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Additional authors

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
2. Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788
3. Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
4. Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
5. Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
6. Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873
7. Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby, 1800-1853
8. Salvini, Tommaso, 1829-1915
9. Allen, Viola, 1867-1948
10. Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
11. Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928
12. Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939

Description

1. 1 bound volume of programs : illustrations, some in color; 29 cm

Donor/Sponsor

1. In honor of George Freedley

Subject

1. Abbey Theatre
2. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
3. Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)

Genre/Form

1. Marginalia.
2. Theater programs.
3. Playbills.

Call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 6125

Language

1. English

Note

1. Programs (1811 - 1939) for Coriolanus by William Shakespeare documenting performances by a range of actors from the early 19th to the early 20th Century, mainly in England with some in the United States, including a number of late-career appearances at Covent Garden by John Philip Kemble and final appearances by Sarah Siddons; Edmund Kean; William Charles Macready; Thomas Sowerby Hamblin in Thomas Sheridan's adaptation; Tommaso Salvini and Viola Allen; Henry Irving and Ellen Terry; two productions at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-Upon-Avon, including the Tercentenary Commemoration organized by F.R. Benson; The Federal Theatre Project; The Abbey Theatre.
2. A number of the programs belong to the Stead Collection.
3. Item 14, a program from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, May 18, 1814, is mounted on silk.
4. Item 19, an 1885 program from the Metropolitan Opera, is signed: "F.B. Marian Baignoir box"
5. Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.

Title

1. Coriolanus programs, 1811-1939.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
2. Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788. Coriolanus.
3. Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, actor.
4. Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, actor.
5. Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, actor.
6. Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873, actor.
7. Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby, 1800-1853, actor.
8. Salvini, Tommaso, 1829-1915, actor.
9. Allen, Viola, 1867-1948, actor.
10. Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905, actor.
11. Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928, actor.
12. Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939, director, actor.

Research call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 6125