Playbill — Prince of Wales Theatre Birmingham playbill, Birmingham, 1865
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1865
Playbill in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number S.330-2001), made in Birmingham, dated 1865. The museum's brief description reads: Letterpress playbill for the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, 27 September 1865, advertising The Ticket of Leave Man, with Henry Irving as Bob Brierley, followed by the farce Phenomenon in a Smock-Frock..
Museum description: Letterpress broadsheet playbill, with woodcut illustrative heading of a crown with a plume of Prince of Wales' feathers, printed in black ink on very flimsy white paper. The museum records it as Printed paper, measuring Height 69 cm; Width 25.5 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Historical context
Playbill for the Prince of Wales Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham, 27 September 1865, advertising Tom Taylor's drama The Ticket of Leave Man, with Henry Irving as Bob Brierley, followed by the farce by W. Brough, Phenomenon in a Smock-Frock. The playbill notes that the theatre was under the sole management of Mr W.H. Swanborough, and also includes a transcript of a medical certificate issued by Mr. Sothern's doctor, certifying that Mr Sothern 'is totally unfit to continue his Engagement; to act this Evening would be at the tisk of his life.'
Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper, ink
- Dimensions
- Height 69 cm; Width 25.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Printed paper
- Place recorded
- Birmingham
Identification
- Museum object name
- Playbill
- Museum object number
- S.330-2001
- Museum system number
- O59793
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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