[Rarebooks] FA: 1830s Italian & French Theater
Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA
office at joslinhall.com
Mon Apr 24 07:54:26 EDT 2006
Offered to the highest bidder on a major Internet auction site this week,
two interesting theater-related items from the 1830s, including a different
version of Romeo & Juliet than most of us are used to. Offered without
reserves, because reserves are just too histrionic for us-
<http://tinyurl.com/nlnlx>
"PETITE BIOGRAPHIE DES ACTEURS ET ACTRICES DES THEATRES DE PARIS, avec
l'age de ces dames" Paris, Chez les Marchands de Nouveautes, 1831-1832. A
wonderful early 19th century handbook for the Parisian theater-goer, giving
short biographies of actors and actresses on the Paris stage during the
1831-32 theater season. Actors are listed alphabetically, by theater.
Romeo and Juliet- Sicilian Style-
"I CAPULETI E L MONTECCHI O SIA GIULIETTA E ROMEO, Tragedia Lirica, da
rappresentarsi nel Teatro Filarmonico, l'Autunno 1831" Verona, Tipi di
Pietro Bisesti: 1832. The program, with dialogue, of "The Capulets and the
Montagues" by Vincenzo Bellini, as performed at the Teatro Filarmonico in
Verona in 1831.
<http://tinyurl.com/nlnlx>
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