Princess's Theatre, London

Creator

Boeve, Ervina

Subject

Theater--History--19th century
Theaters--England

Description

1850--English--Macbeth at Princess's Theatre, London--from 1850-1859, Charles Kean, son of Edmund, managed this theatre and made is a fashionable resort which even Queen Victoria frequented. Kean initiated a shift from after pieces to curtain raisers to accommodate late arrivals, and he also did away with incidental entertainments.

Original Date

1850

Digitized Date

Mon, 07/02/2001

Original Media

Image

Original Format

image/slide

Digital Format

image/tif

Local Identifier

theaterhistory655

Coverage

Theaters
Theater Architecture
1800-1899
English
London
Macbeth
Charles Kean