Performing Arts
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# 47142
[Various]
A small archive of programmes for amateur theatrical performances and music concerts in Perth, Western Australia, 1873-1883.
This important group of thirteen programmes can be regarded as a time capsule of amateur theatrical and musical performance in Perth, Western Australia in the 1870s and early 1880s. A number of the programmes in this archive appear to be completely unrecorded, and are quite possibly unique survivors. These highly ephemeral printings date from a …
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![[ROLLING STONES CONTACT SHEET] Charlie Watts and Mick Taylor interviewed by Felix Dennis for London Oz magazine, 1971.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2025/04/2025_DSFB_2589-300x300.jpg)
# 47093
[Photographer unidentified]
[ROLLING STONES CONTACT SHEET] Charlie Watts and Mick Taylor interviewed by Felix Dennis for London Oz magazine, 1971.
Gelatin silver print, 250 x 200 mm (sheet); inscribed on the verso in blue ballpoint by Oz magazine editor Felix Dennis: ‘F.D. interviews Charlie Watts & Mick Taylor, other members of Rolling Stones, for Oz. 1971?‘; in very good condition. The interview at which these photographs were taken (presumably by an Oz staff photographer – …
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# 46903
BOOMERANG ENTERTAINMENT
Promotional photograph of Aboriginal musician Fred Little, younger brother of renowned Yorta Yorta singer-songwriter Jimmy Little.
Granville, NSW : Boomerang Entertainment Centre, [c.1960]. Black-and-white photograph on glossy paper, 165 x 215 mm, verso with wet stamp of the Boomerang Entertainment Centre, and identifying caption in pen ‘Fred Little’; light creasing and corner wear.
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# 46775
[NOBLE, Timothy, attributed.] [BLONDIN, Charles, 1824-1897]
Farewell of Le Chevalier Blondin.
[Title from caption in the image]. [Melbourne : Timothy Noble, 1874]. Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm; verso without studio imprint, but in pencil are the original owner’s name ‘J. S. Wright’ and his gift inscription ‘For Cousin Jessie’; the print has some foxing at top edge and the front of …
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# 46882
DAVIES & CO.
Studio portrait of the celebrated Irish actor Charles Kean. Melbourne, 1863.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘Davies & Co., Photographers, 5 Collins St. West (3 Doors from Elizabeth St.), Melbourne’, and a fully contemporary inscription in ink identifying the sitter as ‘Mr. C. Kean’; the print has lost some contrast in the upper section, but …
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# 46546
WOMEN'S THEATRE GROUP (Melbourne)
Report for the Theatre Board of the Australian Council for the Arts, for Jan. to Jul. ’78, from Women’s Theatre Group, Melbourne.
[Melbourne : Women’s Theatre Group, 1978]. Foolscap folio (330 x 220 mm), stapled self-wrappers, [10] pp, roneo-printed; very good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.
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![[FEMINISM] Angel In The House : a film by Jane Jackson : extracts from Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse & Professions For Women.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2025/02/2025_DSFB_0540-300x300.jpg)
# 46303
SYDNEY FILMMAKERS CO-OPERATIVE LTD.
[FEMINISM] Angel In The House : a film by Jane Jackson : extracts from Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse & Professions For Women.
[Drop title]. Darlinghurst, NSW : Sydney Filmmakers Co-Operative Ltd., [1978]. Foolscap folio sheet, printed on both sides, illustrated; very lightly creased. ‘Angel in the house is suitable for women’s studies and film study courses, women and community groups as well as being an ideal theatrical short.’ (Text at foot of detailed synopsis verso) No copies …
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![[MELBOURNE] International Women's Day. 8 March [1990]. 3CR 855 kHz.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2025/02/2025_DSFB_1203-300x300.jpg)
# 46555
3CR
[MELBOURNE] International Women’s Day. 8 March [1990]. 3CR 855 kHz.
[Melbourne] : 3CR Community Radio, [1990]. Handbill, A4 size, printed recto only; 24-hour programme schedule for IWD; light corner creasing, otherwise good condition. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.
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# 46573
VICTORIAN WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA
Victorian Women’s Orchestra. Inaugural Concert … Friday, March 9th, 1990, 8.00pm … at Toorak Uniting Church …
Program will include: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Greig: Norwegian Dances, Copland: Appalachian Spring, Ravel: Bolero. Parkdale, Vic. : VWO, 1990. A5 flyer, printed recto only; fine. Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.
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![[SEXUALITY] Desire : a film directed by Bill Mousoulis.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2025/02/2025_DSFB_0552-300x300.jpg)
# 46306
[MOUSOULIS, Bill]
[SEXUALITY] Desire : a film directed by Bill Mousoulis.
[Melbourne] : Innersense Productions, 1999. Foolscap folio flyer, printed recto only, illustrated; faint original folds, very good; [TOGETHER WITH] Invitation to a sneak preview of Desire, for ‘cast, crew and invited guests’; identical format to the flyer, original folds. Desire (1999) is a 16mm film by legendary Melbourne filmmaker Bill Mousoulis, starring Juliet Hone and Belinda …
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# 46645
DE LA MANO. [DREITZEHN, Zell, 1830-1882?]
Conjuring; or, magic made easy.
Containing an extensive collection of conjuring and legerdemain; sleights with cards, ribbons, rings, fruit, coin, balls, handkerchiefs, etc., all of which may be performed in the parlor or drawing room. New York Popular Publishing Company, n.d. [c 1878]. [Cover title : De La Mano’s great magic book]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, 30 pp + 2 pp …
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![Théatre Sarah Bernhardt : programme [L'Aiglon : drame en six actes et en vers de M. Edmond Rostand]](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2025/02/2025_DSFB_0809-300x300.jpg)
# 46292
[Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt]
Théatre Sarah Bernhardt : programme [L’Aiglon : drame en six actes et en vers de M. Edmond Rostand]
Paris : Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, [1900]. Octavo (210 x 130 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers with portrait of Bernhardt in profile; pp. [18], with 3-page fold-out at centre, illustrations, advertisements; upper wrapper with some light foxing and partially remnant decorative blue ribbon, contents very clean, an excellent example. Original programme for Sarah Bernhardt and M. Guitry in …
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# 46396
HASKELL, Arnold (editor)
Memorial exhibition of Russian ballet. Illustrated catalogue
London : The Claridge Gallery, 1930. Octavo, printed wrappers with inlay illustration, portion of original wrap around banner, pp. 58, (6), photographic illustrations by Sasha. A fine, near mint copy. A rare contemporary catalogue of an important exhibition of material relating to the Ballets Russes. As well as many beautiful photographs it includes a list …
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# 41732
WRIGGLESWORTH & BINNS
Studio portrait of two actors in costume as Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Wellington, New Zealand, 17 October 1881.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 116 mm; verso with imprint of ‘Wrigglesworth & Binns, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand’, and contemporary inscription in ink ‘Oct. 17th 1881’; both the print and mount are in fine condition.
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# 45876
EDEN SOCIETY STUDIOS
Studio portrait of a man in Salvation Army uniform, posed with his tuba. Sydney, late 1890s.
Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 168 x 107 mm (mount); recto with the imprint of ‘Eden Society Studios’; the print is in very good condition; the mount has a couple of spots of foxing.
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# 45878
PEEL'S MODERN STUDIOS
Studio portrait of Master Laban Rixon in Salvation Army uniform, posed with his tuba. Sydney, 1909-10.
Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 165 x 106 mm (mount); recto with the imprint of ‘Peel’s Modern Studios, 482 George St., Sydney’; verso with a fully contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Mr. Laban Rixon’; the print has a few light marks, and the mount is toned. We believe the young sitter is Laban …