Charles Colnaghi
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.
| Death | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Occupation | actor |
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.