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Charles Colnaghi ( - 1896) was an amateur actor who appeared in elite amateur performances in the late nineteenth century. He was an actor in the first theatricals inside Chatsworth House's theatre in 1895. | Charles Colnaghi ( - 1896) was an amateur actor who appeared in elite amateur performances in the late nineteenth century. He was an actor in the first theatricals inside [[Chatsworth House|Chatsworth House's]] theatre in 1895. | ||
Colnaghi is one of a number of amateur actors that historian David Coates has identified as part of a queer network.<ref>David Coates, University of Warwick.</ref> Interestingly, he performed in the matinee of John Gray and Andre Raffalovich's ''The Blackmailers'' at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 7 June 1894 alongside professionals and other high profile amateurs. Laurence Senelick has identified this play as being the first to 'present a modern honoerotic relationship in a reasonably overt manner'.<ref>Laurence Senelick, ''Lovesick: Modernist Plays of Same-Sex Love, 1894-1925'', 1999, p17. </ref> | Colnaghi is one of a number of amateur actors that theatre historian David Coates has identified as part of a queer network.<ref>David Coates, University of Warwick.</ref> Interestingly, he performed in the matinee of John Gray and Andre Raffalovich's ''The Blackmailers'' at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 7 June 1894 alongside professionals and other high profile amateurs. Laurence Senelick has identified this play as being the first to 'present a modern honoerotic relationship in a reasonably overt manner'.<ref>Laurence Senelick, ''Lovesick: Modernist Plays of Same-Sex Love, 1894-1925'', 1999, p17. </ref> | ||
Amateur performances in which Colnaghi appears: | |||
* 1887, 8 January - Wakehurst Place in ''Bombastes Furioso''. | |||
* 1891, 5 February - He appears in the Lyric Club's 96th concert which includes Sydney Grundy's ''In Honour Bound'' and a musical farce called ''On Lease'' composed for the occasion by Cotsford Dick. Colanghi appears in the latter. | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 11 November 2024
Charles Colnaghi ( - 1896) was an amateur actor who appeared in elite amateur performances in the late nineteenth century. He was an actor in the first theatricals inside Chatsworth House's theatre in 1895.
Colnaghi is one of a number of amateur actors that theatre historian David Coates has identified as part of a queer network.[1] Interestingly, he performed in the matinee of John Gray and Andre Raffalovich's The Blackmailers at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 7 June 1894 alongside professionals and other high profile amateurs. Laurence Senelick has identified this play as being the first to 'present a modern honoerotic relationship in a reasonably overt manner'.[2]
Amateur performances in which Colnaghi appears:
- 1887, 8 January - Wakehurst Place in Bombastes Furioso.
- 1891, 5 February - He appears in the Lyric Club's 96th concert which includes Sydney Grundy's In Honour Bound and a musical farce called On Lease composed for the occasion by Cotsford Dick. Colanghi appears in the latter.