Description: Antique Theatre Playbill / Poster, dated Nov 1, 1847 in pencil, for Royal Grecian Saloon, also known as the Royal Grecian Theatre - inscribed in pencil. 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 playbill is advertising two rare ballets - Spanish Lovers, a new ballet by the author of the Boatmen of the Ohio, Haloween etc. Another production is for a ballet entitled Mary Copp, or the Fair Maid of Wapping. And finally, Mistaken Story - A Farce in 1 Act. Measures 9.5" x 7.5" (24 cm x 19 cm). On the flimsiest of newsprint like paper, feels like tissue paper. Top right corner is missing with some loss of text. Reflected in price. Otherwise in reasonable condition - see photos. Nevertheless, a rare survivor. None on Ebay apart from one other I am selling. Price reflects condition for this scarce fragement of music hall history. £7 + Postage £2.40 UK, £4.95 Europe, £6.55 USA/Can, £7.50 Australia/world.
Price: 7 GBP
Location: Poole
End Time: 2025-01-24T17:55:58.000Z
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