The Lambs, Inc. is a New York City social club that nurtures those active in the arts, as well as those who are supporters of the arts, by providing activities and a clubhouse for its members. It is A
The Lambs Clubhouse at 1674 Broadway
Wallack's Theatre, 13th Street, from Fourth Avenue
Cornelia Otis Skinner (1955), elected 1977
Songwriters and playwrights work on the 1915 Lambs Gambol. Standing: Mark Swan, Edgar Smith, Porter Emerson Browne, Edwin Ellis, Joseph Herbert, Avery Hopwood, Edward Peple, Edward Paulton, Augustus Thomas, Montague Glass; Sitting: Brandon Tynan, Milton Royle, Glen McDonough, George V. Hobart, Edward Kidder, and Rupert Hughes.
Charles Lamb was an English essayist, poet and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb.
The Lambs
…providing activities and a clubhouse for its members. It is America's oldest professional theatrical organization. The club's name honors the essayist Charles Lamb and his sister Mary, who during the early 19th century played host to actors and literati at their famed salon in London. In 1874 New York theatrical…
Portrait by Henry Hoppner Meyer
Portrait of Charles Lamb by William Hazlitt, 1804
Memorial to Charles Lamb at Watch House in Giltspur Street, London
Fanny Kelly "Entertains" from "The Works of Charles Lamb". The original caption said "Mr Lamb having taken the liberty of addressing a slight compliment to Miss Kelly in his first volume, respectfully requests her acceptance of the collection. 7 June 1818."