Synopsis of a grand serious ballet pantomime in 2 parts called - The Death of Captain Cook, ca. 1789
Synopsis of a grand serious ballet pantomime in 2 parts called - The Death of Captain Cook, ca. 1789
Synopsis of a grand serious ballet pantomime in 2 parts called - The Death of Captain Cook, ca. 1789
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ca. 1789
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MLMSS 10226
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Copyright status : Unpublished textual material is out of copyright where the author(s) died more than 70 years ago, or else, it is in copyright for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years. Duration of copyright differs for material that has been made public.
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Handwritten in ink, synopsis of 'a grand serious ballet pantomime in 2 parts called - The Death of Captain Cook', ca. 1790. Outlines the play, 'La mort du Capitaine Cook ... pantomime en quatre actes' written by M. Arnould (the pseudonym of Jean Francois Mussot) in 1788.
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Synopsis of a grand serious ballet pantomime in 2 parts called - The Death of Captain Cook, ca. 1789
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Held by the Mitchell Library:
The Death of Captain Cook : a grand serious-pantomimic-ballet, in three parts : as now exhibiting in Paris with uncommon applause with the original French music, new scenery, machinery, and other decorations ; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden / M. Arnoud. London : Printed for T. Cadell, 1789.
Date note
Date of creation determined by vendor based on dates Cook died, play was written, London production premiered and English adaptation was printed for Thomas Cadell, i.e. 1788-1789.
Object History
From the papers of Thomas Cadell, who published 'The Death of Captain Cook. A Grand Serious Pantomimic Ballet' in London in 1789.
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Purchased from Maggs Bros, October 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas Cadell (1742-1802) was a successful 18th-century English bookseller who published works by some of the most famous writers of the 18th century.
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MLMSS 10226
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9WZW6WKY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZW6WKY
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9583858
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