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Souvenir program for W. S. Gilbert's original domestic pantomime in two acts Harlequin and the Fairy's Dilemma and his "tragic episode, in three tabloids" Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. This was a single benefit performance at the Garrick Theatre,…

First run program for W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's grotesque opera in two acts Thespis; or The Gods Grown Old, at the Gaiety Theatre, London. The program also included Henry J. Byon's three-act drama Dearer Than Life.

Souvenir fan commemorating the opening of the Gaiety Theatre, 21 December 1868, under the management of John Hollingshead. Gilbert’s operatic extravaganza Robert the Devil (here spelt Robert le Diable) received its first performance at the Gaiety’s…

Portrait photograph of seated W. S. Gilbert by Fradelle & Marshall, London. Matted and framed, signed on the matte by Gilbert.

Illustrated program for first night of D'Oyly Carte's production of H.M.S. Pinafore at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York. Program's brown illustrations created in London, text details in black added in New York.

Card program for John Stetson's Opera Company production of Princess Ida at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.

Burgundy silk souvenir program for D'Oyly Carte's 150th performance of The Pirates of Penzance at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.

Full length photograph of Geraldine St. Maur, Geraldine Ulmar, and Kate Forster in kimonos holding closed fans near faces on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York.

Full length photograph of George Thorne as Ko-Ko in studio setting, lying on back with feet raised, fan in right hand, on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York. Mount is marked "George Thorne, as 'Ko-Ko.'"

Full length photograph of Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum in kimono seated on painted crescent moon, holding open fan, on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York. Mount is marked "Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum, 'We're very wide awake, the moon and I.'"