Collection of bound playbills from the St. James's Theatre, London, detailing performances by Kate and Ellen Bateman.

Collection of bound playbills from the St. James's Theatre, London, detailing performances by Kate and Ellen Bateman.

St. James's Theatre Kate & Ellen Bateman's performances

[London] : [s.n.], Aug.-Oct. 1851.

1 bound volume and 1 envelope

Bound items include an announcement and later advertisements of the engagement of the Batemans at St. James's theatre, playbill for a dress rehearsal of their first performance, playbills of subsequent performances, and three sheets of collected newspaper reviews of their performances, "Opinions of the London Press".

Plays included in the playbills and advertisements : Bombastes Furioso; The Captain is not a Miss; The Day after the Fair; Day after the Wedding; Macbeth; Merchant of Venice; Old and Young, or the Four Mowbrays; Perfection; [a ballet from] La Peri; Richard III; Simpson & Co.; The Spitalfields Weaver; Spoiled Child; [a ballet from] La Statue Blanche; Sweethearts & Wives; The Swiss Cottage, or Why don't she marry?; Turning the Tables; [a ballet from] La Vivandiere, The Young Couple; Young Scamp.

Bound volume is accompanied by an envelope containing 6 loose items in 8 pieces : photographs of Ellen and Kate Bateman (2), a broadside of collected newspaper reviews of their performances (1 in 3 pieces), Playbill for performances on September 24 and 25 (1), advertisement for a benefit performance on October 6, 1851 (1), and an advertisement for an undated performance of Richard III and Young couple (1).

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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