Captain Ross; or, the Hero of the Arctic Regions
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8th November 2008
SPRI Lecture Theatre, University of Cambridge
On Saturday, 8th November, the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, will host a special gala performance of the play 'Captain Ross', a favourite of the London theatres in the 1830s. Based upon an original script, and combined with popular songs of the period, the play will be recreated in miniature upon a Regency Toy Theatre, with a number of actors providing the colourful characters with their voices.
The play is a celebration and fictitious reworking of Captain John Ross's second voyage in search of a northwest passage, which left London in the summer of 1829. By 1833 it was assumed that Ross, and his entire party, had perished amongst the ice, but perfectly on cue the explorer was saved. He returned to England to be met with a rapturous reception.
Within a few weeks of his heroic return a number of London theatres were arranging fashionable theatricals in his honour. 'Captain Ross' opened at the Pavilion Theatre on the busy Whitechapel road late in 1833, and soon it was playing in theatres across the country. Other spectacles and gala performances were also mounted and Ross became the 'Lion of the Season'.
Performed under the direction of Horatio Blood and Dr Huw Lewis-Jones
Tickets are available from 1 September, priced at 10 Guineas (£10.50), and will be limited to 80 persons.
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