[Collection of 19th century theatre playbills for plays staged primarily in Britain, many with Austr...
[Collection of 19th century theatre playbills for plays staged primarily in Britain, many with Austr...
[Collection of 19th century theatre playbills for plays staged primarily in Britain, many with Australian themes : also includes miscellaneous playbills and broadsides for exhibitions and lectures, mostly relating to Australia].
About this item
Full title
Publisher
1818-1896.
Date
1818-1896.
Call Numbers
Drawer item 11
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
69 playbills.
Contents
1. Her Majesty's Opera House. 24 Dec. 1885. Henry V (Shakespeare). George Rignold -- 2. (a) Queen Mother, or, Royal Kent Theatre, Margate. 10 Aug. [18--?]. John Adams, or the mutineers of the Bounty! Mons. Gouffe. (b) Article on Mrs. Salmon's Wax-works, ca. 1812 and additional later cuttings on wax...
12. Sadler's Wells. 11 Aug. [18--?]. The island, or, Christian and his comrades. Mrs Egerton -- 13. Society of British Artists, Pall Mall. ca. 1840's. Model of Hobart Town, the capital of Van Dieman's Land [and] Moving panorama's of Sydney [by] G. Peck -- 14. Royal Victoria Theatre. 16 Jun. [18--?]....
22-28. Royal Gallery of Illustration, Pall Mall. 20 Jun., 27 Jul., 11 & 22 Aug., 7 Sep. 1853; 12 Jan. & 20 Feb., 1854. New grand diorama illustrating the route of the ocean mail via the Cape, India and Australia -- 29. Burford, Strand. pre 1856. View of Hobart Town, the capital of Van Dieman's Land...
35-37. Linwood Gallery, Leicester Square. 31 Jul. 1854., 1855 & 4 May 1855. A night in the lands of gold. George Payne -- 38. King William Street Rooms. 6-7 Feb. 1854. Evening lectures-New Zealand -- 39. [Provincial tour]. 1856. Emigrant's progress from the old world to the new & and excursion thro...
45. Royal Cosmorama Rooms, Strand. 12 Jul. 1842. Sydney, New South Wales; and Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land. Mr. Barlow -- 46. St. George's Gallery, Hyde Park Corner. June 1851. New & magnificent diorama of Jerusalem & the Holy Land. W. H. Bartlett -- 47. Leicester Square. [1850]. New Zealand Panor...
50. Booth's Theatre, New York. 13 May 1875. Mr Tooker's benefit [on silk]. George Rignold -- 51. Booth's Theatre, New York. 31 May 1877. Benefit of Mr. George Rignold; Romeo & Juliet; Henry V. George Rignold -- 52. Bristol. 28 Apr. 1863. Country squire; Adventure with a Polish princess; Manrico the...
60. Notice to the auxiliaries engaged in Henry V. George Rignold -- 61. (a) Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Application for Bill Order. (b) Review of Henry V, in Figaro, 8 Nov. 1879 -- 62. Folly Theatre, London? Feb. 1877. Robinson Crusoe. Lydia Thompson -- 63. Theatre Royal, Bristol. 26 May 1865. A shee...
Publication information
Publisher
1818-1896.
Date Published
1818-1896.
Subjects
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Alternative Titles
Full title
[Collection of 19th century theatre playbills for plays staged primarily in Britain, many with Australian themes : also includes miscellaneous playbills and broadsides for exhibitions and lectures, mostly relating to Australia].
Notes
General note
Collection is held in the Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales. Includes 1 playbill dated 1795. A selection of the playbills are for plays featuring George and/or William Rignold.
Contents listed below are arranged by the following: theatre; date; play; principal actor (if known).
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Drawer item 11
Record Identifier
74VvN22BOgEb
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvN22BOgEb
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991012779119702626
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