[Ephemera from the first stage performance of Shelley's "The Cenci," May 7, 1886, at The Grand Theatre in London, starring Miss Alma Murray as Beatrice Cenci.].

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[Ephemera from the first stage performance of Shelley's "The Cenci," May 7, 1886, at The Grand Theatre in London, starring Miss Alma Murray as Beatrice Cenci.].

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2 programs ; 1 printed prologue ; 1 printed advertisement ; 4 menus ; 2 ticket stubs ; 1 standing-room card ; 2 p. review clipping. Programs: [4] p. ; title-page reads: "Grand Theatre, Islington. / Lessee and manager ... Mr. Charles Wilmot. / First performance of / 'The Cenci.' / produced by / The Shelley Society" ; cast and list of acts on p. [2-3] ; prologue by John Todhunter on p. [4]. Prologue: 2 p. (1 leaf) of prologue ; probably excised from a book. Advertisement: For Todhunter's "Helena In Troas" at Hengler's Circus in May of 1886. Menus: For "The Cenci Dinner," at the Vienna Café Restaurant, 12, High Street, Islington at 5:30 p.m. after the performance. Ticket stubs: No. 49, for the "stalls" and no. 202 for the "gallery." Standing-room card: unsigned. Review: From The Athenæum, no. 3055, May 15, 1886.

1 envelope housing 12 pieces of printed ephemera.

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