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Field name | Value |
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Title | Property Book Used by Charles Kean |
Document Type | Manuscript |
Reference | T.a. 68 |
Case Study | RichIII10 |
Publication Date | c.1850 |
Date of Production | n.d. |
Description | A book made to resemble a medieval manuscript, used by Charles Kean in Hamlet, act II, scene ii. A note on the endleaf of the book from Fred Belton to Wilson Barrett states that it was the property prayerbook used by Edmund Kean in Richard III and Charles Kean in Hamlet, but elsewhere it is identified as having been made for Charles Kean in the 1850s. |
Genre | History; Crime/Mystery; Tragedy |
Theme(s) | Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; War, Empire and Colonialism |
Roles | Edmund Kean - Richard III; Charles Kean - Richard III |
Content Keywords | war, royalty, power, greed, love, death, crime, family |
Context Keywords | property, actor, costume |
Visual Content | Contains colourful illustrations depicting characters, costumes and scenes. |
Play | Richard III |
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. |