Overlay concept illustration showing a drawing of a viewing platform proposed for the interior of the reconstructed Castle Theatre at Portchester Castle. The theatre occupied the second floor of the Keep at the castle in the nineteenth century.

Date:: 2006

Location:: Portchester Castle, Keep, Castle Street, Portchester, Fareham, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 9QW

Reference:: IC081/034

Type:: Overlay

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Description

This design sketch of a proposed viewing platform in the theatre was added digitally to a scan of a reconstruction drawing of the theatre interior (see separate illustration IC081/033), appearing to create a concept illustration for a potential reconstruction of the theatre in the Keep (see IC081/028. Note: the concept illustration, in the combined 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 the Napoleonic Wars who were 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

People & Organisations

Commissioner Of Artwork: Goodall, John

Illustrator: Conlin, Stephen

Keywords

Theatre, Medieval Keep, Medieval Castle