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Mazeppa, [between 1837-1840]
- Title(s):
- Mazeppa
- Published/Created:
- [London] : [M. & M. Skelt], [between 1837-1840]
- Physical Description:
- 22 pages ; 17 cm and 30 sheets : lithographs ; 17 x 22 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsToy Theater Webb Skelt MazeppaYale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. KrausView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14596663
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Juvenile drama emerged in England soon after 1800, forming itself from the adult drama of the time. The plays were adapted from their original stage version into a miniature toy version with actors, costumes and scenery intended for a juvenile audience. Characters and scenes were intended to be cut out and dramatized.
Mazeppa was first performed at Coburg in 1823.
The publisher M. & M. Skelt was active from 1837-1840. See Speaight.
Description based on the copy at the Yale Center for British Art, which lacks the booklet (presumably 22 pages).
Mazeppa is a dramatization of Lord Byron's poem.
Speaight, G. History of the English toy theatre, pages 193-194, 209
BAC: British Art Center copy is incomplete: lacks the booklet (22 pages) and no. 10 of 14 plates of scenery. The sheets of characters and wings are uncut. Uncolored. - Subject Terms:
- Ballads, English -- Juvenile drama.Children's plays, English.
- Form/Genre:
- Plays.
Toy theaters.
Lithographs -- 1837-1840. - Export:
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