Photograph of Sleeping Beauty at Drury Lane 1900
1901
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1901
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Photograph of Sleeping Beauty at Drury Lane 1900 is a 1901 photographic by E Gordon, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows the stage set for a famous 1900 Christmas pantomime at Drury Lane. It’s part of a lavish production of Sleeping Beauty with Dan Leno and Herbert Campbell in the leads. The Fairy Parliament set was designed by Robert Caney, packed with bright colors and elaborate details. Critics called it the best pantomime London had seen that year. Check out more stage photos by Gordon, E.
The sepia photograph depicts the woodland grotto set for the Fairy Parliament in Act I, Scene 1 of the 1900 Christmas production of *The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast* at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Designed by Robert Caney for Arthur Collins’ lavish pantomime, the scene was part of a series of elaborate stage designs, including pastoral landscapes and enchanted gardens. The photograph is mounted on card bearing the photographer’s details: E. Gordon, 68 Allerton Road, Stoke Newington.
Read the full account in the museum source.
E. Gordon was a photographer who hung around London theaters in the early 1900s, camera in hand, waiting for the right moment. He liked catching actors asleep between shows, their faces relaxed and unguarded, away from…
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