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Sharp Collection : [programmes of concerts, musicals, theatre, vaudeville staged primarily in Sydney / held in the PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia]
Bib ID 1870140
Format BookBook, OnlineOnline
Online Versions Holdings list
Description 1887-1911. 
4 boxes 
Series Australian ephemera collection (PROMPT)  Australian performing arts collection (PROMPT) 
Summary

One hundred and fifty programmes representing a sampling of theatre activities in Sydney concentrating on the period 1898-1907. Documents the development of Australian theatre through genres such as vaudeville, drama, musical theatre and through the representation of key actor/managers, entrepreneurs and personalities such as William Anderson, Charles Arnold, Florence Baine, Wilson Barrett, Brough, Alfred Dampier, Fitzgerald Brothers, Hawtrey Comedy Co., Henry's Dramatic Co., Charles Holloway, Bland Holt, H.B. Irving, J. & C. MacMahon, Musgrove Opera, Harry Rickards, George Rignold, Walter Sanford, Sheridan Season, George Stephenson, Mr. Trees Company, Frank Thorton, J.C. Williamson, Williamson and Musgrove, George Willoughby, Willoughby and Ward. Theatres include the Criterion, Her Majesty's Theatre, Lyceum, Palace, Royal Standard, Theatre Royal, Tivoli and Rickards New Opera House in Melbourne.

Full contents Box 1. William Anderson - Musgrove's Grand Opera Co. -- Box 2. Harry Rickards -- Box 3. George Rignold - Willoughby and Ward -- Box 4. Miscellaneous featuring programmes of film screeenings 1902-1910. 
Related Material Associated materials held in Pictorial, Manuscript, Oral History Sections with biographical cuttings material available through the Petherick Reading Room. 
Provenance Acquired from Clarence Sharp. 
Cited In

Full house : ESSO guide to the Performing Arts Collections of the National Library of Australia

Index/Finding Aid Note Holdings list 
Subjects Sharp, Clarence - Archives.  |  Holt, Bland, - 1851-1942.  |  Rickards, Harry, - 1843-1911.  |  Rignold, George, - 1839-1912.  |  J.C. Williamson (Firm)  |  Theater programs - New South Wales - Sydney.  |  Theater - New South Wales - History.  |  Impresarios - Australia.  |  Theater - Australia - History.  |  Theater programs - Victoria - Melbourne.
Other Authors Rignold, George, 1839-1912  |  Holt, Bland, 1851-1942  |  Rickards, Harry, . 1845-1911  |  Sharp, Clarence  |  National Library of Australia  |  J. C. Williamson (Firm)  |  Tivoli Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)

Details Collect From
Ephemera (PROMPT) Petherick Reading Room (Ephemera Collection)