Document ID ET-D961
| Archive Location | ET PROGS ET-D771-1026 (BL) Loan 125/25/5 |
|---|---|
| Document description | programme |
| Date | 16 January 1893 |
| Document form | D - Programme |
| Document attributes | Annotated |
| Production Date(s) | Monday 16th January 1893 to 20 January 1893 |
| Venue | Royal Lyceum Theatre |
| Time of performance | 2pm 8pm |
| Stage Manager | H. J. Loveday |
| Scene Designer | Ford Madox Brown J. Harker Hawes Craven |
| Costume Maker | Mrs Nettleship Auguste et Cie Mrs Reid |
| Costume Designer | Charles Cattermole Mrs Comyns Carr |
| Music Director | Meredith Ball |
| General notes | Henry Irving as Lear. Gordon Craig as Oswald. Ellen Terry as Cordelia. Music composed by Hamilton Clarke and Meredith Ball. Annotated '20 Jan 1893' on front cover. |
| Language | English |
Works Cited
| Title | King Lear |
|---|---|
| Original author | Shakespeare |
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Royal Lyceum Theatre
Sole Lessee and Manager
MR. HENRY IRVING
KING LEAR
58TH PERFORMANCE.
The Fifteenth Season of the present Management.
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MONDAY TO FRIDAY EVENINGS, JANUARY 16 TO 20, 1893, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, AND MATINEE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, AT 2 O'CLOCK. WILL BE PRESENTED
Shakespeare's Tragedy
KING LEAR.
Lear (King of Britain): Mr. IRVING.
Edgar (son to Gloster): MR. WILLIAM TERRIS.
Edmund (bastard son to Gloster): Mr. FRANK COOPER.
Earl of Gloster: Mr. ALFRED BISHOP.
Earl of Kent: Mr. W.J.HOLLOWAY.
Duke of Cornwall: Mr. HAGUE.
Duke of Albany: Mr. TYARS.
King of France: Mr. PERCIVAL.
Duke of Burgundy: Mr. BOND.
Curan (a courtier): Mr. HARVEY.
Old Man (tenant to Gloster): Mr. HOWE.
Fool: Mr. HAVILAND.
Oswald (steward to Goneril): Mr. GORDON CRAIG.
Physician: Mr. LACY.
A Knight: Mr. TABB.
A Genetleman: Mr. IAN ROBERTSON.
An Officer: Mr. LORRISS.
A Herald: Mr. BELMORE.
A Messenger: Mr. POWELL.
(Daughters to Lear):
Goneril (wife to Albany): Miss ADA DYAS.
Regan (wife to Cronwall): MISS MAUD MILTON.
AND
Cordelia: Miss ELLEN TERRY.
Knights attending on LEAR, Offiers, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
The Lyceum Theatre is throughout Heated and Ventilated.
Synopsis of Scenery.
ACT I.
SCENE 1.-King Lear's Palace - J. Harker
SCENE 2.-Earl of Gloster's Castle - J. Harker
SCENE 3. Duke of Albany's Castle - J. Harker
ACT II.
SCENE 1 .-Court within Gloster's Castle - J. Harker
SCENE 2. Open Country - Hawes Craven
SCENE 3.-Court within Gloster's Castle - J. Harker
ACT III.
SCENE I.- A Heath - Hawes Craven
SCENE 2.-Another part of the Heath - Hawes Craven
SCENE 3.-Farm-house - Hawes Craven
ACT IV.
SCENE 1 .-Albany's Castle - J. Harker
SCENE 2 .-Open Country - Hawes Craven
SCENE 3.-Country near Dover - Hawes Craven
SCENE 4. -French Camp - Hawes Craven
SCENE 5.-Tent in the French Camp - Hawes Craven
ACT V.
SCENE 1 .-British Camp near Dover - Hawes Craven
SCENE 2.--The same - Hawes Craven
SCENE.-BRITAIN.
The Scenes of Lear's Palace and Gloster's and Albany's Castles are from designs by FORD MADOX BROWN.
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MATINEE OF KING LEAR. Saturday next, January 21, 1893, AT 2 o'clock.
LEAR (King of Britian): MR. IRVING
CORDELIA: MISS ELLEN TERRY
Box Office now open. On this Evening the Theatre will be closed.
MR. IRVING
begs to announce that he will have the honour to produce at the Lyceum Theatre on MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1893,
"BECKET"
BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON.
Becket: Mr. IRVING.
King Henry: Mr. WILLIAM TERRISS.
Queen Eleanor: Miss GENEVIEVE WARD.
Rosamund: Miss ELLEN TERRY.
"BECKET" will be played on every following Evening, except Mondays, when "KING LEAR" will be performed.
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Overture in C minor.
Act II. Interlude in F minor. Allegro moderato sul agitato.
Act III.-Entr'acte in B minor.
Allegro agitato.
Act IV.-Interlude in F minor.
Andante espressivo.
Act V.-Entr'acte in D minor.
Allegro molto agitato.
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THE INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY MR. MEREDITH BALL.
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Musical Director - MR. MEREDITH BALL. Chrous-Master-Mr. TABB.
The Costumes, &c., from Designs by Mr. CHARLES CATTERMOLE and Mrs. COMYNS CARR, executed by Mrs. NETTLESHIP, AUGUSTE ET CIE., and Mrs. RIED. Perruquier, Mr. Fox. Appointments by Mr. ARNOTT. machinist, Mr. FILLERY.
The Intervals between the Acts are: After ActI., 8 minutes; after Act II., 8 minutes; after Act III., 7 minutes; after Act IV., 7 minutes.
Stage Manager - Mr. H. J. LOVEDAY.
Musical Director - Mr MEREDITH BALL.
Acting Manager - Mr. BRAM STOKER.
The Bill of the Play is in every part of the House supplied without charge.
No Fees of any kind are permitted, and Mr. Irving trusts that in his endeavours to carry out this arrangement, he may rely on the co-operation of the Public, who are requested, should there be any cause of complaint, to refer at once to the Acting Manager.
Doors open at 7.30. Performance commences at 8. Carriages at 10.30.
MATINEE.-Doors open at 1.30. Performance commences at 2. Carriages at 4.30.
The only authorised book of Mr. Irving's acting version of "KING LEAR" is to be had in the Theatre, Price One Shilling, or Post-free by letter.
This Theatre lis lighted by Electricity, supplied by The Electricity Supply Corporation, Limited.
Opera Glasses can be had on Hire from the Cloak-room Attendants, One Shilling each.
Box Office open 10 to 5, under the direction of Mr. JOSEPH HURST.
Private Boxes, £2 2s. to £4 4s.; Stalls, 10s 6d.; Dress Circle, 7s.; Upper Circle, 4s.; Amphitheatre, 2s.6d.; Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, 1s.
NO FEES OF ANY KIND.
SOUVENIR OF "KING LEAR," PRICE ONE SHILLING. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY J.BERNARD PARTRIDGE AND HAWES CRAVEN. To be had at the Theatre or Post-free by letter.
Novello, London.
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MR. IVRING much regrest that owning to a temporary indisposition he is unable to play this monring. The part of "King Lear" will therefore be taken by MR. HOLLOWAY.
LYCEUM THEATRE. 21st January, 1893.
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