Description: Rare, antique Theatre Playbill / Poster, dated Jan 6, 1847, The Royal Grecian Saloon, also known as The Royal Grecian Theatre - inscribed in pencil by previous bookseller to top blank margin. The Royal Grecian Theatre was a theatre devoted to music hall, in the grounds of the Eagle Tavern, a public house located at Shepherdess Walk, just off the City Road, in Shoreditch, London's East End. It is best known for its association with the nursery rhyme Pop goes the Weasel. (Up and down the City Road, In and out the Eagle, That's the way the money goes, Pop goes the Weasel!) The Eagle Tavern was built on this site in the 1820s and in 1832 a pavilion, known as the Grecian Saloon was built in its grounds. The saloon was rebuilt in 1841 becoming a theatre, proper. It received a licence in 1858 and became the Royal Grecian. Alterations in 1858 made it a 2500 seat theatre. In 1877 a new 4000 seat theatre was built on the site of the old ballroom. The Eagle's influence on the Music Hall genre was profound being described as the The father and mother, the dry and wet nurse of Music Hall! A final point of interest - The Eagle Pub features in Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz - when the Eagle is visited by Jemima Evans and Samuel Wilkins. This rare Playbill is for a production entitled the "Demon of the Dismal Den". Measures 10" x 8" (26 cm x 20 cm). On the flimsiest of newsprint like paper, feels like tissue paper. Lightly soiled / discolouration and a little edgeworn to margins - see photos for condition. But still in remarkable condition for its age. See photos. A scarce fragment of history recording the origins of music hall theatre. £10 + Postage £2.40 UK, £4.95 Europe, £6.55 USA/Can, £7.50 Australia/world, Royal Mail, Air Mail, proof of postage.
Price: 10 GBP
Location: Poole
End Time: 2024-11-24T17:54:58.000Z
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