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Theatre Programs and Clippings, 1874-1934 and undated

 File — Box: 84, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

Continuation of scrapbook assembled by Edith Adams Stone from programs collected by her mother, Ada Gertrude (Harrison) Adams.

Mounted theatre-related clippings, most undated. Most of the clippings are simply images rather than full articles, sources are most often not indicated. Some early photographs/photocards. Death notices account for most recent dates.

Theatre Programs: Typed cast list for "Mignon" at the National Theatre, 1874; "Guy Mannering" at unidentified theatre, 1874; typed cast list for "Ernani" at the National Theatre, 1875; typed cast list for "Lucia Di Lammermoor" at Ford's National Theatre, 1876; "Mighty Dollar" at the National Theatre, 1876; "Our Boarding House" at Ford's National Theatre, 1877; "Hamlet" at the National Theatre, 1877; "Twelfth Night; or, What You Will" at the National Theatre, 1877; typed cast list for "The Lady of Lyons" at the National Theatre, c1877; "Camille" at the National Theatre, 1878; typed cast list for "Our American Cousin" at the National Theatre, 1878; typed cast list for "Musette" at the National Theatre, 1878; "A Celebrated Case" at the National Theatre, 1878; typed cast list for "Our Boys" at the National Theatre, 1878; Select Readings by James E. Murdoch at Lincoln Hall, 1878; typed cast list for "A Messenger From Jarvis Section" at the National Theatre, 1879; Carncross Minstrels at the National Theatre, 1879; typed cast list for Paul and Virginia" at the National Theatre, 1879; "Caste" at the Wheatley Dramatic Association (Philadelphia), 1869; typed cast list for "Pinafore" at the National Theatre, 1879; "Carmen" at Haverly's 14th Street Theatre, 1880; "An Unequal Match" at Ford's Opera House, 1880; "Tiote" at Daly's Theatre, 1880; "A Golden Game, Or, Spiders and Fly" at the Standard Theatre (NY), 1880; "Around the World in 80 Days" at Haverly's Niblo's Gareden Theatre, 1880.

News pieces about deaths of Anna Teresa (Malvina) Pray Florence (1906), Helena Modjeska (1909), Clara Kellogg (1916), Rachel McAuley (1898), Fanny Wentworth (1934), Marion Clifton (undated).

Performers highlighted include Charlotte Cushman, William J. Florence (William Jermyn Conlin), John McCullough, Louise Pomeroy, Helena Modjeska, Edward Askew Sothern, Barney McAuley, Leavitt's Grand English Opera Burlesque Co., Hortense (Barbe-Loret) Rhea, William Harris, Joseph W. Shannon, George R. Edeson. The Kiralfy Brothers.

Pages are numbered 31-61.

Dates

  • 1874-1934 and undated

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