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Collection Summary

Collection Title

Playbills (1831-73)

Unique Identifier

Playbills Vol. II

Description

One large box of playbills from the Theatre Royal Dublin from 1831 to 1873.

10/8/31: Miss Inverarity, Mr Wilson and Mr. G. Penson's engagements.
17/8/31: Mr. Wilson's engagement.
3/11/31, 12/11/31, 14/11/31, 16/11/31, 19/11/31, 22/11/31: Mr. Collins 'surnamed the English Paganini'
8/12/31; 10/12/31: Signor De Begnis Italian Opera Company
25/6/32: Mrs. Wood, Mr. Wood, Mr. Power.
16/2/32, 3/12/32: Mr. Wood's Benefit.
4/2/33: Mrs. Waylett
30/4/33, 7/8/39: Mr. Braham
22/4/41: Mr. Stapelton (treasurer)'s Benefit
2/7/44: Miss Rainforth, Mr. Stretton, Mr. W. Harrison's engagement.
2/5/45: Messrs. Tighe, Griesbach, Scully, Mitchell and Mrs. Anglin's engagement
24/5/[45]: Mons. Duprez and Madame Eugenie Garcia.
10/7/45; 14/7/45: Miss Romer, Mr. Borrani, Mr. W. Harrison's engagement. The latter was the first night of Balfe's new opera 'Daughter of St. Mark'.
21/7/[45]: Mr W. Harrison's Benefit.
2/5/[46]: Mdlle Goldberg, Miss Eileen Lyon, Herr Goldberg, Mr. Carte.
4/5/46; 5/5/46 [plus duplicate]; 6/5/46; 7/4/46: Miss Delcy, Mr. F. Gardner and Mr. P. Corri's engagements.
9/5/46: Miss Delcy's engagement.
29/6/46; 1/7/46; 6/7/46; 7/7/46 [plus duplicate]; 8/7/46; 10/8/46; 13/8/46: Miss Romer, Mr. Borrani, Mr. W. Harrison's engagement.
9/7/46: Mr. Borrani's Benefit.
11/7/46: Mr. W. Harrison's Benefit.
14/8/46: Miss Romer's Benefit.
1/9/46; 3/9/46; 5/9/46; 7/9/46: Madame Castellan, Signor Corbari, Signor Marras, Signor Ciabatta, Signor Fornasari.
20/2/47; 25/2/47; 22/4/47; 23/4/47; 24/4/47; 26/4/47; 27/4/47; 28/4/47; 29/4/47; 1/5/47; 3/5/47 [plus duplicate]; 4/5/47; 6/5/47; 8/5/47 [plus duplicate]: Madame Anna Bishop.
14/5/47 [plus duplicate]: Benefit of Mr. Levey, at which Mdme Anna Bishop performed, under the especial patronage of all the Dublin Musical Societies.
24/5/47.
30/10/47; 1/11/47; 4/11/47; 5/11/47; 6/11/47; 8/11/47; 9/11/47 [plus duplicate]; 10/11/47; 12/11/47; 15/11/47: Mr. Allen and Miss Julia Harland's engagement.
11/11/47: Miss Julia Harland's Benefit.
13/11/47: Mr. Allen's Benefit.
21/2/48 [plus 2 duplicates]: Mr. Calcraft's Benefit.
31/1/48; 1/2/48; 2/2/48; 3/2/48; 5/2/48; 7/2/48; 11/2/48; 12/2/48; 15/2/48; 16/2/48; 17/2/48; 18/2/48; 19/2/48: Miss Rainforth, Mr. Travers, Mr. Stretton's engagements.
14/2/48: Miss Rainforth's Benefit.
11/3/48; 13/3/48; 14/3/48; 15/3/48: Mr. Allen and Miss Julia Harland's engagement.
16/3/48; 25/3/48; 30/3/48: Mr. Allen, Miss Julia Harland and Mr Henry Percy's engagement.
14/6/48; 19/6/48: Miss Poole and Mr. D. W. King's Engagements.
21/6/48: Mr. Barry (box keeper)'s Benefit.
1/7/48: Miss Poole and Mr. D. W. King's Benefit.
8/9/48: Madame Grisi's Benefit.
16/10/48; 24/10/48: Miss Jenny Lind.
24/4/50: Mdlle Charton and the Entire Company of the French Theatre, London.
7/1/54.
11/4/59-16/4/59: Madame Grisi, Madame Viardot Garcia, Signor Mario, Signor Graziani.
4/12/73-6/12/73: Carl Rosa Grand English Opera.
21/8/[year unknown]: Farewell Benefit of Mdlle. Taglioni.
[date unknown]: Farewell engagement of Madle. Piccolomini
26/5/[year unknown]: Mr. Well's Benefit.

The collection includes playbills for musicals, comedies, tragedies and pantomimes.

Format

Date range of collection

1831 - 1873

Accumulation Dates

-

Suggested Audience

Not Specific

Associated People or Organisations

• Allen, Mr. -
• Anglin, Mrs. -
• Barry, Mr. -
• Bishop, Anna -
• Borrani, Mr. -
• Braham, Mr -
• Calcraft, Mr. -
• Carl Rosa Grand English Opera -
• Carte, Mr -
• Castellan, Jeanne Anais -
• Charton, Mdlle -
• Ciabatta, Signor -
• Collins, Mr. -
• Corbari, Signor -
• Corri, P. -
• Delcy, Miss -
• Duprez, Mons. -
• Fornasari, Signor -
• French Theatre London Company -
• Garcia, Eugenie -
• Gardener, Fitzroy -
• Goldberg, Herr -
• Goldberg, Mdlle -
• Graziani, Signor -
• Griesbach, Mr. -
• Grisi, Giulia 1811 - 1869
• Harland, Julia -
• Harrison, W. -
• Invararity, Miss -
• King, D.W. -
• Levey, Richard Michael -
• Lind, Jenny (Johanna Maria) -
• Lyon, Eileen -
• Mario, Signor -
• Marras, Signor -
• Mitchell, Mr. -
• Penson, G. -
• Percy, Henry -
• Piccolomini, Madle. -
• Poole, Miss -
• Power, Mr. -
• Rainforth, Miss -
• Romer, Miss -
• Scully, Mr. -
• Signor De Begnis Italian Opera Company -
• Stapelton, Mr. -
• Stretton, Mr. -
• Tighe, Mr. -
• Travers, Mr. -
• Viardot Garcia, Pauline -
• Waylett, Mrs. -
• Well, Mr. -
• Wilson, Mr. -
• Wood, Mr -
• Wood, Mrs. -

Associated Places

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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Additional Collection Information

Accrual Status

Open

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