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Field name | Value |
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Title | King Lear |
Document Type | Final or Souvenir Prompt Book |
Reference | Lear 4 |
Primary Association | Macready, William Charles |
Associated Names | Davenport, Edward L., Davenport, Fanny Vining |
Theatre | Haymarket |
Place of Production | London |
Country of Production | Great Britain |
Date of Production | 3 Feb 1851 |
Description | Prompt book transcribed from a Macready book. Contains a partial cast list for Haymarket, 3 Feb 1851 with Macready as Lear and Davenport as Edgar. Calls, some stage business and cues for effects. |
Genre | Tragedy |
Theme(s) | Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; History, Politics and Corruption |
Roles | William Charles Macready - King Lear; Edward L. Davenport - |
Content Keywords | age, family, royalty, betrayal, love, imprisonment, death, madness, suffering |
Context Keywords | cast, character, actor, blocking, business, stage, cues, music, property, lighting, script, sound effects |
Visual Content | Contains a photograph of Edward L. Davenport. |
Additional Information | In 1888, a note reveals that Davenport's widow gifted this book to an actor called Mr Smith. |
Edition | Works, Vol VIII |
Shattuck Code | KL 49 |
Play | King Lear |
Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Prompt books, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |