Paul Frecker
Fine Photographs

Another pose from the same sitting

'Olympic — The revival of Boots at the Swan, one of Mr Selby's most extravagantly funny farces, introduced on Monday night, Mr Robson, for the first time to a London audience, as the deaf hero, Jacob Earwig, though, in the country, he has frequently had cause to consider the part one of the best in his repertoire. His disguise as a policeman, his exhibition of intoxication under various and rapidly-succeeding phases, his odd-looking figure, and his wonderful acting, make this piece something to be seen by those who are ever watchfully regarding Olympic novelties. Mr George Vining is a brisk representative of the interesting criminal; Miss Castleton a sufficiently romantic young lady; Mrs Emden clever as a thorough servant of all-work, and Mr H. Wigan very droll as the sweet-devouring page, that never knows the meant of jam satis. The piece has gone off with those hearty roars of laughter that furnish the best evidence of delight which it has given the public' (The Era, 13 December 1857). 



code: cs0066
Boots at the Swan, Frederick Robson, Robson, Camille Silvy, Silvy