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Hamlet programs
- Title
- Hamlet programs, 1934-1936.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. 6064 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 bound volume of programs : illustrations, some in color; 24 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- In honor of George Freedley
- Subject
- Birmingham Repertory Theatre
- Genre/Form
- Theater programs.
- Playbills.
- Note
- Programs (1934 - 1936) for Hamlet by William Shakespeare, primarily in the United States and England. The bulk of programs here document Guthrie McClintic's production on Broadway starring John Gielgud and Leslie Howard's production in collaboration with John Houseman in which he starred. Includes Percival Vivian's production at the short-lived "Shakespeare Theatre" (N.Y.); a production at the Pasadena Playhouse with Lee J. Cobb as Marcellus; a modern dress production by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
- Cover art of Peg Woffington on a program from Walter Hampden's repertory season of 1934 at the Forty-Fourth Street Theatre is taken from the Stead Collection.
- Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 6064
- OCLC
- 981911774
- Title
- Hamlet programs, 1934-1936.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
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- Added Author
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor.Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955, actor.Houseman, John, 1902-1988, director.Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943, director.Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943, actor.McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961, director.Woffington, Margaret, -1760, depicted.Vivian, Percival Seymoure, 1890-1961, director, actor.Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976, actor.
- Research Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 6064