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Subject(s)

• Shakespeare, William 1564-1616—Coriolanus [Browse]
• Kemble, John Philip 1757-1823 [Browse]
• Murray, Charles 1754-1821 [Browse]
• Conway, William Augustus 1789-1828 [Browse]
• Simmons, Samuel approximately 1773-1819 [Browse]
• Powell, Jane approximately 1761-1831 [Browse]
• Ware, W. (William).—Harlequin Whittington, Lord Mayor of London [Browse]
• Whittington, Richard -1423—Drama [Browse]
• Bologna, John Peter 1775-1846 [Browse]
• Norman, R. H. (Richard Henry) 1787 or 1788-1858 [Browse]
• Grimaldi, Joseph 1779-1837 [Browse]
• Parker Mrs active approximately 1818-1823 [Browse]
• Garnerin, André Jacques 1769-1823 [Browse]
• Pantomimes with music—Performances—England—London [Browse]
• Harlequin (Fictitious character)—Drama [Browse]
• Balloon ascensions—Drama [Browse]
• Fireworks in the theater [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Drama [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Playbills [Browse]
• Broadsides [Browse]

Notes

• Entertainment described: Coriolanus (by Shakspeare, tragedy); notes: "A correct edition of the play (revised by Mr. Kemble) may be had in the theatre."
• Entertainment described: Harlequin Whittington, Lord Mayor of London (pantomime); notes: Playing for the 40th time, and featuring an "ascent of a balloon and parachute by Mons. Garnerin, carrying Mlle Blanche Garnerin, who will descend in the parachute from the roof, over the audience, on to the stage. To conclude with the grand display of fireworks, by Signor Rugieri (the celebrated artificer of Tivoli)."
• Event described occurred: Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, [London], 1815.05.15.
• The chorus of Coriolanus not indexed.
• Title from item.
• Partial cast list for Coriolanus: Mr. Kemble (Caius Marcius Coriolanus (for the last time)); Mr. Murray (Brutus); Mr. Simmons (Citizen); Mrs. Renaud (Volumnia);
• Partial cast list for Harlequin Whittington: Mr. Bologna, Jun. (Dick Whittington, (afterwards Harlequin)); Mr. Norman (Alderman Gobble, (afterwards Pantaloon)); Mr. Grimaldi (Dame Cicely Suet, (afterwards Clown)); Mrs. Parker (Miss Alice (afterwards Colombine))

With

Ex copy 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 A grand selection]. London [England] : E. Macleish, 1815.

Provenance

Ex copy has a contemporary newspaper clipping mounted onto the left margin of the backing paper; the article refers to the fact that, due to J.P. Kemble's illness, the title character was played by W.A. Conway on the night of May 15, 1815.

Other title(s)

• Coriolanus.
• Harlequin Whittington, Lord Mayor of London.

Text begins

Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. This present Monday, May 15, 1815, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy of Coriolanus

OCLC

811444992

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