£40
Royalty, the Court Theatre and Queen Victoria's Windsor Theatricals. Royal Entertainment./By Command./Her Majesty's Servants will Perform, at Windsor Castle./On Wednesday, January 28th, 1857,/A Drama, in two acts (from the French of Messrs. Mélesville and C. Duveyrier)/By Mr. J.R. Planché, entitled/Secret Service [...], After which, a Burletta, in two acts, by Mr George Dance, entitled/Hush Money [...], Director, Mr Charles Kean./Assistant Director, Mr. George Ellis./The Theatre Arranged and the Scenery Painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. [London]: Chapman & Compy., n.d. [1856/7], mixed font printing, the cast of servants and their roles in bold, the sheet blind-embossed with the Royal Arms, the whole within an ornate scrolling 'lace' frame, 4to
When a French theatre company performed The Count of Monte Cristo at Drury Lane there was a violent outcry at the slight to English drama. To show her support for English theatre Queen Victoria instituted the Windsor Theatricals, which were performed by Charles Kean and company at Windsor Castle over Christmas between 1848 and 1861, and in this case, - and perhaps others - the servants played a leading role.
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