A "midsummer night's dream" involving William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I and Falstaff. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1859.

Date:
[1859?]
Reference:
2491287i
Part of:
Theá̂tre contemporain illustré
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Description

The dramatis personae include William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I and Falstaff. Falstaff arranges a banquet in honour of Shakespeare. The setting is London: act 1, the Siren inn; act 2, Richmond Park; act 3, Whitehall Palace. The wood engraving shows act 2, scene VII: the drunken Shakespeare ("au comble du deĺire") sees Queen Elizabeth appear at the gothic doorway of a pavilion in Richmond Park; he is dragged away by Olivia

Publication/Creation

[Paris] (Rue Vivienne 2 bis) : Michel Lévy Frères, [1859?]

Physical description

22 pages : letterpress and wood engraving ; sheets 28.8 x 22 cm.

Lettering

Le songe d'une nuit d'été : opeŕa-comique en trois actes par MM. Rosier et de Leuven. Musique de M. Ambroise Thomas repreśenté, pour la première fois, à Paris, sur le Theátre de l'Opeŕa-Comique, le 20 avril 1850

Creator/production credits

Wood engraving signed "A. Belin". Libretto by Joseph-Bernard Rosier and Adolphe de Leuven, for setting to music by Ambroise Thomas

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2491287i

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