Planché, James

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Basic data

  1. Planché, James Robinson
  2. February 27, 1796 in Picadilly
  3. May 30, 1880 in Chelsea
  4. Schriftsteller, Dramatiker
  5. London

Iconography

1835 portrait (Source: Wikimedia)
A letter from William Makepeace Thackeray to Planché, asking for tickets to go behind the scenes of one of his plays (Source: Wikimedia)
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where Planché's first play was staged (Source: Wikimedia)
A playbill for the 1823 production of King John in which Planché introduced historically accurate costumes (Source: Wikimedia)
Watteau's painting Gilles, on which Planché based the costume of Pierrot in Love and Fortune (Source: Wikimedia)
The Olympic Theatre, for which Planché wrote 30 pieces between 1819 and 1856 (Source: Wikimedia)
James Planché in old age, wearing court uniform (Source: Wikimedia)
Planché's coat of arms (Source: Wikimedia)

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