Concept illustration showing the interior of the Castle Theatre which occupied the second floor of the Keep at Portchester Castle in the nineteenth century, and was possibly established during the site's use as a Napoleonic War prisoner camp

Date:
2006
Location:
Portchester Castle, Keep, Castle Street, Portchester, Fareham, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 9QW
Reference:
IC081/028
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Description

The background to this illustration is a reconstruction drawing of how the theatre's interior may have appeared when established in the nineteenth century (see separate reconstruction illustration IC0081/033). The sketch of a proposed viewing platform in the theatre is a paper 'overlay', added digitally to a scan of the reconstruction drawing (see separate illustration IC081/034). The illustrations combined in this image appear to form a concept drawing for a potential reconstruction of the theatre in the Keep. Note: this illustration, in this form, exists in digital format only.

It is thought that the interior decoration of the theatre conforms to the style of contemporary theatres on the Continent, and so the conclusion is that it may have been created for the French prisoners of war kept at the site in the nineteenth century.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC081 Portchester Castle, Hampshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Conlin, Stephen

Keywords

Medieval Castle, Medieval Keep, Theatre