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Shakespeare in Edinburgh Playbills: The Theatre Royal, 1810–1851
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In the National Library of Scotland under R.283.C. (bound volumes) and pressmrk Mus.Box.250 (boxes of loose materials) are collections of long-neglected playbills—a mine for detailed study of many aspects of theatre in Edinburgh. No printed catalogue of these ephemerae exists, though they provide valuable information that J. C. Dibdin chose to omit from The Annals of the Edinburgh Stage. The collections of Edinburgh playbills are uneven. Sixteen of forty-two Theatre Royal seasons between 1810 and 1851 are not represented by any bills.
Title: Shakespeare in Edinburgh Playbills: The Theatre Royal, 1810–1851
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In the National Library of Scotland under R.
283.
C.
(bound volumes) and pressmrk Mus.
Box.
250 (boxes of loose materials) are collections of long-neglected playbills—a mine for detailed study of many aspects of theatre in Edinburgh.
No printed catalogue of these ephemerae exists, though they provide valuable information that J.
C.
Dibdin chose to omit from The Annals of the Edinburgh Stage.
The collections of Edinburgh playbills are uneven.
Sixteen of forty-two Theatre Royal seasons between 1810 and 1851 are not represented by any bills.
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