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British Theatre, Music and Literature: High and Popular Culture</a> </h1> <div class="post-meta"> <ul> <li class="date">December 20, 2024 at 08:00</li> <li class="author">by <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/author/melanie-ngo/" title="Posts by Melanie Ngo" rel="author">Melanie Ngo</a></li><li class="category">in <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/" rel="category tag">Ask a librarian</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/collection-spotlights/" rel="category tag">Collection spotlights</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/" rel="category tag">Our stories</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <section id="main" role="main"> <div id="post-93158" class="clearfix post-93158 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ask-a-librarian category-collection-spotlights category-our-stories tag-british-literature tag-british-music tag-british-theatre tag-crystal-palace tag-drury-lane-theatre tag-pennydreadfuls tag-philharmonic-society-of-london tag-royal-philharmonic-society tag-sir-george-smart tag-st-james-hall tag-theatre-royal-drury-lane tag-wandering-minstrels"> <div class="entry"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Online Collection Spotlight. British Theatre, Music and Literature: High and Popular Culture' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/online-collection-spotlight-british-theatre-music-and-literature-high-and-popular-culture/' data-summary='Ever wanted to peer inside a penny dreadful? Or wondered who the Wandering Minstrels were? Join us as we explore the arts world of Victorian-era Britain with Gale's British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture database.' data-app-id-name='post_above_content'></div> <p>This Nineteenth Century Collections Online database has a sub-collection called The British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture that contains several theatres and societies’ archives, correspondence, manuscripts, periodicals, playbills, and receipts.</p> <p>One of the many great theatres featured in this electronic database is the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which was built in 1663 and burnt down twice in 1672 and 1809. <span id='easy-footnote-1-93158' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'></span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='#easy-footnote-bottom-1-93158' title='Drury Lane Theatre 2024. <em>Britannica Library</em>. Retrieved 10 December 2024, from https://library.eb.com.au/levels/adults/article/Drury-Lane-Theatre/31263'><sup>1</sup></a></span> It is quite remarkable to have access to their collection. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_inside_The-Illustrated-London-News-31-DEC-1910.png"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="727" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_inside_The-Illustrated-London-News-31-DEC-1910-1024x727.png" alt="Black and white illustration featuring bird's eye view of Drury Lane Theatre " class="wp-image-89522" srcset="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_inside_The-Illustrated-London-News-31-DEC-1910-1024x727.png 1024w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_inside_The-Illustrated-London-News-31-DEC-1910-300x213.png 300w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_inside_The-Illustrated-London-News-31-DEC-1910-768x545.png 768w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_inside_The-Illustrated-London-News-31-DEC-1910-269x191.png 269w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_inside_The-Illustrated-London-News-31-DEC-1910-340x241.png 340w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_inside_The-Illustrated-London-News-31-DEC-1910-640x454.png 640w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_inside_The-Illustrated-London-News-31-DEC-1910.png 1179w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>The unknown fairyland and the known: “Jack and the Beanstalks’” famous home.</em> Drawn by Harold Oakley. <em>The Illustrated London News</em>, 31 Dec 1910, p 1043-1043. From The British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture database</figcaption></figure></div> <p></p> <p>The early promotion materials were not designed to appeal graphically in comparison to modern times. Many of the playbills in this collection have no images and were text heavy. However, they are amazingly great for looking up names of actors, costume designers, dancers, music composers, and musical directors. Plus, the ticket price for entry!</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_playbill_-Epicharis.png"><img decoding="async" width="589" height="1024" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_playbill_-Epicharis-589x1024.png" alt="A black and white playbill published by the Royal Drury Lane Theatre advertising the play 'Epicharis'" class="wp-image-89525" srcset="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_playbill_-Epicharis-589x1024.png 589w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_playbill_-Epicharis-173x300.png 173w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_playbill_-Epicharis-768x1335.png 768w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_playbill_-Epicharis-269x468.png 269w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_playbill_-Epicharis-340x591.png 340w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_playbill_-Epicharis-640x1113.png 640w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Drury-Lane-Theatre_playbill_-Epicharis.png 769w" sizes="(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Epicharis</em> playbill. From <a href="https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/AKTNHO043853693/NCCO?u=slv&sid=bookmarkNCCO&xid=bd598818&pg=10">A collection of playbills from Drury Lane Theatre, 1829-1831</a>, British Library, British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture database </figcaption></figure></div> <p></p> <p>Besides the Drury Lane Theatre, collections from other theatres and societies found in this sub-collection include the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Philharmonic Society, The Wandering Minstrels, and more. The Wandering Minstrels Archive includes some creative drawings of performers and audiences, while the Royal Albert Hall collection includes Scottish and Irish programmes.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2.png"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="703" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2-1024x703.png" alt="A ragtag group of performers on a stage" class="wp-image-89526" srcset="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2-1024x703.png 1024w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2-300x206.png 300w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2-768x528.png 768w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2-125x85.png 125w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2-269x185.png 269w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2-340x234.png 340w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2-640x440.png 640w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Wandering-Minstrels-Archive-2.png 1067w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><a href="http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/AMEIXE479778701/NCCO? u=slv&sid=bookmark-NCCO&pg=140">Item K.6.e.1.,1860-1867</a>. From The Wandering Minstrels Archive, Album I, 1860-1867, British Library, British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture database </figcaption></figure></div> <p></p> <p>From 1894, the Royal Philharmonic Society (then known as the Philharmonic Society of London) held concerts in the Queen’s Hall.<span id='easy-footnote-2-93158' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'></span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='#easy-footnote-bottom-2-93158' title='Elkin, R (1944) Queen’s Hall 1893-1941, Rider &amp; Co, London, p 52'><sup>2</sup></a></span> Their programmes can be found in this collection. There are even musical and vocal scores here performed from their concerts, some with handwritten annotations. You might come across some autographed ones. Concert programmes from the Crystal Palace and St James Hall can also be found here. In addition, unique periodicals with musical scores used in private performances such as the <em>Konzert Programm Austausch</em>, once exclusive to a small circle of people, are now available via this database.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_Vocal-score-with-hand-annotation.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="786" height="861" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_Vocal-score-with-hand-annotation.jpg" alt="A page of sheet music" class="wp-image-89527" srcset="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_Vocal-score-with-hand-annotation.jpg 786w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_Vocal-score-with-hand-annotation-274x300.jpg 274w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_Vocal-score-with-hand-annotation-768x841.jpg 768w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_Vocal-score-with-hand-annotation-269x295.jpg 269w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_Vocal-score-with-hand-annotation-340x372.jpg 340w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_Vocal-score-with-hand-annotation-640x701.jpg 640w" sizes="(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><a href="https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/ALCDOM960386041/NCCO?u=slv&sid=bookmark-NCCO&xid=58daeab2&pg=1">The Song of the High Hills</a> by Frederic Delius. From Royal Philharmonic Society Music Manuscripts, British Library, The British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture database</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Saturday-Concert-Programme-Sept-1890.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="606" height="1024" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Saturday-Concert-Programme-Sept-1890-606x1024.png" alt="Cover of programme advertising Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts and Promenades 1901-1891" class="wp-image-89528" srcset="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Saturday-Concert-Programme-Sept-1890-606x1024.png 606w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Saturday-Concert-Programme-Sept-1890-178x300.png 178w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Saturday-Concert-Programme-Sept-1890-269x455.png 269w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Saturday-Concert-Programme-Sept-1890-340x575.png 340w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Saturday-Concert-Programme-Sept-1890-640x1082.png 640w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Saturday-Concert-Programme-Sept-1890.png 703w" sizes="(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><a href="https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/ALWSEU635934318/NCCO?u=slv&sid=bookmark-NCCO&xid=7a9f3bde&pg=1">Crystal Palace, Saturday Concerts and Afternoon Promenades, 1890-91.</a> From Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts, British Library, The British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture database</figcaption></figure></div> <p></p> <p>Moreover, there are notable individuals who impacted on British music in the nineteenth century whose digitised manuscripts are in this collection, including the likes of conductor, organist, and composer Sir George Smart (1776–1867) and music critic James William Davison (1813–1885).</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_19CC-Sir-George-Smart.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="773" height="1024" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_19CC-Sir-George-Smart-773x1024.jpg" alt="Portrait of Sir George Smart wearing a suit and a pair of round spectacles. He is holding a newspaper and looking at the viewer" class="wp-image-89529" srcset="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_19CC-Sir-George-Smart-773x1024.jpg 773w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_19CC-Sir-George-Smart-226x300.jpg 226w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_19CC-Sir-George-Smart-768x1018.jpg 768w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_19CC-Sir-George-Smart-269x357.jpg 269w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_19CC-Sir-George-Smart-340x451.jpg 340w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_19CC-Sir-George-Smart-640x848.jpg 640w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thumbnail_19CC-Sir-George-Smart.jpg 873w" sizes="(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Portrait of Sir George Smart from inside front page of <a href="https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma995028923607636">Leaves from the journals of Sir George Smart</a></figcaption></figure> <p></p> <p>Besides music, you can also find popular literature from eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain in the Barry Ono Collection of Bloods and Penny Dreadfuls, and the The Sabine Baring-Gould and Thomas Crampton Collections. These collections showcase the methodology of storytelling in that period and the kinds of fiction that once appealed to the masses. Some of the literature includes line drawing cartoons and good ghost stories too.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pop-lit-art-work.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="598" height="1024" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pop-lit-art-work-598x1024.png" alt="Black and white illustration of three men in suits playing with a barrel" class="wp-image-89530" srcset="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pop-lit-art-work-598x1024.png 598w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pop-lit-art-work-175x300.png 175w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pop-lit-art-work-269x461.png 269w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pop-lit-art-work-340x582.png 340w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pop-lit-art-work-640x1096.png 640w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pop-lit-art-work.png 764w" sizes="(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Illustration from <a href="https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/AGBHON111397829/NCCO?u=slv&sid=bookmark-NCCO&xid=0118402a&pg=247">Tom wildrakes school days. Pt 1-20: by George Emmett</a>. From Hogarth House (London), The British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture database</figcaption></figure></div> <p></p> <p>Now you might be wondering, how do I search for these fabulous items? Hot tip. Go to the home page of the <a href="https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/az/databases?s=78367">Nineteenth Century Collections Online database</a>. Locate the ‘Searchable Archives’<strong> </strong>heading on the left and untick the ‘Select All/Deselect All Archives’ box. Then select ‘British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture’.</p> <p></p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gale-Search-tip_deSelect-and-Select-pt2.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="457" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gale-Search-tip_deSelect-and-Select-pt2-1024x457.png" alt="Screenshot from the Nineteenth Century Collections Online database shows checked box next to sub-collection 'British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture" class="wp-image-89532" srcset="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gale-Search-tip_deSelect-and-Select-pt2-1024x457.png 1024w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gale-Search-tip_deSelect-and-Select-pt2-300x134.png 300w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gale-Search-tip_deSelect-and-Select-pt2-768x343.png 768w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gale-Search-tip_deSelect-and-Select-pt2-269x120.png 269w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gale-Search-tip_deSelect-and-Select-pt2-340x152.png 340w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gale-Search-tip_deSelect-and-Select-pt2-640x286.png 640w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gale-Search-tip_deSelect-and-Select-pt2.png 1347w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Screen shot from the Nineteenth Century Collections Online database </figcaption></figure></div> <p>Perhaps these treasures will inspire you to organise your own amateur theatre group or musical society someday…</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">You may also like…</h2> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-state-library-victoria wp-block-embed-state-library-victoria"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nuQb2eVWi1"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/collections/online-collection-spotlight-british-library-newspapers-1732-1950/">Online Collection Spotlight: British Library Newspapers (1732–1950)</a></blockquote><iframe loading="lazy" class="wp-embedded-content" sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" title="“Online Collection Spotlight: British Library Newspapers (1732–1950)” — State Library Victoria " src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/collections/online-collection-spotlight-british-library-newspapers-1732-1950/embed/#?secret=IGqbiyDwfx#?secret=nuQb2eVWi1" data-secret="nuQb2eVWi1" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">References</h2> <ol class="easy-footnotes-wrapper"><li class="easy-footnote-single"><span id="easy-footnote-bottom-1-93158" class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust"></span>Drury Lane Theatre 2024. <em>Britannica Library</em>. Retrieved 10 December 2024, from https://library.eb.com.au/levels/adults/article/Drury-Lane-Theatre/31263<a class="easy-footnote-to-top" href="#easy-footnote-1-93158"></a></li><li class="easy-footnote-single"><span id="easy-footnote-bottom-2-93158" class="easy-footnote-margin-adjust"></span>Elkin, R (1944) Queen’s Hall 1893-1941, Rider & Co, London, p 52<a class="easy-footnote-to-top" href="#easy-footnote-2-93158"></a></li></ol><div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Online Collection Spotlight. British Theatre, Music and Literature: High and Popular Culture' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/online-collection-spotlight-british-theatre-music-and-literature-high-and-popular-culture/' data-summary='Ever wanted to peer inside a penny dreadful? Or wondered who the Wandering Minstrels were? 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