Sujet

Scene from "Valentine and Orson", at the Lyceum Theatre, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Scene from "Valentine and Orson", at the Lyceum Theatre, 1844. London stage production of 'The well-known story of "Valentine and Orson" - the foundling of the forest of Orleans...taken as the groundwork for a burlesque - the whole of the dialogue is filled with whimsical point and allusions, and written in burlesque verse...Mr. [Robert] Keeley's Orson was the acme of burlesque acting... and his talented little wife [Mary Anne Keeley] made an admirable Valentine...The house wras densely crowded, and the audience tolerably quiet'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A06_401

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,2Mo (3,2Mo) / 42,0cm x 28,8cm / 4960 x 3396 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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