The Gilbert and Sullivan Operas: An Illustrated Record by "The Sphere".
Sphere
Category
Books
Date
Unknown
Materials
Souvenir booklet
Measurements
330 x 251 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Coleton Fishacre, Devon
NT 1502478
Summary
A souvenir booklet of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas; An Illustrated Record by "The Sphere". The cover is grey with the title in the middle and drawings of six Gilbert and Sullivan characters above and five below. The price is at the bottom of the cover "Price: Two Shillings and Sixpence." At the top, written in pen, is "A.P. Northey" (crossed out) and "K.F. Atkinson". Inside there are forty-three pages of black and white photographs from the operas. The first page shows a picture of a jester (Jack Point ?) and a lady with a tambourine. The caption reads "Ring up the Curtain".
Provenance
Inherited by Mrs. A. Judith Codrington (of Nailsea) and her sister, from their mother K. Freda Northey who sang in amateur productions in Redruth.
Makers and roles
Sphere , publisher