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The streets of New York, or Poverty is no crime programs

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Mixed material	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 9519A	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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1 portfolio : illustrations; 37 cm

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Programs and broadsides (1870 - 1955) for The Streets of New York by Dion Boucicault documenting productions in New York, Boston, Chicago, and elsewhere regionally. Of note is an 1887 production at the Boston Theatre starring George C. Boniface with scenery and settings designed by Gaspard Maeder; an 1889 production starring Frank Kilday at the Lowell (Mass.) Music Hall; Susan Denin, Nellie Boyd and the Praeger Family in a benefit for the Minneapolis (Minn.) Fire Department; Frank Mayo at the Elmira (N.Y.) Opera House; W. H. Lytell in an 1883 benefit for the St. John (New Brunswick, Canada) Fire Department; Lawrence Langner's 1931 revival starring Dorothy Gish and Rollo Peters; Paul Gilmore's 1935 production at the Cherry Lane Theatre; a 1936 production with an all-woman cast at Fairfax Hall (Waynesboro, Va.).
Much of the material belongs to the Robinson Locke Collection. A few items belong to the Sweyd and the Players Collections.
Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.

Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 9519A

OCLC

1026415801

Title

The streets of New York, or Poverty is no crime programs, 1870-1935.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

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Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890.

Boniface, George C., 1832-1912, actor.

Maeder, Gaspard, 1839-1892, set designer.

Denin, Susan, 1835-1875, actor.

Mayo, Frank, 1839-1896, actor.

Gish, Dorothy, actor.

Peters, Rollo, actor.

Research Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 9519A