IRISH THEATRICAL INTEREST. JOHN WILLIAM COLE. THE LIFE AND THEATRICAL TIMES OF CHARLES KEAN F.S.A. Including a Summary of the English Stage for the Last Fifty Years, and a Detailed Account of...

IRISH THEATRICAL INTEREST. JOHN WILLIAM COLE. THE LIFE AND THEATRICAL TIMES OF CHARLES KEAN F.S.A. Including a Summary of the English Stage for the Last Fifty Years, and a Detailed Account of the Management of the Princess's Theatre from 1850 to 1859. L. 1859. 1st ed. 8vo. Two vols., in one, with separate pagination and title pages. Full crimson leather. Bds with gilt tooling. Spines richly gilt with mor., lable. A.E.M & endpapers. Fine. The subject of the book, Charles Kean (1811-68), the son of a famous Irish actor Edmund Kean, was born in Waterford. By the 1860s, Charles Kean was among the most internationally celebrated actors in the English speaking work, frequently touring North America. "He served as director of the Princess' Theatre in London from 1850-59, and was closely connected to Queen Victoria, who had not only revived the Elizabethan office of Master of the Revels in Charles Kean's honour, but had also appointed him "manager of the Christmas theatricals" and even presented him with a diamond ring." Victoria's Victoria: The Theatre Royal. Along with Maturin, Charles Robert (1780-1824). Bertram; or, the castle of St. Aldobrand. A tragedy in five acts. L. 1816. 8vo. 4 separate works in 1 vol. Rare 5th ed. Amorial bookplates of Mary Anton Jacson. Green Buckram. Lacks spine. Included; "The Man of Ton, a satire", by Sir John Dean Paul, 1st ed. 1828; "Europe; Lines on the present war" by Reginald Herber, 1st ed. 1809 and one other. Green buckram boards. Lacks backstrip. Charles R. Maturin was born in Dublin in 1782 of Huguenot stock & became a minister in the Church of Ireland. Related to Oscar Wilde on his mother's side, his literary career was short, dying in York street, Dublin, at the age of 42. However, his writings made a significant impact on the course of English literature. [2].

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