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Theatre Royal Christchurch :London Gaiety Burlesque Company. "Carmen up to data". [1893].
Date: 1893
From: [Theatre programmes for opera performances in New Zealand. 1890s].
By: J J Miller Printing Company
Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1893-01-cover
Description: The back and front cover spread of what is actually a programme for "Carmen up to data" in Christchurch in 1893, shows scenes from the show "Forty thieves", which had played the previous year at the Princess Theatre Melbourne. The illustrations mainly feature a beautiful dancing girl. In one scene she pours oil into a jar containing a person. In another she dances, watched by an admirer in a tree. "Carmen up to data" was a musical burlesque, a spoof of Bizet's 1875 opera "Carmen". It premiered at the Gaiety Theatre London, on 4 October 1890, and toured internationally reaching Australia by 1892. This cover has been overprinted for use in the New Zealand season. Extended Title - Superprinted on top of programme for, Princess Theatre, Melbourne. Grand Xmas pantomime, "Forty thieves", 1892-3. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Designed & lithographed by J J Miller, Melbourne Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and lithograph, on cover 258 x 238 mm (unfolded).
Christchurch Amateur Operatic Society :Theatre Royal, 28th, 29th, and 30th October 1886...
Date: 1886
From: [Theatre programmes for opera performances in New Zealand. 1880s].
By: Christchurch Press Company Ltd
Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1886-01-front
Description: Shows arrangement of text within decorative Victorian borders. Lists conductor as Arthur Towsey. Inside the programme, the main singers are: Mr J J Kinsey (as Charles Favart), Mr W Izard (as Hector de Boispreau), Mr W R Benson (as Marquis de Pontsable); Mrs T Garrard (as Madame Favart), and Miss Fairhurst (as Suzanne). Extended Title - In programme of 4 pages (one folded sheet). Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Press Christchurch Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 266 x 208 mm.
Theatre Royal (Christchurch) :Visit to Christchurch of Mr H. M. Stanley, the Columbus o...
Date: 1892
From: [Ephemera and fliers advertising or concerning lectures and public talks given in or about New Zealand. 1800s].
Reference: Eph-B-LECTURE-1892-01
Description: Shows arrangement of text with the word STANLEY backed with red. The titles of the four talks on sequential nights are: Through the dark continent, How I found Livingstone, Rescue of Emin Pasha, The cannibals and the pygmies. Other Titles - Through the Dark Continent Other Titles - How I found Livingstone Other Titles - Rescue of Emin Pasha Other Titles - The cannibals and the Pygmies Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 297 x 130 mm.