Title
Mr. Mead as Hotspur
Description
Mr. Mead played many roles throughout his life: he was a playwright and manager of the Elephant and Castle Theatre as well as an actor. [1] Of his wide repertoire of characters, Mead's voice is said to have been best suited to playing villains. [2] The character of Henry Percy 'Hotspur' originates from Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part I.
[1] Charles E. Pascoe, ed., Our Actors and Actresses: The Dramatic List, a Record of the Performances of Living Actors and Actresses of the British Stage (London: David Bogue, 1880) 260-61.
[2] Allan Stuart Jackson, The Standard Theatre of Victorian England (London: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1993) 100.
[1] Charles E. Pascoe, ed., Our Actors and Actresses: The Dramatic List, a Record of the Performances of Living Actors and Actresses of the British Stage (London: David Bogue, 1880) 260-61.
[2] Allan Stuart Jackson, The Standard Theatre of Victorian England (London: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1993) 100.
Shakespeare's Henry IV
Publisher
J. Redington (London)
Date
n.d.
Relation
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Mr. Mead as Hotspur (Unknown)
Mr. Mead as Hotspur (Redington)
Museum of London
Mr. Mead as Hotspur
The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington
Mr. Mead as Hotspur
Mr. Mead as Hotspur (Unknown)
Mr. Mead as Hotspur (Redington)
Museum of London
Mr. Mead as Hotspur
The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington
Mr. Mead as Hotspur
Identifier
46