Wild, Nicole. 1989. Dictionnaire des théâtres parisiens au XIXe siècle. Les théâtres et la musique. Paris: Aux amateurs de livres.
Brudenell, Mrs (fl. 1820s)
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- … Mrs Brudenell fl . 1820s Actress. Harvard College Library Theatre Collection 1 Actress …
Bostock, Edward Henry. 1927. Menageries, circuses and theatres. London: Chapman and Hall.
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- … Henry. 1927. Menageries, circuses and theatres. London: Chapman and Hall. NF2 457.c.92.108 …
Orange, A. D. 1975. The idols of the theatre: the British Association and its early critics. Annals of Science 32: 277-94.
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- … Orange, A. D. 1975. The idols of the theatre: the British Association and its early …
Poole, John. 1825. Paul Pry, a comedy, in three acts. In Duncombe’s edition of the British Theatre, vol. 1. London.
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- … a comedy, in three acts. In Duncombe’s edition of the British Theatre , vol. 1. London. 1 …
Serres, Olivier de. 1600. Le théâtre d’agriculture et mesnage des champs. Paris: I. Metayer.
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- … Serres, Olivier de. 1600. Le théâtre d’agriculture et mesnage des champs. Paris: I. …
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler. 1781. The school for scandal, a comedy; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Dublin.
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- … for scandal, a comedy; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Dublin. 6 …
James, Frank A. J. L. 2002. ‘Never talk about science: show it to them’: the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 27: 225–9.
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- … science: show it to them’: the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution. Interdisciplinary …
Zincke, Foster Barham. 1876. Society of the Development of the Science of Education. Inaugural address delivered in the theatre of the Society of Arts, November 8, 1876, at the first general meeting of the society. London: Smith, Elder, and Co.
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- … Education. Inaugural address delivered in the theatre of the Society of Arts, November 8, …
Moncrieff, W. G. T. (1794–1857)
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- … Thomas Moncrieff 1794–1857 Dramatist and theatre manager. ODNB Bibliography ODNB : Oxford …
Garrick, David (1717–79)
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- … 79 Actor and playwright. Managed successful theatres at Drury Lane and Covent Garden. ODNB …
Alley, J. J. (1841–1912)
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- … and journalist. Designed a number of theatres in Manchester in the 1890s. Architects of …
From Caroline Darwin [27 February 1826]
Summary
Theatre at Shrewsbury.
Spark’s death.
Harry [Henry Allen] Wedgwood will make the circuit for the first time at the forthcoming assizes.
| Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Feb 1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-24 |
Lennox, W. P. (1799–1881)
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- … and writer. Greatly interested in the theatre and sports. ODNB Bibliography ODNB : Oxford …
From Catherine Darwin [26 October 1825]
Summary
Shrewsbury news.
Glad he likes Edinburgh.
They have been going to plays performed by a travelling company he knows.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Oct 1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-17 |
To Robert Waring Darwin [23 October 1825]
Summary
First days in Edinburgh.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Waring Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Oct 1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-16 |
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- … The site is now occupied by the Lecture Theatre of the Royal Scottish Museum (information …
- … time. During October 1825 she appeared at the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. Der Freischütz by …
- … Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was first performed at the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh on 29 …
- … December 1824 (Harvard College Library Theatre Collection). The anonymous author of two …
Astley, Philip (1742–1814)
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- … of Arts and Sciences, an equestrian theatre, reopened in 1795 after a fire; it was …
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'Re: Design' dramatisation
Summary
A dramatisation of the correspondence between Charles Darwin and Asa Gray was commissioned by the Darwin Project, and written by Cambridge playwright, Craig Baxter. It was developed for the stage by director Paul Bourne of the Menagerie Theatre Company,…
4.35 Frederick Sem, caricature
Summary
< Back to Introduction A caricature drawing of Darwin by Frederick Sem was one of a series of his portrait caricatures acquired by Queen Alexandra for her scrapbook or album, which has been preserved in the Royal Collection. Darwin is shown leaning…
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- … Some of the Folger’s series of caricatures of writers and theatre people are signed by the sitters, …
4.55 Harry Furniss caricature
Summary
< Back to Introduction Harry Furniss’s caricature of Darwin is in a set of seventy-two pen and ink drawings by this artist now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. They were acquired in 1947-8 from Theodore Cluse, who, acting…
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- … large sketches with a brush and black ink in front of the theatre audience. His own exuberant acting …
Darwin’s student booklist
Summary
In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … I also attended on two occasions the operating theatre in the hospital at Edinburgh, and saw two …
4.37 'Mosquito' satire
Summary
< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
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- … el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A politician, perhaps …
Results of the Darwin Online Emotions Experiment
Summary
Thanks to all who took part in our online emotions experiment – over 18,000 of you! The formal stage of the experiment is now over, but it will be staying online as an activity, so if you don’t want to know the results, look away now. If you’d like to…
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- … stylised depictions from their experiences of Victorian theatre. For us, the interest in the …
Darwin’s first love
Summary
Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
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- … sooner, were followed by her description of going to the theatre in Oswestry the evening before, her …
