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y separately published work icon Lola Montez 1958 1958 (Manuscript version)x402075 Z1172778 1958 single work musical theatre

Musical

Set in Ballarat during the gold rush year of 1856, the story concerns the visit to the town Lola Montez (aka Dolores Eliza Gilbert), the famous Irish-born courtesan and mistress of a king. Her notoriety was also in part due to her sensational strip-tease 'The Spider Dance.'

1958 recipient Elizabethan Theatre Trust
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