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"A Special Matinee in Aid of the Bushey Heath Cottage Hospital"
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,…
A Souvenir of "Ivanhoe"
Souvenir marking the 100th performance of Arthur Sullivan's grand opera Ivanhoe (words by Julian Sturgis) at the Royal English Opera, 25 May 1891, written by Lewis Hind, with illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen, Herbert Railton, John Jellicoe, and…
Children's H.M.S. Pinafore
Small card program for Children's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S Pinafore at the Boston Museum.
Command performance concert program
Two-color engraved program for command performance concert at Buckingham Palace, conducted by Arthur Sullivan. Program featured four scenes from Sullivan's dramatic cantata The Golden Legend.
Cox and Box; or, The Long Lost Brothers
Program for the second public performance of Cox and Box; or, The Long Lost Brothers, at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Performance was part of a benefit program in aid of the widow and children of Punch artist C. H. Bennett. Sullivan conducted. …
Der Mikado; ober, Ein Tag in Titipu
Program, Mr. R. D’Oyly Carte’s englisher Opera-Gesellschaft in Der Mikado; ober, Ein Tag in Titipu. Typeset text with hand-colored woodcut illustrations.
Dulcamara; or, The Little Duck and the Great Quack
First edition libretto of W. S. Gilbert's extravaganza Dulcamara; or, The Little Duck and the Great Quack. Gilbert’s first acknowledged stage work, Dulcamara was a burlesque of Donizetti’s opera L’Elisir d’Amore. It was produced at the St. James’s…
Engaged
Illustrated program for W. S. Gilbert's three act farcical comedy Engaged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. The program also includes the farce By the Sea (by an unidentified author).
Gretchen
First night program for W. S. Gilbert's play Gretchen at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London. The program also includes the farce Jolliboy's Woes (by Charles S. Fawcett).
H.M.S. Pinafore
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.