Series 15: J C Williamson (firm) - other printed material, 1875-1969

MLMSS 2185/147-154

series

1875 - 1969

446746

SOUVENIR AND OTHER BOOKLETS, 1912-1964

1912; Souvenir of the 100th performance of Sinbad the sailor, Her Majesty's Theatre (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
Undated; Mr J C Williamsons The blue moon (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
[1913]; Within the law (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1916; Florodora. Souvenir of the 150th performance in Australia, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney. Includes photographs of Wallace Brownlow, George Laurie, Carrie Moore, Grace Poletta and Hugh Ward (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1918; Souvenir. Guy Bates Post. The masquerader Australian tour (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
[1921]; The lilac domino. Souvenir of Sydney season (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1929; The desert song. Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney March 30-August 7, 1929 (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1932; Bitter sweet (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1933; Souvenir of Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, 1887-1933 (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1938?; Words of wisdom concerning The women. Preface by Clare Boothe (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1939; Under your hat. J C Williamson's London Musical Comedy (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1941; Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Season (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1948; Grand Opera Souvenir 1948-1949 Season, Australia and New Zealand (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1949?; Oklahoma souvenir (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1951; Borovansky Jubilee Ballet (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1952; Kiss me Kate (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
ca. 1955; Hohner Symphony Accordian Orchestra (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1955; Grand Opera Season (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1956; The Classical Theatre of China (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1957; Margot Fonteyn in Australia. A souvenir to commemorate the 1957 visit from the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden to the Borovansky Ballet of Margot Fonteyn, Michael Soames, Rowena Jackson and Bryan Ashbridge (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
ca. 1963; The black and white minstrel show pictorial souvenir (Tivoli Circuit Australia) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1963; Georgian State Dance Company (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1964; 1964 How to succeed in business without really trying (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
1968; Man of la Mancha (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
Undated; Cherry blossom show (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
Undated; Toti Dal Monte Concerts. Souvenir Book of Words (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
Undated; The Mallinson song recitals (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)
Undated; Switzerland. J C Williamson's super ice show (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/147)

JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES COLLECTED, c. 1904-1969

ca.1904-1969; Issues of theatre journals and magazines including: Fantasio (undated); The play pictorial (undated); The Box-office Reporter (Undated); The player - pages 3-4 only (1904); Il Teatro illustrato - front cover only (1906); The theatre (1911); The theatre magazine (1912); Fuller News (1929); Les Grands Modeles (1934) - former call number YV 126; Variety (1947); Le Theatre dans le monde (1960); Drama (1962); Theatre goer (1963); Music journal (1964); Theatre world (1965); Masque (1969) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/148)

MONOGRAPHS, ?1933 - c.1967

1933?; Gilbert & Sullivan opera in Australia 1879-1933, Ninth Edition, by Vinia de Loitte (Mrs Howard Vernon). (Whitmarks Ltd. Print, Sydney) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/149)
ca.1967; The school musician, by Raymond Cray (Nicholson's Pty Ltd., Sydney) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/149)
Undated; Celebrities of the stage, edited by Boyle Lawrence (George Newnes, Limited, London). With pencil annotations (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/149)

PLAYSCRIPTS (PUBLISHED), 1875-1961

1875; Washington. A heroic drama of the revolution, in five acts, by Ingersoll Lockwood (Ingersoll Lockwood, New York) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1936; Bury the dead, by Irwin Shaw (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1914; The stronger woman, Motherly love. Two plays by August Strindberg. Translated by Horace B Samuel (Hendersons, London) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1948; The relapse, or, Virtue in danger by Sir John Vanbrugh with an introduction by Cyril Ritchard (Peter Nevill Limited, London). Annotation reads: To our dear Mr Mac With our love Maude & Cyril Sept. 2/49 (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1961; Under the yum-yum tree, by Lawrence Roman (Dramatists Play Service Inc., New York) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)

LIBRETTOS (PUBLISHED), 1888-1959

1955; Airs on a shoestring and Penny Plain. Lyrics from Laurier Listers Revues (Samuel French Limited, London) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1959; The boy friend. A play in three acts by Sandy Wilson. With preface by Vida Hope. (Penguin Books). Annotation reads: 'Produced at Victory Theatre Blackheath & Katoomba by Alec Joyce - Nov-Dec 59' (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; The cousin from nowhere (lyrics). (B. Feldman & Co, London) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1891; The forty thieves (Christmas pantomime) (Marcus & Andrew, Theatrical and General Printers, Sydney) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1922; Frasquita. Operette in drei Akten van Dr U M Willner und Heinz Reichert; musik von Franz Lehar (Josef Weinberger, Zurich) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1949; The geisha. A musical play in two acts; book by Owen Hall; Lyrics by Harry Greenbank; music by Sidney Jones (British Amalgamated Theatres Ltd., London) (two copies - with annotations) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; The girls of Gottenberg. A musical play in two acts (British Amalgamated Theatres Limited, London) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1932; HMS Pinafore, or, The lass that loved a sailor by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Chappell & Co. Ltd., London) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; Iolanthe; or The peer and the peri, by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Chappel & Co., Ltd, London). With annotations. (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; Iolanthe; or The peer and the peri, by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Special Australian edition (Chappell & Co. Ltd., London) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; Kitty Grey. A musical comedy in three acts, adapted from the French 'Les Fetards' by J S Pigott. Lyrics by Adrian Ross; music by Lionel Monckton, W Augustus Barratt, Howard Talbot and Victor Roger. (E Ascherberg & Co., London (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1949; The maid of the mountains. A musical play in three acts. Book by Frederick Lonsdale with revisions by Emile Littler; lyrics by Harry Graham; additional lyrics by F Clifford Harris and Vallentine; music by Harold Fraser Simson; additional nos. by Jas W Tate (British Amalgamated Theatres Ltd) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1902; Merrie England. Comic opera in two acts, written by Basil Hood; composed by Edward German (Chappell & Co. Ltd., London (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; The mikado, or The town of Titipu. Cover missing - pages 1-44 only (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; Paul Jones. Opera comique in three acts, written by H B Farnie; composed by Robert Planquette (Hopwood & Crew, London). With annotations. (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; Princess Ida; or, Castle adamant, by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Chappell & Co. Ltd., London) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
1888?; Sinbad the Sailor. Printers proofs? With annotations. (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; The sorcerer, by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Revised edition (Chappell & Co. Ltd., London) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; La traviata (The lost one). (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; Trial by jury, by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Chappell & Co. Ltd., London) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; The yeomen of the Guard; or, The merryman and his maid, by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Chappell & Co. Ltd., London (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; The yeomen of the Guard; or, The merryman and his maid, by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Special Australian Edition. (Chappell & Co., Sydney) (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)
Undated; La traviata. Produced for Melba Grand Opera Season (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/150)

CATALOGUES, 1902-c.1912

1902; Music Catalogue: Hawkes & Son, Orchestra 1902 (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/151)
ca.1912 ; Theatre suppliers catalogues (2): Robert White & Sons, theatrical armourers & jewellers, lace ornament and spangle manufacturers, London (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/151)
Undated; Cover only: 'Catalogs H. Hicks & Sons, Auctioneers. 317 Madasion Avenue, New York' (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/151)


PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL

Undated; 1918-1971; Flyers and brochures (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/151)

NEWS BULLETINS, 1957-1965

1928; J C Williamson Ltd Daily Star, Sydney, covering the play The trial of Mary Dugan. (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/151)
1957; 1966; J C Williamson Theatres Ltd News Bulletins: 15 October 1957; 6 January 1965 (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/151)

MISCELLANEOUS PRINTED MATERIAL

1898; Student's aid: Descriptive Table for the Boehm Clarinet (recto) and Scale for the Clarinet (verso), by C Rose (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/152)
ca. 1961; Record sleeve: The sentimental bloke. Original cast recording of the J C Williamson production (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/152)
ca. 1961; Record sleeve: The sentimental bloke. Spoken extracts, with Edwin Ride. (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/152)

RESTRICTION AND RELEASE NOTICES, 1958-1964

1958-1964; Restriction and release notices. Numbered circulars issued by the Australasian Performing Right Assn. Ltd. Restriction notices list the names of musical numbers not available for broadcasting, telecasting or public performance. Release notices list musical numbers to become available. (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/152)

STATIONERY SAMPLES, undated;

n.d.; Stationery samples. Includes sample letterhead and form letters for J C Williamson Theatres Ltd., Sydney and the company's operating arm Australian and New Zealand Theatres Limited. (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/152)

NEWSCUTTINGS, 1877-1969

1877; 1904-1969; Newscuttings. NOTE: See also newscuttings in press books at MLMSS 2185/36-78 (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/152)

1896-1897; Extracts from L'Univers Illustre. Serialised version of Les Trois Mousquetaires, by Alexandre Dumas, with illustrations by M Maurice Leloir. Annotation on cover reads: "The property of Bland Holt" (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/153)

SCRAPBOOK, ca. 1905-1912

ca.1905-1912; Scrapbook, with annotations. Mainly copies of photographs of actors and actresses taken from programmes, magazines and newspapers (Call No.: MLMSS 2185/154)