On the stage of the Drury Lane Theatre, Comedy is hanged, Tragedy is stabbed, and Sheridan the playwright lies dead drunk as the theatre is given over to animal entertainments. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1808.

    • De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832.
    Date:
    1 May 1808]
    Reference:
    38453i
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    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: On the stage of the Drury Lane Theatre, Comedy is hanged, Tragedy is stabbed, and Sheridan the playwright lies dead drunk as the theatre is given over to animal entertainments. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1808. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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