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No Plays Exchanged or Sent on Approval.
INTERNATIONAL
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
OF
PLAYS,
AND
DRAMATIC WORKS,
With a Descriptive List of Amateur Plays and Articles.
CONTENTS.
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Page Amateur Dramas, Comedies, etc. ... 32 Amateur Operas 42 Articles Needed by A m ateur s 45 Beards, Whiskers, Mustaches, etc... 47 Bits of Burlesque 38 fcound sets of Plays. 14 Bui wer Lytton s Plays 24 Burlesque Dramas 42 Burnt Cork 45 Charade Plays . . 33 Colored Fire and Tableaux Lights. . . 45 Comic Dramas for MaleCliar. oniy. 42 Costume Books 25 Cumberland s Edition 19 Darkey Dramas 39 Dramas for Boys 42 Drawing Room Plays 25 Elocution Reciters and Speakers 44 Ethiopian Dramas 39 Evening s Entertainment 40 Fairy Pla vs 40 French s Edition.... . 2 French s English Operas 42 French s Italian Operas.. 87 French s Standard Minor Drama.... J4 French s Parlor Comedies 41 Frobisher s Popular Recitals 45 Guide Books for Amateurs 41 Grand Army Dramas 36 Grease Paiats 48 Home Plays for Ladies 41
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Howto "Make-up" How We Managed our Private Thea tricals Irish Plays . . . Juvenile Plays Lacy s Costumes Magnesium Tableaux Lights.... Make-up Box Miscellaneous Books Miscellaneous Editions ofPlays. Miscellaneous Pla. s Mrs. Jarley s Wax Works New Plays Nigger Jokes and Stump Speeches. . Parlor Magic Parlor Pantom imes Pieces of Pleasantry Plays for Male Characters only Round Games Scenes for Amateurs Scriptural and Historical Dramas.. Sensation Dramas Serio-Comic Drama" Shadow Pantomimes Shakespeare s Piays Sheet Music Tableaux Vivaots Temperance Plays , Theatrical Face Preparations Vocal Music of Shakespeare s Plays. Wigs |
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A Catalogue with above Contents Sent Free
FRENCH'S SCENES FOR AMATEURS.
From approved designs. Representing scenes suitable for any piece. These are invaluable to amateur scene painters and also a great guide and help to professionals. Measurement 16½ in. by 12½ in.
Price Colored, each, 30 cents. Plain, each, 15 cents.
BACK SCENES.
The letters denote what borders and sides will go with the scenes.
1. Cottage, Interior (j b) Exterior (a f 3. Wood (./) 4. Prison (c l) 5. Field (a k) 6. Castie (f c) 7. Street (g) 8. Palace (d h) 9. Drawing-room (j)
10. Library (j) 11. Street, Foreign (e) 12. Roadside Inn with river and bridge (k) 13. Foreign Hotel ext.(af) 14. Ship Deck 15. Seascape (k) 16. Cave (c l) 17. Mountain Pass (b k)
18. Attic (bj) 19. Lodging House Room (j) 20. Villa (a f) 21. Court of Justice (h) 22. Baronial Hall (h b) 23. Proscenium, right 23AProscenium," left 24. Curtain 25. Drop Scene.
BORDERS AND SIDES.
Plain, each, 15 oents,
Slff f^terior Sides. j Interior
FRENCH'S AMATEUR OPERAS
FOR STAGE AND DRAWING-ROOM.
Comprising some the best works of the great composers and arranged so that they can be performed in any drawing-room. Each book is complete in itself, containing the
The Barber of Bath. Offenbach, 1 act ............
My New Maid, composed by Charles Lecocq, 1 act ......
A Fit of the Blues, composed by V. Robillard, 1 act.
Grass Widows, V. Gabriel, 1 act .......................
Loan of a Lover .......................................
Trial by Jury, composed by Arthur Sullivan, 1 act, words by W S Gilbert. This is very amusing and very pretty. There are five males, as well as twelve jurymen (the chorus), and one female character and eight bridesmaids, also the chorus. If these numbers be not convenient, any number will do ..................................................... 17
TABLEAUX VIVANTS,
ARRANGED FOR PRIVATE REPRESENTATION.
BY J. V. PRICHARD.
Containing 80 selected Tableaux, with instructions how to get them up, cast of characters, costumes required, and full description of each picture. Also information respecting the use of the Tableaux Lights, and other effects, and Describing the music required for each representation. Price, 25 cents.
THEATRICAL AND FANCY COSTUME WIGS, &c.,
A large assortment of above kept in Stock. No Wigs lent out on hire. Any Wig can be made to order. For prices and description, see
CATALOGUE, POST FREE ON APPLICATION.
S. FRENCH & SON,
38 East 14th Street, Union Square, New York.