PREJUDICE

[St James’s Theatre, London: 1936 centenary production of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, designed by Rex Whistler, and starring Celia Johnson and Hugh Williams.] Manuscript ‘Treasury Sheets’ of itemized accounts for 9 weeks of performances.

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St James’s Theatre, London: 1936 centenary production of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, designed by Rex Whistler (1905-1944) and starring Celia Johnson (1908-1982) and Hugh Williams (1904-1969) [Jane Austen]
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On nine weekly sheets, each with eight performances. Weeks ending 12 September 1936, and 26 September to 14 November 1936. St James's Theatre, London.
£650.00

The Gilbert Miller production of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, designed by Rex Whistler, and starring Celia Johnson as Elizabeth Bennet and Hugh Williams as Mr Darcy, was a great success. It opened at the St James's Theatre, London, on 27 February 1936, and closed on 21 November 1936; with a Christmas revival between 26 December 1936 and 16 January 1937. There was a royal performance before Queen Mary on 15 February 1937, and the production went on tour for the rest of the year.

Monthly Letter of the Protestant Alliance, no. 464, with pamphlet in the same format and a handbill. Subject: Attacks on Convents.

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[Attack on Convents]
Monthly Letter of the Protestant Alliance
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[No. 464]London, Dec. 1891, others presumably from the same period.
£165.00
Monthly Letter of the Protestant Alliance

Item One: [No.464] Convents | Laws Passed in Roman Catholic States. | The Confessional, 16pp., 8vo, printed wraps, good condition; Item 2: Pamphlet, Convents. | Miss Goldings Escape, Murder in Convents, Cruelties in Convents, Convent Prisons, and Lunatic Asylums, with same format as Item One, no date; Item Three, Handbill, Inspection of Convents.- Resolution of the Middlesex Magistrates., [1880?], 4pp., 4to, bifolium. Note on The Protestant Alliance: The Protestant Alliance, their principal aim is to educate and warn the general populous of the errors of Romanism.

Manuscript journal of a South African lady, 1948, returning after many years in England, including an account of her memories 'of the Cape as a girl'.

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[South African journal of a returning middle-class lady, 1948]
Manuscript journal of a South African lady, 1948
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Dated 'Bellaire Private Hotel | Fish Hoek | Cape Province | Jan. 18th. / 48.' [18 January 1948]
£380.00
Manuscript journal of a South African lady, 1948

4to, 166 pp. In ruled 'University Exercise Book'. Text clear and complete. On lightly aged paper, tight, in shaky binding with worn boards. The identity of the diarist is unclear. Her husband is named 'Berten', and their are references to 'Minie' (daughter?) and 'Kate' (South African sister-in-law?). A loosely air mail letter may provide a clue to the identity of the diary's author. Dated 30 April 1962, it is written by P. J. Duncan of Newlands to Miss Ruth Ince-Jones (diarist's daughter) of Geneva, Switzerland.

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