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A Shakesperean Scene, as performed by the Brighton Company on a late occasion, to which was added the agreeable entertainment of the Mistake   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: William Dent

Published by: J Carter
Title
A Shakesperean Scene, as performed by the Brighton Company on a late occasion, to which was added the agreeable entertainment of the Mistake
Description
English: Beneath the title is etched: 'As performed by the Brighton Company on a late occasion, to which was added the agreeable entertainment of the mistake. ['The Mistake', comedy by Vanbrugh from Molière's 'Le Dépit amoureux']


Dramatis Personae,
1 The Prince, new drest, . . . . by the P------.
2 Falstaff . . . . . . . . Mr F------
3 Doll Tear-sheet . . . . . . Mrs Fitz------
4 Pistol . . . . . . . . Col. H------
The parts of 5 Shallow and the 6 Page
restored (by desire) to his Grace and Johnny.
7 Silence . . . . . . . . his Grace of D------
8 Bardolph. . . . . . . . Mr S------
9 Davy, the serving-man . . . . . Mr W-----
See the 2d part of King Henry 4th Act 5th scene 3d
Power would not have been displeasing to them however they might have abhorred the unhappy means that gave it.'
Fox as Falstaff, '2', is seated in the centre of a panelled room with small casement windows. He and Weltje, the serving-man, are on a larger scale than the other figures. In his right hand is a large covered flagon, on which is a royal crown, his left is on his breast; he looks with pleased astonishment at Hanger, '4', who runs forward from the right holding out a riding-whip, and saying:

"Sir John, I am thy Pistol and thy Friend,
And helter-skelter have I rode to thee;
And tidings do I bring, and lucky joys,
And golden times, and rare unlook'd for news -
Sir John, thy tender lambkin now is King -"

In the background the Prince of Wales, '1', stands holding a handkerchief and saying:

"Thy due, from me,
Is tears, and heavy sorrows of the blood,
Which nature, love and filial tenderness,
Shall, O dear Father, pay thee plenteously:
See Act 4th Scene 4"

On the left of the design, on Falstaff's right hand, are crowded the other characters. Doll, '3' (Mrs. Fitzherbert), looks down smiling; the others, also smiling, look towards Pistol. Weltje, '9', stands on the extreme left with a napkin under his arm. Next him is Sheridan, '8', as Bardolph. Silence, '7', the Duke of Devonshire, leans forward eagerly, his head concealed by Shallow, '5', the Duke of Portland, who stands in profile. Behind him (left) is 'Johnny', '6', Lord John Cavendish, the size of a small boy, but with an adult's head. All are in quasi-Elizabethan dress, except that Hanger wears his enormous Kevenhuller hat. The background is a panelled wall with deeply recessed casement windows; between these are (1) 'a placard, Augt 3d by the Brighton Company The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth', and (2) a crucifix indicating the faith of Mrs. Fitzherbert. 7 August 1786


Etching with hand-colouring
Depicted people Associated with: William Shakespeare
Date 1786
date QS:P571,+1786-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 248 millimetres
Width: 349 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5559
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)

The Prince's friends receive with pleasure the (mistaken) news of the assassination of the King, see BMSat 6973, &c. The news actually reached the Prince by a personal friend; he immediately went to Windsor, where he saw the Queen. He neither proposed nor was offered an interview with the King, the occurrence marking the first open rupture between them. 'Harcourt Papers', ed. E. W. Harcourt, xi. 262; Huish, 'Memoirs of George IV', i. 176-7. Cf. BMSat 7129. For a similar theme cf. BMSat 7624. For Fox as Falstaff cf. BMSat 6231, 6928, 7343, 7345, 7380- Cf. also BMSat 6401, &c. For Sheridan as Bardolph see BMSat 7528, &c.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5559
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(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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