BIB_ID
436211
Accession number
MA 23624
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
Place of writing not identified, 1896 December.
Credit line
Purchased on the Macomber Fund, 2020.
Description
[56] p. ; 20.9 cm
Notes
Title from title page.
In red and black, with ruled borders.
Date on front cover: 19th December 1896. Additional dates in manuscript: December 7, 1896 and 8th December 1896.
For a cast of three, identified by the pseudonyms "Pip", "Don Quixote", and "Altiora Peto" (a motto: "I seek higher things").
In red and black, with ruled borders.
Date on front cover: 19th December 1896. Additional dates in manuscript: December 7, 1896 and 8th December 1896.
For a cast of three, identified by the pseudonyms "Pip", "Don Quixote", and "Altiora Peto" (a motto: "I seek higher things").
Provenance
Purchased from Justin Croft Antiquarian Books, March 2020.
Summary
Theatrical adaptation of scenes fron Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, performed as part of the celebrations for the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception. Prefaced by the terzetto from Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Elias and a recitation of the "Legend of the Infant Jesus serving at Mass" by Mary E.S. Leathy.
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