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Shakespeare memorial souvenir of the Shakespeare Ball
- Title
- Shakespeare memorial souvenir of the Shakespeare Ball / edited by Mrs. George Cornwallis-West.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Published for the Shakespeare Ball Committee, by F. Warne & Co./, [1911?]
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Volume 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1992-031 Volume 1 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 49, [1] p., 49 leaves of plates ; ill. (1 col.), ports. (some col.); 36 cm.
- Summary
- Bound volume, designed to commemorate the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, June 20, 1911.
- Subject
- Note
- At head of title: 1616-1916.
- Illustrated t.p.
- Half title: Souvenir of the Shakespeare Ball held at the Albert Hall June 20, 1911, in support of the Shakespeare Memorial Fund.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Forbes, Brenda
- Biography (note)
- Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1854, Jennie Jerome was taken to Europe as an adolescent by her socially ambitious mother. In 1874 she married Lord Randolph Churchill, son of the Duke of Marlborough. After his early death in 1895 Lady Churchill became a journalist, editor, memoirist and playwright. She married twice more before her death in 1921 at the age of 67. Her elder son was Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English statesman. Mary Forbes was a stage, screen, and television actress, and mother of actors Ralph Forbes (1896-1951) and Brenda Forbes (1909-1996).
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1992-031
- OCLC
- NYPW02-A110
- Title
- Shakespeare memorial souvenir of the Shakespeare Ball / edited by Mrs. George Cornwallis-West.
- Imprint
- London ; New York : Published for the Shakespeare Ball Committee, by F. Warne & Co./, [1911?]
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1854, Jennie Jerome was taken to Europe as an adolescent by her socially ambitious mother. In 1874 she married Lord Randolph Churchill, son of the Duke of Marlborough. After his early death in 1895 Lady Churchill became a journalist, editor, memoirist and playwright. She married twice more before her death in 1921 at the age of 67. Her elder son was Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English statesman. Mary Forbes was a stage, screen, and television actress, and mother of actors Ralph Forbes (1896-1951) and Brenda Forbes (1909-1996).
- Local Note
- Library holds copy no. 3 of a limited edition, identified as the Edition De Luxe. On the cover is the embossed signature of the volume's original owner, actress Mary Forbes, inscribed in gold leaf.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Forbes, Mary.Churchill, Randolph Spencer, Lady, 1854-1921.Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936.Hind, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis), 1862-1927.Hope, Anthony, 1863-1933.Gollancz, Israel, 1864-1930.Shakespeare Ball Committee.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1992-031