File 1 - Plant Hunter, the Tibetan Journeys of Joseph Rock programme

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GB 235 RBG/11/3/2/1

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Plant Hunter, the Tibetan Journeys of Joseph Rock programme

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  • 1996 (Creation)

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1 programme

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(1670-present)

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Fiona Parker, Hort Office, RBGE, June 2024

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Theatre programme for the play 'Plant Hunter: The Tibetan Journeys of Joseph Rock' which was performed at RBGE during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1996 by Theatrum Botanicum, Theater of Plantes.
The programme has Rock's Naxi bookplate on the front cover and a timeline of Rock's life inside. The play was written using Rock's diaries which are held in the RBGE Archives, and Evan-Wentz's Tibetan Book of the Dead.

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Accruals

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At present, item has been placed in the category of RBGE Publicity; if and when more items relating to the Fringe or Theatrum Botanicum, it may be that a separate series is created on the catalogue. LP, July 2024.

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Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

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Permission required from RBGE.

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