Jack and the beanstalk : a play either for the village school or the drawing-room. / By Amabel Jenner, ...
Katherine Amabel Jenner
Category
Books
Date
1889
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3259011
Summary
Bibliographic description
31 p. ;. 18cm. Provenance: cover inscribed "Adderley". Inscribed over 'Dramatis personæ': Hams 1893 - Stage manager Mr Piers Warburton" [i.e. at Hams Hall, N. Warwickshire, home of Adderley family]. With players inscribed alongside characters, including "Hilda", "Airmyne", "Winnie" and "Dick" [i.e. Harpur Crewe children]. Pencil manuscript 'Epilogue' appended to the end of the text, in verse ending: "To drink to the health of Winifred Crewe | Whose birthday is to-day." [i.e. Winifred Isabel Senior, née Harpur Crewe (b. 1879)]. Binding: publisher's printed paper wrappers. With tape repairs and fabric tape over spine.
Makers and roles
Katherine Amabel Jenner