A collection of seven programmes, prospectuses and playbills from the Theatre Royal, Manchester from 1840 to 1911.

The first item in the collection is a playbill from 8 January 1840. The programme included a music play ("Guy Mannering") and a three-act drama. The musical play featured Mr and Mrs Wood in the lead roles.

The remainder of the collection consists of programmes and prospectuses relating to performances of the Ring in 1911. These refer to a complete performance of the whole Ring cycle, given under the auspices of "Herr Ernst Denhof's Operatic Festival Performances (In English)". The programmes claim that this was the first complete performance of the Ring in Manchester.

1840 - 1911

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Not Specific

• Herr Ernst Denhof's Operatic Festival Performances -
• Wood, Mr -
• Wood, Mrs -

• Manchester

• 19th century - early Victorian 1837-1850
• 20th century - early 1900-1930

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The Portraits and Performance History Collection and its associated reading room is housed in a recently adapted space within the RCM's College Hall, its hall of residence for students. There is step-free access for visitors.

The Centre for Performance History (CPH) is a research centre and is also responsible for the stewardship of two well-established RCM research collections, the Museum of Instruments and the Portraits and Performance History Collection (PPHC). The latter houses a diverse collection relating to the history of performance including the RCM’s internationally famous collection of images, comprising 340 original portraits and sculptures and 25,000 prints and photographs, forming the most comprehensive archive of likenesses of musicians in the UK. The collection of 600,000 concert programmes from 1720 to the present day is of major importance for research into the history of music, society and culture.