2-798-495 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Scene from "The Castles of the Seven Passions", at the Lyceum Theatre, 1844. Robert and Mary Anne Keeley in a London stage production of '...the successful new drama of "The Castles of the Seven Passions": it may be termed the tableau of Avarice, where Mr. Keeley (Canuche) and Mrs. Keeley (Regaillette) are tempted into the Lion's mouth in quest of Gold and Silver in stupendous vases, whence leap forth the pair of demons...The terror of the pair of mortals is admirably depicted in the expression of this terror - mixed up with the ludicrous - the Keeleys have no parallel upon the stage'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.