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First run program for W. S. Gilbert's Haste to the Wedding (a musical version of Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie with music by George Grossmith) at the Criterion Theatre, London. The program also included the operetta Poor Mignonette (music by…

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Autograph letter concerning the set design that Joseph Harker was working on for W. S. Gilbert and Edward German's comic opera Fallen Fairies at the Savoy Theatre, London.

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Half-length portrait photograph of Richard D'Oyly Carte on photographer's card mount by Ellis & Walery, London

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Libretto of Richard D'Oyly Carte's opera di camera in two acts Dr. Ambrosius, His Secret. "Written by H. B.," the libretto is founded on T. Haynes Bayley's farce Tom Noddy's Secret. It was privately performed at the St. George’s Opera House,…

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Original costume design by Percy Anderson for Hollee Beebee, a character in The Nautch Girl; or, The Rajah of Chutneypore, a comic opera written by George Dance and Frank Desprez, with music by Edward Solomon. It was first performed at the Savoy…

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Full-length photograph of Jessie Bond as Chinna Loofa in The Nautch Girl on photographer's card mount by Russell & Sons, London. Mount is marked "Miss Jessie Bond in 'The Nautch Girl.'"

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Sheet music with illustrated cover in full color featuring two characters from The Vicar of Bray, Lady Merton and the Vicar.

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Autograph letter to Mrs. [Helen] D'Oyly Carte regarding the writing and staging of the comic opera Jane Annie.

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Photograph of Rutland Barrington's face within the face of a grandfather clock on the photographer's card mount by Alfred Ellis, London. Mount is marked "Mr Rutland Barrington as The Proctor in 'Jane Annie'" and signed on the mount by Barrington.

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Libretto for Mirette, an opera in three acts written for the Savoy Theatre, London. Founded on the French of Michel Carré, with English lyrics by Frederic E. Weatherly and Adrian Ross, English dialogue by Harry Greenbank, and music by André…
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