| Title |
[Mixed playbill for Mazeppa, or, The wild horse of Tartary ; The golden days of good Queen Bess, or, Half-an-hour with William Shakespeare : Theatre Collections production file / Pavilion Theatre, Eastern Opera House] |
| Corporate Author |
Pavilion Theatre (Whitechapel Road, London, England)
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| Publication Details |
1862.
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| Notes |
- Proprietor: Mr. John Douglass.
- Director of the arena: Mr. Van Hare.
- Acting manager: Mr. Lupino.
- Playbill contains three small illustrations for Mazeppa.
- At head of playbill: "Grand equestrian & olympic carnival and last night but one of Van Hare's Magic Circus. For the Benefit of Mr. Van Hare. Double equestrian & gymnastic entertainments".
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| Performers |
- Cast includes: Mr. J.B. Howe.
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| Performance Date |
- Performance date: Friday, 4 April 1862.
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| Summary |
- Playbill for the Pavilion Theatre, Eastern Opera House's productions of: the equestrian drama, Mazeppa, or, The wild horse of Tartary [from a work by Lord Byron]; various entertainments including, amongst others, Mr. Van Hare's "Thousand guinea dog", Napoleon, Leonardo the boneless youth, Madlle. Halversen in her flight through a number of balloons, Les Freres Ellis, gymnasts, The Moorish Chiefs in their flying leaps, and, Atlas, the beautiful black horse; and, a brochure of an entirely novel construction, The golden days of good Queen Bess, or, Half-an-hour with William Shakespeare, with Queen Elizabeth played by the "little Fairy Queen, 18 years of age, the smallest lady in the world ...".
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| Names |
- Van Hare, G., b. 1815.
- Fairy Queen, fl. 1862.
- Howe, J. B. (J. Burdett), 1828-1908.
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
- Mazepa, Ivan Stepanovych, 1639-1709.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Mazeppa.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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| Corporate Names |
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| Subjects |
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| Added Authors |
Douglass, John, 1814-1874.
Van Hare, G., b. 1815.
Lupino, fl. 1862.
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| Form |
Playbills -- England -- 1862.
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| Material |
Playbill
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| Record Origin |
Catalogued as part of the JISC East London Theatre Archive project. |
| Local ID |
38041008517302
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