3-028-186 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Scene from "The Fool's Revenge," at the Queen's Theatre, 1870. London stage production. 'We have more than once detailed the particulars of the plot of Mr. Tom Taylor's tragedy, "The Fool's Revenge," and therefore need not repeat them on the present occasion. Gradually its merits have caused it to progress from the northern theatres of the metropolis to a western house, and here it is likely to obtain due attention. Its reputation will now be helped by the talents of Mr. and Mrs. Rousby, who have begun to renew in London the impression they have already made in the provinces. Our Illustration represents poor Bertuccio, the despised jester, in his retreat, at home with his daughter, a scene which is full of pathos, and forms the most charming part of the drama'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.