse]
• Pocock, I. (Isaac) 1782-1835—Zembuca [Browse]
• Ware, W. (William) [Browse]
• O'Neill, Eliza 1791-1872 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Playbills [Browse]
• Broadsides [Browse]

Notes

• Entertainment described: Comus(by Milton), (by Handel, Arne, Bishop, and Cherubini, masque); notes: "The original musick by Handel and Arne. With additions by Bishop. The overture by Cherubini. The scenery painted by Mess. Phillips, Whitmore, Pugh, Grieve, Hollogan, Hodgins, and their assistants. The machinery by Mr. Saul. The decorations by Mr. Bradwell. The dresses by Mr. Flower & Miss Egan."
• Entertainment described: The fortune of war! (by Kenney, farce); notes: Playing for the 7th time.
• Entertainment described: Zembuca; or, The net-maker and his wife (melo-dramatick romace); notes: Playing for the 27th time, and featuring an incidental ballet.
• Event described occurred: Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, [London], 1815.05.24.
• Title from item.
• Partial cast list for Comus: Mr. Conway (Comus); Mr. Incledon, Mr. Sinclair (Bacchanals); Mrs. Faucit (Lady); Miss Stephens (First Bacchante, and Pastoral Nymph); Mrs. Liston (Fourth Bacchante); Mrs. Parker (Bacchanalian dance)
• Partial cast list for The fortune of war!: Mr. Abbott; Mr. Mathews; Mr. Liston; Mrs. Davenport; Miss Foote.
• Includes announcements of performances at Covent Garden for the following week--including appearances by Eliza O'Neill--together with the names of some cast members scheduled to appear.
• Princeton copy 2 measures 30 x 15 cm.

With

is mounted onto a sheet measuring 32 x 20 cm; on the other side of this sheet is mounted: [Playbill of Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, 1815, announcing The Grecian daughter and The fortune of war! etc.]. London [England] : E. Macleish, 1815.

Provenance

Princeton copy 1 has the ink stamp of the William Seymour Theatre Collection and the name ''King'' written in graphite on the verso.

Other title(s)

• Comus.
• Fortune of war!
• Zembuca, or, The net-maker and his wife.
• Net-maker and his wife.

Text begins

• Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden this present Wednesday, May 24, 1815, will be acted (9th time) the masque of Comus

OCLC

811445573

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