Excerpts from plays, operas, and prompt books, ca. 1843, 1873
Excerpts from plays, operas, and prompt books, ca. 1843, 1873
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1846, 1873
Call Numbers
B 224
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.03 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
[Untitled play, with characters Peter, Francis, Toby, and chorus. 59 pages]
'Cinderella or the Fairy and the Glass Slipper. An Opera in Two Acts. Le Arie dalla Cenerentola, Opera di Rossini'. Revived June 19, 1846 (14 pages)
Collection of songs and verse, including 'I'm as happy as a bird', 'Mr Cornelius Flummery', and 'Betty Dimple' (58 pag...
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Full title
Excerpts from plays, operas, and prompt books, ca. 1843, 1873
Notes
General note
The material in this volume appears to be an artificial series being derived from various sources (only the first plays bears D.S. Mitchell's initials) and does not have any imposed order.
Each play, prompt book, and notes are written in a different hand and on various sized paper.
On a paper inserted at the front the opera titled "Cinderell...
Signature / Inscriptions
G. Bromley / Christchurch / Aug 14th 1873 / Christchurch grand Juris - on flyleaf to play.
"MS Plays and Prompt Books" embossed on spine.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
B 224
Record Identifier
1DrmVEb9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrmVEb9
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Reference code
439828
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