‘Jack Butler Yeats’s circuses and plays’: a diary and scrapbook of miniature theatre productions
Description
The cottage magazine; or plain Christian’s library, 1823, employed by Yeats to record information for, and relating to, his productions of plays for miniature theatre. Includes original sketches to accompany entries listing title and dates of production of plays/circuses with details of who viewed the production. Audiences included Lily Yeats and John Butler Yeats, local children from Strete, Pamela Colman Smith, Harry Hall, Warner, and others. Productions include Esmeralda grande 1900, Onctmore’s first circus 1901, Circus 1902, The treasure of the garden 1902, James Dance or The fortunate ship boy 1903, The mysterious travellers or The gamesome princes and the pursuing policeman 1904, and Galanty show 1905 and 1906. Also includes the full manuscript text of Onctmore’s first circus, a clipping from the Strete parish magazine, February 1901, which indicates that Jack Butler Yeats and Mary Cottenham Yeats staged a miniature theatre circus for sixty five children of Strete school, 3 January 1901, and seventeen sepia photographs of scenes from productions (accompanied by Yeats’s manuscript notations).
Creator
Yeats, Jack Butler
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| Title | ‘Jack Butler Yeats’s circuses and plays’: a diary and scrapbook of miniature theatre productions |
|---|---|
| Creator | Yeats, Jack Butler |
| Date | [1900-1906] |
| Type | Component |
| Ref | IE NGI/YA/Y1/JY/2/1/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Condition | Good |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1 volume |
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