Research Catalog

Title

The strange adventures of Jack and the beanstalk (Musical) programs.

Publication

1896-1910.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sloane, A. Baldwin (Alfred Baldwin), 1872-1926
• Barnet, R. A. (Robert Ayres), 1850?-1933.

Description

1 bound volume : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

Fourteen programs (1896 - 1910) for The strange adventures of Jack and the beanstalk, music by A. Baldwin Sloane, book and lyrics by R. A. Barnet, documenting productions in Boston, mainly at the Boston Museum. Includes programs for productions in St. Louis and New York.

Donor/Sponsor

In honor of George Freedley

Subject

• Boston Museum (1847-1903)
• Maine (Battleship)

Genre/Form

• Theater programs.
• Playbills.

Note

• Many of the Boston Museum programs are signed and contain marginalia by E. S. Butterfield, also known as Earl S. Butterfield, a local architect and builder.
• Item 8, a program for an 1898 production at the Boston Museum, contains an advertisement for a commemorative engraving of the U. S. battleship Maine, which had been sunk in the harbor of Havana, Cuba earlier in the year.
• Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.

Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 5612

OCLC

1038788373

Title

The strange adventures of Jack and the beanstalk (Musical) programs.

Publisher

1896-1910.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Fragments of Item 2, a program for an 1896 production at the Casino Theatre (N.Y.) have been placed in an accompanying envelope at the front of the volume. Other material is in fragile condition. Please handle with deliberate care.

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Added Author

Sloane, A. Baldwin (Alfred Baldwin), 1872-1926, composer. Strange adventures of Jack and the beanstalk.

Barnet, R. A. (Robert Ayres), 1850?-1933. Strange adventures of Jack and the beanstalk.

Research Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 5612