The red rover : a drama, in two acts, written expressly for, and adapted only to Skelt's characters & scenes in the same.
Published / Created:
London : Printed and published M. Skelt, [between 1835-1837]
Physical Description:
18 pages ; 17 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts Toy Theater Webb Skelt Red roverYale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14597129
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Juvenile drama emerged in England soon after 1800, forming itself from the adult drama of the time. The plays were adapted from their original stage version into a miniature toy version with actors, costumes and scenery intended for a juvenile audience. Characters and scenes were intended to be cut out and dramatized.Edward Fitzball's The red rover was first performed at the Adelphi in 1829. See: Speaight.The publisher M. Skelt was active from1835 to1837. See Speaight.Speaight, G. History of the English toy theatre, pages 193-194, 211BAC: British Art Center copy imperfect: lacks booklet. The sheets of characters and wings are uncut and uncolored.
Subject Terms:
Ballads, English -- Juvenile drama. | Children's plays, English.
Form/Genre:
Plays. | Toy theaters. | Lithographs -- [between 1835-1837].
Contributors:
Adaptation of (work): Fitzball, Edward, 1792–1873. Red Rover. | Skelt, M. (Martin), -1840, publisher.
