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Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme, undated, pages 2-3

Open Dundee Music Hall programme for The Cluricaune!; or, The Revels of Donnybrook Fair!, showing song lyrics, scene descriptions, dances, and cast members including the Alexander family, Martin and Conway, Harry Brown, and a Dundee children’s corps de ballet.
Dundee Music Hall and Opera House, undated, pages 2-3. Lamb Collection, Dundee Central Library.
Black-and-white Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme advertising The Cluricaune!; or, The Revels of Donnybrook Fair!, written and produced by J. F. Alexander, with performances by Harry Brown, the Matthews Family troupe, Martin and Conway, and a corps de ballet of Dundee children.
Dundee Music Hall and Opera House, undated, page 1. Lamb Collection, Dundee Central Library.
Victorian theatre programme page from The Cluricaune!; or, The Revels of Donnybrook Fair!, featuring song lyrics, performances by Arthur Alexander, the Eight Mathews, and Mr Martin, an Irish jig and fight scene, and a grand finale tableau titled The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock.
Dundee Music Hall and Opera House, undated, page 4. Lamb Collection, Dundee Central Library.

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Programme

This programme provides audiences with the running order, songs, and scenes from The Cluricaune!, an Irish musical spectacle staged at Dundee Music Hall and Opera House. Alongside comic songs, dances, and fairy-themed scenes, the production featured the Alexander family troupe, local Dundee children, and a corps de ballet.

Object details

Object type
Programme
Production date
-
Dimensions
23.0 x 28.6 cm
Museum number
252(20)

Source collection
Lamb Collection, Dundee Central Library

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Transcription

Programme with words

Song: ‘The Blackbird’ performed by Miss Marie Alexander

Song: ‘The Dear Little Shamrock’ performed by Mr H. Brown

Irish Bagpipes

‘Jig’, performed by the Peasantry

Song: ‘The Cluricaune’ performed by Mr Arthur Alexander

Duett: performed by Mr H. Brown and Miss Alexander

 

 

 

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Dundee Music Hall & Opera House (1866-1888)

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