| Title |
[Mixed playbill for Arcadia, or, The freaks of the passions ; La prima ballerina! ; The student's grave ; The hunchback ; Uncle Tom's cabin : Theatre Collections production file / Royal Britannia Saloon] |
| Corporate Author |
Britannia Theatre (London, England)
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| Publication Details |
1853.
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| Notes |
- At head of playbill: "Celeste Stephan every evening!"
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| Performance Date |
- Performance date: Monday, 25 July 1853, and all week (Wednesday excepted).
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| Summary |
- Playbill for the Royal Britannia Saloon, People's Theatre productions of: Arcadia, or, The freaks of the passions, by Dibdin Pitt, based on "Collins's celebrated Ode"; La prima ballerina!, arranged by Celeste Stephan, who also takes the lead role, with music Mr. Du Laing; and The student's grave, by W. Seaman. On Wednesday, programme as follows: The hunchback [written by James Sheridan Knowles]; A variety of singing and dancing; Uncle Tom's cabin, by Chas Rice [based on a work by Harriet Beecher Stowe]; Arcadia [by Dibdin Pitt].
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| Names |
- Stephan, Celeste, d. 1909. Prima ballerina.
- Seaman, William, comedian. Student's grave.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin.
- Du Laing, Mr. Prima ballerina.
- Rice, Charles, fl. 1850s. Uncle Tom's cabin.
- Pitt, George Dibdin, 1799-1855. Arcadia, or, The freaks of the passions.
- Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862. Hunchback.
- Stephan, Celeste, d. 1909.
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| Subjects |
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| Form |
Playbills -- England -- 1853.
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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 |
38041007508153
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