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Collection name 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.
Date range 1831 - 1873
Associated People and 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. -
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Associated Times 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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