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Othello

Title
Othello: programs.
Publication
1902-1942.

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Description
1 bound volume of programs : illustrations, some in color; 30 cm
Donor/Sponsor
In honor of George Freedley
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Whale, James, 1889-1957, director
  • Schweid, Mark, 1891-1969
  • Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955, producer
  • Van Volkenburg, Ellen, producer, actor
  • Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, actor
  • Buchowetzki, Dimitri, 1885-1932, director
  • Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950, actor
  • Krauss, Werner, 1884-1959, actor
  • Lenkeffy, Ica von, 1896-1955, actor
  • McMaster, Anew, actor
  • Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876, depicted
  • Cushman, Susan, 1822-1859, depicted
  • Gill, Maud, stage manager
  • Birmingham Repertory Theatre
  • Dublin Gate Theatre
  • Shakspere Society of Philadelphia
  • Yiddish Art Theatre
  • Benefit performances
  • Menus
  • Stage managers > Women
  • Women > Societies and clubs
Genre/Form
  • Playbills.
  • Theater programs.
Note
  • Programs (1902 - 1942) for Othello by William Shakespeare, primarily in England and the United States including regional, college, and university productions. Of note are the 1920 productions by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre which inspired considerable debate among critics of the day, including William Archer; James Whale's production starring Robert Loraine organized by The Lyceum Club Stage Society as benefit for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Fund (London); Richard Weichert's 1928 production at the Frankfurter Schauspielhaus; Ellen Van Volkenburg and Maurice Browne's production starring Paul Robeson and Peggy Ashcroft (London); Mark Schweid's translation for the Yiddish Art Theatre (NY); Anew McMaster's production for the Gate Theatre (Dublin), starring himself.
  • Maud Gill, reputed to be the first female stage manager in England, is cited in the programs for the productions by the Birmingham Repertory Company.
  • Item 10 is a program for a screening of Dimitri Buchowetzki's 1923 film version of Othello starring Emil Jannings, Werner Kraus [sic], and Ica Lenkeffy at the Criterion Theatre (NY).
  • Item 24 is a menu commemorating the Fiftieth Annual Dinner (1902) of The Shakspere [sic] Society of Philadelphia with the bill of fare and literary citations from the New Variorum edition of Othello.
  • Cover art of Charlotte Cushman and Susan Cushman as Romeo and Juliet on Item 31 from Philip Merivale's performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre is taken from the Library's Stead Collection.
  • A number of items are stamped as belonging to the Stead and Robinson Locke Collections.
  • Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 6727
OCLC
981767491
Title
Othello: programs.
Publisher
1902-1942.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Many items are brittle and in very poor condition. Please handle with deliberate care.
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Research Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 6727
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