Title:
For the benefit of Mr. Sloman... Michael Howe the Terror! of Van Dieman's Land / Royal Coburg Theatre.
Author/Creator:
Manufacture:
[London] : Royal Coburg Theatre, 1821.
Physical description:
1 print (poster) : black and red text on cream paper ; 760 x 245 mm.
Medium:
paper; ink
Format:
poster
print
image (online)
Accession number:
1391
Notes:
Playbill presenting: Royal Coburg Theatre, 8 October, 1821, "Michael Howe the Terror! of Van Dieman's Land... a new Romantic Serio-Comic Melo-Drama of Novelty and Interest, founded on Wentworth's New South Wales."
Cast includes: Thomas Potter Cooke in the role of Michael Howe.
Exhibited: ’91 Stories’, 9 August – 7 November, 2021.
Summary:
Playbill printed in red and black on cream paper, top billing is given to the new performance of "Michael Howe the Terror of Van Diemen's Land", based on the recently published book by W.C. Wentworth titled "Statistical, historical, and political description of the colony of New South Wales".
Condition:
Conservation March 2018 Removed from frame. Re-frame 2021.
Form of work:
Print
Alternate Title:
Corrected title: Michael Howe the Terror! of Van Diemen's Land
Citation:
Digitised item from: Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania.
Subjects:
Other Authors/Creators:
Record ID:
SD_ILS:1172914
Electronic resources:
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