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[Peters collection of concert, theatre programmes, Sydney, ca. 1896-1958 and overseas travel ephemera, ca. 1910]
Bib ID 380034
Format BookBook
Author Peters, Guy, 1893-1974
Description [1896-1958] 
3 boxes 
Summary

Musical activities in and around Sydney featuring various opera companies such as Mr George Musgrove's Royal Grand Opera Season, Quinlan Opera Co., Gonsalez Italian Opera Co., Frank Rigo Grand Opera Co., Allan Wilkie Shakespearian Productions, Sir Benjamin Fuller's Grand Opera ; various Australian artists such as Peter Dawson, Gladys Moncrieff, Dame Nellie Melba, Peter Finch, Ron Randell, Amy Castles including overseas artists such as Yehudi Menuhin, Rubinstein. Performing in Sydney theatres such as Theatre Royal, Her Majesty's theatre, Criterion, Palace Theatre, Sydney Town Hall, Majestic Theatre in Newtown, New Tivoli, Minerva. The travel ephemera includes primarily overseas postcards, some guide-books, maps, London, Paris and Brussels theatre programmes during a trip to Europe in 1910 possibly for the World Exposition, Brussels.

Full contents Box 1. [Music, theatre programmes, Sydney] -- box 2. [Travel ephemera. General, Algeria-Ceylon] -- box 3. [Travel ephemera. England-USA] 
Biography/History Guy Peters from Sydney was a concert and theatre goer. His overseas trip included visitng various theatres and concert halls in Belgium, England and France. 
Notes

Includes signed port. of a youthful Peter Dawson, 1909, Sydney and two Nellie Melba programs in Sydney, 1907 and at Covent Garden, London, Aug. 1910.

Includes a list of the contents (3 p.)

Related Material Associated materials held in Pictorial, Manuscript Sections, with biographical files available through the Petherick Reading Room. 
Subjects Peters, Guy, - 1893-1974 - Archives.  |  Melba, Nellie, - Dame, - 1861-1931.  |  Dawson, Peter, - 1882-1961.  |  Theater programs - New South Wales - Sydney.  |  Theater - New South Wales - Sydney - History.  |  Concert programs - New South Wales - Sydney.  |  Opera companies - New South Wales - Sydney.  |  Theaters - New South Wales - Sydney.  |  Europe - Description and travel - Miscellanea.
Other Authors Her Majesty's Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)  |  Theatre Royal (Sydney, N.S.W.)  |  Criterion Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)  |  Town Hall (Sydney, N.S.W.)  |  Palace Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)  |  Majestic Theatre (Newtown, N.S.W.)  |  New Tivoli Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Details Collect From
Ephemera (PROMPT) Petherick Reading Room (Ephemera Collection)
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