The Mapleson Memoirs: The Career of an Operatic Impressario 1858-1888
NY: Appleton-Century-, 1966. First. Hard Cover. First edition. Cloth, 346 ps. with index, biographical index. Memoirs of Victorian-era operatic manager and impressario J.H. "Colonel" Mapleson. Originally published in 1888, the memiors trace the carrer of the man who not only directed the destinies of Her Majesty's and Drury Lane theatres.....