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MEL - Melville Theatre Collection
PRG - Melville Theatre Collection programmes
Ref No
MEL/PRG/DBY NG : 0600388
Collection
Melville Theatre Collection
Title
Rip Van Winkle
Date
1886
Extent
2 programmes
Description
2 copies of a theatre programme advertising Rip Van Winkle on 25th- 30th March. Programme is a silk edition for "The opening night of this magnificent New Theatre. Fixed for Thursday, March 25th, 1886, under the patronage and in the presence of His Worship The Mayor, Charles Leech, Esq."
Notes
Previous reference number: UKC/MEL/PRG/DBY NG : 0600388
See also record 0599687; MEL.6.A Spec Coll
Contains a printed On the reverse of the front page, "The first performances will be given by Mr. A. Melville and his own company from the Grand Theatre, Birmingham."
2 copies of the programme
Stored in the Special Collections Room, Level 4 East
Subject
Music
Drama
PhysicalDescription
450 x 260 mm
Black ink on silk
Related Person
Melville, Andrew, 1853-1896, (son of George Melville, known as Andrew Melville I, also known as Andrew Emm, real name Andrew Robbins)
Tute, S.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Stafford, Maude
Cane, Harry
Dryden, J. Pope,
Related Organisation
New Grand Theatre
Related Place
Derby, Derbyshire
Category
Programmes (theatre)
Access conditions
This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
Copyright
Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study.
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