Excerpts from plays, operas, and prompt books, ca. 1843, 1873

B 224

fonds

ca. 1846, 1873

439828

1 volume - 0.03 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)

[Untitled play, with characters Peter, Francis, Toby, and chorus. 59 pages]
'Cinderella or the Fairy and the Glass Slipper. An Opera in Two Acts. Le Arie dalla Cenerentola, Opera di Rossini'. Revived June 19, 1846 (14 pages)
Collection of songs and verse, including 'I'm as happy as a bird', 'Mr Cornelius Flummery', and 'Betty Dimple' (58 pages).
'Slice of Luck' [prompt books, featuring characters Mr Triptolemus Twitter, Doctor Barnacles, and Julia Maynard. 40 pages]
Excerpts from plays, including 'Orpheus and Eurydice' (Scene 3), 'Dolly Spanker' (Acts 3 & 4), 'Gnat's Brain' (Act 1), 'Dame Hatley' (Scenes 2 & 3), (59 pages)
Agreement signed by Lugi Ferrari, ensuring that Ferrari and his monkeys will travel to Christchurch, Dunedin, and the Otago District to perform for G. Bromley, 24 Aug. 1873 (2 pages)
'Baron Balderdash' (Scenes 2 & 5, 12 pages)
[Gunridge?, with characters Jack, Act 1 scenes 1-2, Act 2 scenes 3-4, 10 pages]

The material in this volume appears to be an artificial series being derived from various sources (only the first plays bears D.S. Mitchell's initials) and does not have any imposed order.
Each play, prompt book, and notes are written in a different hand and on various sized paper.
On a paper inserted at the front the opera titled "Cinderella ..." is a handwritten note, "Cinderella / Act 1 / R.V.T. / Sydney"
The prompt books titled "A Slice of Luck", are based on the short farce of the same title written by John M. Morton. It was performed at the Theatre Royal, New Adelphi, in 1867.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover
"D.S.M" initials appear on p.i

G. Bromley / Christchurch / Aug 14th 1873 / Christchurch grand Juris - on flyleaf to play.
"MS Plays and Prompt Books" embossed on spine.