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Plays & Players, 1916 - 1932

 Item — Box: 51

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook contains clippings, photographs, programs, mainly New York City although other cities are represented. Theatres represented include 44th Street Theatre, Orpheum Theatre (Nashville), Lyceum Theatre (Rochester), The Royal Alexandra, The Majestic (Brooklyn), Butler College Campus (Indianapolis), Orpheum Theatre (Nashville), Shubert Theatre, Shubert-Garrick Theatre (Washington, DC), Walter C. Jordan's National Theatre, Ryman Auditorium (Nashville), Plymouth Theatre, Belasco Theatre, Jolson's Theatre, 48th Street Theatre, Martin Beck Theatre, Knickerbocker Theatre (Washinton, DC), Daly's 63rd St. Theatre, Republic Theatre, Maxine Elliott's Theatre, Cohan and Harris Theatre, Hudson Theatre, The Playhouse, Eltinge Theatre, 39th Street Theatre, New Amsterdam Theatre, The Casino, Liberty Theatre, Criterion Theatre, Kempner Theatre (Little Rock), Eclid Avenue Opera House (Cleveland), Astor Theatre, New National Theatre (Washington, DC), Detroit Opera House, Empire Theatre (Toledo), Winter Garden Theatre, Vendome (Nashville), New York Hippodrome.

"Players" include Robert B. Mantell, Fritz Leiber.

Of note: Actors Equity Association membership card belonging to actress Lila Del Frost, dated October 25, 1921 attached to first page. Most likely this is her scrapbook.

Of note: Includes letter to Lila Del Frost from Robert B. Mantell dated September 13, 1916 and an invitation from Mantell to Frost to attend performance of Hamlet at the Forty-Fourth Street Theatre on December 18, 1918.

Of note: Includes Mae West autographs for a 1926 performance and a 1929 performance.

Theatre Department Scrapbook #45A

Dates

  • Creation: 1916 - 1932

Extent

From the Collection: 100 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Repository Details

Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository

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Binghamton NY 13902 USA