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Collection name Scotland: Edinburgh (1844-47)
Unique identifier Playbills 218
Description A miscellaneous collection of handbills for performances given at various venues in Edinburgh between 1844 and 1847, held as a single bound volume.

Programmes are listed here alphabetically by venue with the relevant folio numbers given in square brackets.

- Music Hall, George Street
3/5 October 1846: Grand Ethiopian Concerts [63]
10 February 1847: [75]

- Royal Pavilion, Mound
19/20 August 1844: Grand Vocal and Instrumental Ethiopian Concert [10]

- Victoria Temple, Mound
12/15 July 1845: Grand Concert and Novel Entertainment [12]
28 July 1845: [16]
9 August 1845: Rational and Intellectual Entertainment [17]
22 August 1845: 2nd Fashionable Night [18]
24 and 25 November and 9 December 1845 and 7 April 1846: Benefit of Professor Hemmings and Sons [19-23, with 2 copies for 25 November].

Waterloo Rooms, Edinburgh
1 January 1846: Grand Vocal and Instrumental Ethiopian Concert [13]
15 April 1846: Masonic Entertainment [14]
Date range 1844 - 1847
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Associated Places Music Hall, George Street, Edinburgh Royal Pavilion, Mound
Associated Times 19th century - early Victorian 1837-1850
Associated Content Handbills
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British Library

The British Library St Pancras ,96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB Open Map
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