The smallest theatre in the world! Tavistock House. Lessee and manager, Mr. Crummles. On Tuesday evening, June 19th, 1855, will be presented an entirely new and original domestic melo-drama, in two acts, by Mr. Wilkie Collins, now first performed, called The lighthouse ... to conclude with the Guild Amateur-Company's farce, in one act, by Mr. Crummles and Mark Lemon, Mr. Nightingale's diary ...
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The smallest theatre in the world! Tavistock House. Lessee and manager, Mr. Crummles. On Tuesday evening, June 19th, 1855, will be presented an entirely new and original domestic melo-drama, in two acts, by Mr. Wilkie Collins, now first performed, called The lighthouse ... to conclude with the Guild Amateur-Company's farce, in one act, by Mr. Crummles and Mark Lemon, Mr. Nightingale's diary ...
Produced
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1855?]
Description
1 sheet ; 36 x 28 cm
Associated name
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, associated name, issuing body.
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889, associated name.
Berger, Francesco, 1834-1933, associated name.
Egg, Augustus Leopold, 1816-1863, associated name.
Guild of Literature and Art, associated name.
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889, associated name.
Berger, Francesco, 1834-1933, associated name.
Egg, Augustus Leopold, 1816-1863, associated name.
Guild of Literature and Art, associated name.
Note
Printed in red and black.
Privately staged in Dickens's London house. He "assumes here the nom de plume of 'Mr. Crummles'"--Podeschi.
Playbill for a performance at Tavistock House on June 16, 1855. Playbill advertises the inaugural performance of Wilkie Collins's 'The Lighthouse', at one of Charles Dickens's private theatrical parties, featuring performances by Augustus Egg, Wilkie Collins, several of Dickens's children, and George Hogarth, with music composed by Francesco Berger. Dickens's pseudonym "Mr. Crummles" is derived from his 1839 novel Nicholas Nickleby.
Privately staged in Dickens's London house. He "assumes here the nom de plume of 'Mr. Crummles'"--Podeschi.
Playbill for a performance at Tavistock House on June 16, 1855. Playbill advertises the inaugural performance of Wilkie Collins's 'The Lighthouse', at one of Charles Dickens's private theatrical parties, featuring performances by Augustus Egg, Wilkie Collins, several of Dickens's children, and George Hogarth, with music composed by Francesco Berger. Dickens's pseudonym "Mr. Crummles" is derived from his 1839 novel Nicholas Nickleby.
Cited/described in
Podeschi, J.B. Dickens, H865
Genre/form
Playbills.
Geographic name
London (England), event place.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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BILL Box G2 T19 1855
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No case or accession number present