Beauty and the Beast manuscript play prompt, [1854]

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

This volume contains a manuscript play prompt for the fairytale "Beauty and the Beast," drawn directly from Julia Corner's 1854 adaptation of the same tale.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Bossio, February 2023

Background

Scope and Content:

This volume contains a manuscript play prompt for the fairytale "Beauty and the Beast," drawn directly from Julia Corner's 1854 adaptation of the same tale.

The text largely corresponds with Corner's adaptation, albeit with abbreviated or simplified stage directions. The text appears to have been written by one hand, with a pencil annotation at the end of the volume in a second hand, crediting the performance of this play to "some of the girls that go to Miss Lacy's School."

Although the location of Miss Lacy's School is unclear, the spelling within may indicate contemporary American rather than British expectations. The roles are for a merchant, the Beast, the merchant's daughters, Beauty, and a beneficent fairy with four attendants.

Biographical / Historical:

Julia Corner (1798-1875) was the daughter of a printer, and became a prolific children's author.

Acquisition Information:

2021. M-7496.4 .

Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Children's literature.
Children's plays.
Child actors and actresses.
Fairytales.
Girls--Education--19th century.
Theater and youth.

Formats:

Children's plays.
Manuscripts (documents)

Names:

Corner, Miss (Julia), 1798-1875.