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Profile The Lyceum Theatre was built as an exhibition space which was later converted into a theatre. It did not have a patent for performances during the winter season, but from 1809 to 1812, the Drury Lane Theatre company performed at the Lyceum under their own licence whilst their theatre was
Early in the year I became obsessed with late 1790s open robes and this pattern in particular. It's the 1795 Open Robe pattern featured in (goddess) Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion I. In fact, I have started getting obsessed with late 1790s fashion in general and believe I now prefer it to much of the…
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Ancient Greece was very du jour in the Regency period - armlets were one such piece of trendy Regency Jewellery.
Emma Merkling reviews ‘Painting Light and Hope’ at Manchester Art Gallery, the first retrospective of artist Annie Swynnerton (1844–1933) in nearly a century.
Nero, Rome and fiddling come to mind.
Several costume sketches by Moria Sine Clinton for the Guthrie Theater’s production of Sense and Sensibility. Tonight is the last preview for Sense and Sensibility, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel opening tomorrow at the Guthrie Theater. Theatrical costuming is an important aspect of any period piece, with different garments and their cut affecting...
When I was a kid it was always a big deal when we went to an amusement park and in Southern California we had three to choose from. They off...
The Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens With the Company at Breakfast—1751. The Ranelagh, "a place of public entertainment," erected at Chelsea in 1742, was a kind of Vauxhall under cover. The principal room, known as the Rotunda, was circular in shape, 150 feet in diameter, and[Pg 83] had an orchestra in the center and tiers of boxes all around. Promenading and taking refreshments in the boxes were the principal divertisements.
Osborne House on the Isle of Wight was Prince Albert’s pet project and he was heavily involved with its design from the outset. By 1846, when the royal family began visiting Osborne, Queen Victoria had already given birth to five children in six years, and the rapidly expanding royal nursery needed somewhere where it could be a family. Professor Jane Ridley and Charlotte Hodgman visit the former royal residence that offers a fascinating insight into the private lives of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert...
Ackermann's Repository presented many view of London on its pages through the Regency era. Many of these were either very fashionable addr...
Situated in the West End on Haymarket, the King's Theatre's name depended on what gender sat in the throne, sometimes called Her Majesty's Theatre. Originall
While researching the Theatres-Royal during the Regency period (1811-1820) for my new Valentine’s short story, The Shamrock & The Rose, I found a wealth of information on the choices available …
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James as Henry Alveston in the 2013 series, Death Comes to Pemberley
This ivory silk gauze dress has a box pattern created using yellow, salmon and geranium red silk thread. The bodice has a broad neckline stretching from shoulder to shoul- der, puffed sleeves and light satin decorations edged in geranium red piping. It is fastened at the back by a cord en coulisse. The skirt, gathered and flaring towards a base weighed down by a substantial padded roll or burlotto, is adorned 35 cm. from the hem with a plaited motif in silk consisting of large leaves in relief applied to the fabric. Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy
I ran across this published listing of the box subscribers to the King's Theatre in Haymarket, London (sometimes referred to as the Italian Opera House) from t
