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Collection Summary

Collection Title

Playbills (1844-74)

Unique Identifier

Playbills Vol. III

Description

1 large box of playbills dating from 1844 to 1874 including:

New Queen's Royal Theatre, Great Brunswick Street: Operas:
20/9/45: The Misses Smith
27/9/45: Mr. Barker & Miss Louisa Lyons
4/10/45: Benefit of Mr. Barket
8/10/45: Benefit of Miss Louisa Lyons
23/5/45: Novel Musical Entertainment with Mr. Collins and Mr & Mrs. H. Corry
17/9/47: Mr. Thomas Bishop Farewell Benefit.
12/10/51: Miss Fanny Reeves and Miss Eliza Arden

Music Hall, Abbey Street:
23/8/44: Mons. Jullien's Benefit.
8/4/47; 9/4/47; 10/4/47: M. Jullien's Grand Concerts featuring Herr Pischek.
16/4/47: Mr. Brough's Benefit.
21/4/47; 26/4/47; 28/4/47: Mr. Templeton
6/10/47; 9/10/47; 11/10/47: New York Melodists and Ethopian Serenaders.
12/8/45: Mons. Jullien's Benefit.

Gaiety Theatre:
3/9/74 [plus duplicate]: The Royal Philharmonic Company.

Rotundo [sic]:
20/8/[year unknown]; 18/9/[year unknown] [plus duplicate]; 20/9/[year unknown]: Gustavus L. Geary with Signor Giulio Regondi.
14/12/[year unknown]: Grand Moster Concert with Six Military Bands presented by Gustavus Geary.
23/9/[year unknown]: Sgnor Giulio Regondi's Benefit Concert.
2/8/[year unknown]: Madame Persiani with Signor Bottesini presented by Monsieur Jullien. Flyer.
22/1/53: Mons. Jullien's Farewell Concert. Programme

Theatre Royal, Glasgow:
6/11/74-7/11/74: Mdlle. Titien.

The collection also includes playbills for dramas, burlesques, tragedies, pantomimes, musicals and mixed dramatic and musical programmes.

Format

Date range of collection

1844 - 1874

Accumulation Dates

-

Suggested Audience

Not Specific

Associated People or Organisations

• Arden, Eliza -
• Barker, Mr -
• Bishop, Thomas -
• Bottesini, Signor -
• Brough, Mr. -
• Collins, Mr. -
• Corry, H. -
• Corry, Mrs. H. -
• Ethopian Serenaders -
• Geary, Gustavus -
• Jullien, Louis -
• Lyons, Louisa -
• New York Melodists -
• Persiani, Madame -
• Pischek, Herr -
• Reeves, Fanny -
• Regondi, Giulio -
• Royal Philharmonic Company -
• Smith, Miss -
• Templeton, Mr. -
• Titiens, Mademoiselle -

Associated Places

• Music Hall, Abbey Street, Dublin
• Queen's Royal Theatre, Dublin
• Rotunda Pillar Room, Parnell Square
• Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Associated Times

• 20th century - late 1971-1999
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

This collection is about

• Opera

Location Details

National Library of Ireland: Department of Ephemera

Kildare Street Dublin 2 Ireland

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Website

http://www.nli.ie/en/ephemera-introduction.aspx

Email

Mary Broderick, Ephemera Librarian: mbroderick@nli

Telephone

00 353 1 6030332

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Collections Overview

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Additional Collection Information

Accrual Status

Open

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