Manners, Mirrors and Magic – ancestors in the theatrical space
[Attending the]… theatre was ‘a noisy, boisterous, contact sport, a public bear-pit in which servants, parliamentarians, butchers, Trinity students, haberdashers and “ladies of quality”…
Theatres and Stages
A Georgian Scene-Painter
Michael Angelo Rooker’s water-colour illustrating himself at work is one of the most remarkable paintings in theatre history. Rarely has a theatre artisan presented himself…
The Green Curtain: strolling players and a life upon the road
Hogarth’s famous illustration of Strolling Players dressing in a barn The players have come to town and their arrival is hailed with the beating…
Robert Adam and Drury Lane
‘The stage-doors, for united elegance and delicacy, are superior to any thing of the kind we have seen or heard of in this…
The Medieval Stage
Jean Fouquet’s miniature of The Martyrdom of Saint Apollonia was probably commissioned to celebrate the Saint’s feast day for the twelfth centennial of her martyrdom in 1449. It shows…
The Drury Lane Theatre riot
In his book The pin-basket to the children of Thespis, Anthony Pasquin (aka John Williams) provides a wonderful account of the riot at the Drury…