Elaborate setting for Byron's Sardanapalus, The Hall of Nimrud, designed by F. Lloyds for Charles Kean in the 1850s. Byron intended his play as a closet piece, writing that it was 'expressly written not for the theatre.' His wishes were respected during his own lifetime, but in January 1834 a French translation, or rather imitation, was played in Brussels. Later the same year the original tragedy was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with Macready taking the title role and Ellen Tree playing Myrrha. Almost twenty years later Charles Kean played Sardanapalus at the Princess's Theatre, London, with Ellen Tree (by then Mrs. Ellen Kean) again appearing as Myrrha. In 1877 the actor-manager Charles Calvert played Sardanapalus in his own adaptation of the play, and this adaptation was also staged at Booth's Theatre in New York.
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Elaborate setting for Byron's Sardanapalus, The Hall of Nimrud, designed by F. Lloyds for Charles Kean in the 1850s. Byron intended his play as a closet piece, writing that it was 'expressly written not for the theatre.' His wishes were respected during his own lifetime, but in January 1834 a French translation, or rather imitation, was played in Brussels. Later the same year the original tragedy was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with Macready taking the title role and Ellen Tree playing Myrrha. Almost twenty years later Charles Kean played Sardanapalus at the Princess's Theatre, London, with Ellen Tree (by then Mrs. Ellen Kean) again appearing as Myrrha. In 1877 the actor-manager Charles Calvert played Sardanapalus in his own adaptation of the play, and this adaptation was also staged at Booth's Theatre in New York.
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