The rifle volunteers , [1861]
- Title(s):
The rifle volunteers : or, Form! Riflemen Form! : a laughable farce : written expressly for, and adapted only to Webb's characters and scenes in the same.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed and published by W. Webb, [1861]
- Physical Description:
- 18 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm and 11 sheets : lithographs ; 17 x 22 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsToy Theater Webb Rifle VolunteersYale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. KrausView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14580322
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Juvenile drama emerged in England soon after 1800, forming itself from the adult drama of the time. The plays were adapted from their original stage version into a miniature toy version with actors, costumes and scenery intended for a juvenile audience. Characters and scenes were intended to be cut out and dramatized.
Edward Stirling's The rifle volunteers was first performed at Adelphi in 1859. See: Speaight.
Date of publication from Speaight.
Speaight, G. History of the English toy theatre, pages 196, 214.
BAC: British Art Center copy is complete. One piece colored and remaing pieces are uncolored. The characters have been cut out from the original sheets. - Subject Terms:
- Ballads, English -- Juvenile drama.Children's plays, English.
- Form/Genre:
- Plays.
Toy theaters.
Lithographs -- 1861.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1861. - Export:
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