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Pizarro , [between 1850--1862]
- Title(s):
Pizarro : a drama in five acts : written expressly for and adapted only to Skelt's characters and scenes in the same.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed and published b B. Skelt, [between 1850--1862]
- Physical Description:
- 18 pages ; 17 cm. and 23 sheets : lithographs ; 17 x 22 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsToy Theater Webb Skelt PizarroYale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. KrausView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14597066
- 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.
R. B. Sheridan's Pizarro was first performed at Drury Lane in 1799. See: Speaight.
The publisher B. Skelt was active from 1850 to1862. See Speaight.
Adaption for juvenile theater of the English translation of Spanier in Peru / August von Kotzebue.
Speaight, G. History of the English toy theatre, pages 193-194, 210
BAC: British Art Center copy imperfect: lacks booklet. Text is typewritten script. The sheets of characters and wings are uncut and uncolored. 2 plates of wings are colored. - Subject Terms:
- Ballads, English -- Juvenile drama.Children's plays, English.
- Form/Genre:
- Plays.
Toy theaters.
Lithographs -- [between 1850--1862]. - Export:
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