"A penny plain and twopence coloured" : from Memories and Portraits, 1887.

Date:

1968.

Author:

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH S848 M46 1963 LOCAL

Language:

Contains the text of the play Cinderella in English, French, German, and Italian.

Publisher:

Pollock's Toy Theatres and Toy Museum

Physical Description:

[32] pages, [4] leaves of color plates : illustrations ; 18 x 25 cm

Notes:

Title vignette. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

reprint by Pollock's Toy Theatres and Toy Museum (London) [1963]; cover title is Characters and Scenes in Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp; [representing toy theatrricals of RLS's childhood in the 1860's] includes the RLS essay, adapted text and staging instructions ( in English, French, Italian and German), plus scenes, for play of Aladdin; paper wrapper has color illustration of the play's characters

Subjects:

Children's plays, Toy theaters, Children's plays, and Toy theaters

Genres/Forms:

Children's books. aat and Fairy tales. aat