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SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION IN COLLECTABLE CONDITION SIGNED BY THE BOOK'S MUSICAL SCORE WRITER / AUTHOR 'SIDNEY JONES' ON THE TITLE PAGE
OWEN HALL & SIDNEY JONES
& HARRY GREENBANK
THE GEISHA
A STORY OF A TEA HOUSE
A JAPANESE MUSICAL PLAY IN TWO ACTS
HOPWOOD AND CREW 1896 1st EDITION iv+202pp 4to IN SIZE
FINE DARK GREEN BUCKRAM FRONT BOARD WITH NEAR FINE SPINE WITH GILT TITLE AND SIX GILT BANDS WITH VG+ BACK BOARD AS HAS THE ODD TINY CHIP (A HARDBACK)
CONTENTS FINE/NEAR FINE: AGE TANNED TEXT BLOCK, TIGHT BINDING, CLEAN PAGES AND VERY LIGHT FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS AND TITLE PAGE. SIGNED BY THE PLAYWRIGHT/MUSICAL SCORER/AUTHOR 'SIDNEY JONES' IN DARK BLUE FOUNTAIN PEN INK ON THE TITLE PAGE. NO BOOKPLATE. WITH A PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER 'A B GREGORY' , ALONG WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS 'BERWYN, YORK AVENUE, HOVE' AND '2 ST JOHNS ROAD, BURGESS HILL' NEXT TO IT. ALL IN FOUNTAIN PEN INK WITH THE AGE OF THE INK SUGGESTING WRITTEN 1890's-1930's.
THIS VOLUME CONTAINS THE PIANO SCORE (SHEET MUSIC, PIANOFORTE) AND THE VOCAL SCORE WITH LYRICS FOR THE VICTORIAN 1890's MUSICAL PLAY / OPERETTA ' THE GEISHA'. THE LYRICS ARE BY HARRY GREENBANK, THE MUSIC BY SIDNEY JONES AND THE LIBRETO BY OWEN HALL.
THE VOLUME CONTAINS A 1 PAGE 'DRAMATIS PERSONAE', A LIST OF 22 PERFORMERS INVOLVED IN THE PLAY AT DALY'S THEATRE IN LONDON.
THE 22 ACTRESSES/ACTORS/SINGERS NAMED ARE:
MISS MARIE TEMPEST
MISS JULIETTE NESVILLE
MISS KRISTINE YUDALL
MISS EMELIE HERVE
MISS MARY FAWCETT
MISS ELSIE COOKE
MISS MARY COLLETTE
MISS MAUD HOBSON
MISS BLANCHE MASSEY
MISS HETTY HAMER
MISS ALICE DAVIS
MISS MARGARET FRASER
MISS LETTY LIND
MR HAYDEN COFFIN
MR LOUIS BRADFIELD
MR LEEDHAM BANTOCK
MR SYDNEY ELLISON
MISS LYDIA FLOPP
MR WILLIAM PHILIP
MR FREDERICK ROSSE
MR HUNTLEY WRIGHT
&
MR HARRY MONKHOUSE
ON THE REVERSE OF THE DRAMATIS PERSONAE IS A LIST OF THE ALL THE SONGS IN THE OPERETTA, WHICH TOTALS 34
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