F. B. Chatterton
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Frederick Balsir Chatterton, known as F. B. Chatterton was a 19th-century British theatre manager and impresario who was lessee of the Theatre Royal in London's Drury Lane from 1866 to 1879. He is cre
Frederick Balsir Chatterton
Sadler's Wells Theatre in 1879
Façade of St James's Theatre in 1836. Chatterton was manager here from 1859 to 1860
Chatterton as depicted in Figaro (c1870)
Samuel Phelps
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Samuel Phelps was an English actor-manager. He is known for reviving the fortunes of the neglected Sadler's Wells Theatre and for his productions of Shakespeare's plays which were presented with atten
F. B. Chatterton
…of his own plays, later writing, 'I insisted upon our reverting at once to the legitimate and classic drama'. Chatterton hired the Shakespearian actor Samuel Phelps as leading actor and director of productions at Drury Lane. In October 1863 Phelps opened in an adaptation of Byron's Manfred, which ran for nearly 100…
Phelps, 1870s
As Hamlet, late 1830s
As Macbeth, 1850
Phelps's grave in Highgate Cemetery