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Additional authors

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
2. Morlacchi, Giuseppina, 1836-1886
3. Greet, Ben, Sir, 1857-1936
4. Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939
5. Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899
6. Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917
7. Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943
8. McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1865-1940
9. Low, Seth, 1850-1916
10. Sittig, Lena Wilson, 1855-
11. Van Volkenburg, Ellen
12. Comden, Betty
13. Kauffmann, Stanley, 1916-2013

Description

1. 3 bound volumes of programs : illustrations; 38 cm or smaller

Summary

1. More than one hundred sixty programs (1816 - 1942) in three volumes documenting a range of early 19th to mid 20th century productions of A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare in England and the United States including tableaux, pageants, and puppet performances as well as outdoor, regional, amateur, college, and university productions.

Donor/Sponsor

1. In honor of George Freedley

Subject

1. Ben Greet Players. - [Browse in index]
2. Columbia University. - [Browse in index]
3. Deutsches Theater (Berlin, Germany) - [Browse in index]
4. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) - [Browse in index]
5. Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England) - [Browse in index]
6. Theater in der Josefstadt (Vienna, Austria) - [Browse in index]
7. Padua Hills Theatre (Claremont, Calif.) - [Browse in index]
8. Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901. - [Browse in index]
9. Amateur theater -- United States. - [Browse in index]
10. Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Election. - [Browse in index]
11. Pageants. - [Browse in index]
12. Puppets. - [Browse in index]
13. Tableaux. - [Browse in index]
14. Theater, Open-air. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

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

Call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 7574-7576A

Language

1. English

Note

1. Volume 1 (MWEZ + n.c. 7574) documents productions from 1867 to 1907, including performances by Annie Russell; Ada Rehan; Giuseppina Morlacchi and the Morlacchi Ballet Troupe; a Masonic celebration in honor of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (Nottingham, England); the Amaranth and Empire stock acting companies; productions by Ben Greet, F. R. Benson, and Augustin Daly. Item 45, a program for the New Amsterdam Theatre (N.Y.), contains advertising for the 1903 mayoral campaign of George B. McClellan Jr. who ran successfully against then Mayor Seth Low. Item 50, a program for the Montauk Theatre (Brooklyn, N.Y.), contains an "appeal for the destitute children" by the children's author Mrs. Frank Sittig (Lena Wilson Sittig).
2. Volume 2 (MWEZ + n.c. 7575) documents productions from 1908 to 1942, including performances by Ben Greet's Woodland Players at Columbia University; productions at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon; an all-girl's pageant at the River Hook School (Nyack, N.Y.); Max Reinhardt's production at the Century Theatre (N.Y.) with performers from the Deutsches Theater of Berlin and the Josefstädter Theater of Vienna; Ellen Van Volkenburg's puppet production; the Federal Theatre Project; the Washington Square Players, featuring Stanley Kauffmann and Betty Comden. The actor Claude Rains is credited as the stage manager for Granville Barker's production and played a small role in a few venues. Item 61, a program for The Mexican Players production of Midsummer Moonlight (Padua Hills Theatre, Claremont, Calif.), is included here in error.
3. Volume 3 (MWEZ + n.c. 7576A) documents productions from 1816 to 1940, including several by Ben Greet and Augustin Daly and all-girl's production at Mount Vernon (Iowa) High School. Item 34 is a souvenir program affixed with half-tone photographs of actors in costume for Herbert Beerbohm Tree's 1900 production at Her Majesty's Theatre (London).
4. Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library. Many items belong to the Stead, Players, and Robinson Locke Collections. There is marginalia scattered throughout.

Local note

1. Many items within are fragile or have come loose from the library binding. Please handle with deliberate care.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

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Added author

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
2. Morlacchi, Giuseppina, 1836-1886, dancer.
3. Greet, Ben, Sir, 1857-1936, director, actor.
4. Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939, director.
5. Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899, director.
6. Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917, director, actor.
7. Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943, director.
8. McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1865-1940, associated name.
9. Low, Seth, 1850-1916, associated name.
10. Sittig, Lena Wilson, 1855- associated name.
11. Van Volkenburg, Ellen, director, puppeteer.
12. Comden, Betty, actor.
13. Kauffmann, Stanley, 1916-2013, actor.