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Excerpts from plays, operas, and prompt books, ca. 1843, 1873

Excerpts from plays, operas, and prompt books, ca. 1843, 1873

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Excerpts from plays, operas, and prompt books, ca. 1843, 1873

About this item

Full title

Excerpts from plays, operas, and prompt books, ca. 1843, 1873

Author / Creator

Date

ca. 1846, 1873

Call Numbers

B 224

Record Identifier

1DrmVEb9

Reference Code

439828
Physical Description

Contents

1 volume - 0.03 Meters

Textual Records - (manuscript)

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

More information

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...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Excerpts from plays, operas, and prompt books, ca. 1843, 1873

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Author / Artists

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

Other Identifiers

Reference code

439828

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