Town Hall, Waterford City, Co. Waterford
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[between ca. 1865-1914].
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| Notes: | Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/52507852925 Robert French was the chief photographer responsible for photographing three quarters of the Lawrence Collection. For more information, see the Dictionary of Irish Biography: http://doi.org/10.3318/dib.003369.v1 Physical description: 1 negative : glass ; 22 x 17 cm Geographic Coverage: Waterford City, County Waterford, Province of Munster, Ireland. Caption on glassplate reads: Town Hall. Waterford. 6512. W. L. more |
Mr. French decided to visit the haunt of an actual French man, Mr. Poole, and take a fine photograph of the Town Hall on a Royal Plate. The Town Hall looks shiny and new with new trees planted in the foreground. One can see the British Coat of arms above the main door but we can assume that that has been removed after 1922?
FograThere are POSTERS!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_06512
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Tags:
Robert French, William Lawrence, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Photographic Studio, Glass Negative, National Library of Ireland, Waterford City, County Waterford, Munster, Town Hall, City Hall, Lawrence Photograph Collection
Comments
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Mr Poole thoughtfully supplied a similar view from upstairs in his house (next door?). 'Sleeping Beauty' was on his posters, and for comparison it is "ca. 7 April 1910" - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000592493
Posted: 18.11.2022
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
And to further confuse, Mr French / Lawrence made an earlier visit - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000337837 (without caged trees)
Posted: 18.11.2022
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
The caged trees were there in 1898 - [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/5785626569/]
Posted: 18.11.2022
suckindeesel
The Theatre Royal, part of the Town Hall, is showing ‘a bunch of roses’ ?
Posted: 18.11.2022
Foxglove
I notice that the coat of arms above the door is missing in one of the linked photos above
Posted: 18.11.2022
Bernard Healy
"A Bunch of Roses" - I've found evidence of a play of that name by an author called MEM Davis. The earliest publication date I can find is 1903 - part of a volume entitled "A Bunch of Roses and other plays" by the aforementioned.
I won't say that it's impossible that the play could have been performed before publication in that form, but I don't imagine that it could be significantly earlier than 1903, and I would think it probable that we are post-1903.
Posted: 18.11.2022
Bernard Healy
Also, the coat of arms above the door is the old Waterford City coat of arms. The current arms - a much less interesting design dates from 1953.
The new arms: waterfordireland.tripod.com/city_arms.htm
The old arms: www.waterfordpictures.com/index.php/20-the-waterford-city...
Note - the inscription under the arms records the name of the mayor who erected them: John Manning in 1893.
Posted: 18.11.2022
suckindeesel
I remember seeing Anna Manahan in the role she made her own as Big Maggie from a lovely box in that theatre, many moons ago.
Posted: 18.11.2022
John Spooner
Waterford Standard - Wednesday 27 September 1899:
Theatre Royal, Waterford, Friday October 6th 1899 (Grand Fashionable Night) under Distinguished Patronage, the Historic Play, in Four Acts, entitled "A Bunch of Roses"
Posted: 18.11.2022
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
🌹[https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner] 🌹
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Posted: 18.11.2022
suckindeesel
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/32162360@N00/]
“Whether it's a school crush or a more mature passion, six roses symbolizes infatuation. To send the message "We'll be together forever," send a bouquet of nine roses. Let them know that their love is perfection with a bouquet of ten roses. A perfect dozen shouts "Be mine!"
Posted: 18.11.2022
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
September 2014 Streetview has a similar bright autumnal light - goo.gl/maps/QkZg2ezDmTX39BYU6 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia/52507929392/in/dateposted/]
Posted: 18.11.2022
suckindeesel
[https://flic.kr/p/2nZYKYH]
Posted: 18.11.2022
John Spooner
"A Bunch of Roses"
I don't think that it's a play by Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis. Her wikipedia entry lists The Bunch of Roses among her novels, and no plays are mentioned.
Edit: A Bunch of Roses by M E M Davis can be read here (but it's not the one performed at Waterford)
The performance in Waterford was one by a company which performed from Monday 2nd October to Saturday 7th. The plays performed (in order) were Hester Sandraz, Forget-Me-Not, Frou Frou, The New Magdalen, (then A Bunch of Roses) and finally She Stoops to Conquer. The manager, owner, playwright, director and star of the company, with her name in big letters at the top of the notice was Mlle Gratienne
A blog called 'Forgotten Victorians' says of her:
Gratienne’s company are almost certainly worth more investigation. But give every impression of being a real life version of the cast of “Allo, Allo”. They were apparently a small touring reparatory company, living very much hand to mouth, and teetering on the edge of bankrupcy. Mlle. Gratienne was French, from an apparently prosperous background. Her family had owned a vineyard in Burgundy, but were ruined by the Franco-Prussian War. She still owned some property in Paris, and the quarterly rents subsidised the company. Her elderly mother travelled with the company, and acted as her dresser, and was referred to as “Madame” by the company . She played both male, and female parts, and did her own make-up which was “ghostly pale, with large chocolate brown half moon eyebrows”. The shortage of money meant they only performed plays out of copyright to avoid any royalty payment. All in all, the company sound as much of a laugh as the plays.And A Bunch of Roses ? Various newspapers provided a little more detail on Mlle Gratienne's A Bunch of Roses
A new version of "Adrienne Lecouvreur," entitled "A Bunch of Roses," has been prepared by Mlle. Gratienne. and will be produced by her during her special week's engagement at the Parkhurst next week. " A Bunch of Roses " will be played on Wednesday, " Esther Sandraz " on Thursday, and "Forget- Me-Sot" on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday.Adrienne Lecouvreu (play)
Posted: 20.11.2022
suckindeesel
Based on Adrienne Lecouvreur’s life, it seems
Voltaire wrote a poem in her honour.
www.poetry-archive.com/v/on_the_death_of_adrienne_lecouvr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Lecouvreur
Posted: 20.11.2022
