Research Catalog

Title

U.S. theaters: souvenir programs, periodicals, and documents.

Publication

1901-1940.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Reinhardt, Julia, 1844-1924
• Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923
• Hepworth, George H. (George Hughes), 1833-1902.
• Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934.
• Aiken, George L., 1830-1876.
• Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
• Ade, George, 1866-1944.
• Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
• Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909.
• Parker, Louis Napoleon, 1852-1944.
• Mei, Lanfang, 1894-1961
• Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906.
• Belasco, David, 1853-1931
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Johnston, Alva
• Welles, Orson, 1915-1985

Description

1 bound volume : illustrations, some in color; 30 cm

Summary

Fifteen souvenir programs, periodicals, and documents.

Donor/Sponsor

In honor of George Freedley

Uniform Title

The babes in the wood (Pantomime)

Subjects

• Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
• Suffragists
• Players (Club)
• Pantomime
• Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
• Sermons, American
• Playbills
• Charleston (Dance)
• Theater programs

Genre/Form

• Theater programs.
• Playbills.

Note

• Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
• Item 1 is inscribed in manuscript: "To Julia Reinhardt from Bernice [?] March 17, 1901--'Be true to yourself always, what follows then harms no man.' May all your years in joy be passed, and each year happier than the last. To Mrs. Reinhardt on her birthday -- March 17, 1901" Laid in with the program is a short press notice containing a review of Reinhardt's performance in the Progressive Stage Society's production of Princess Dainty at the Berkeley Lyceum and a clipping of George H. Hepworth's "Herald Sermon," published in the New York Herald Tribune, Sunday, March 17, 1901, marked in a different hand, "Just what I have believed for many y[ears]," presumably by Reinhardt.
• Souvenir programs from The Players Club performances are part of The Players Club collection.
• Item 13 is probably part of a gift from the David Belasco Estate.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• The David Belasco Papers are held by The Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in *T-Mss 1931-001.

Contents

Souvenir program 1. Sarah Bernhardt, her artistic life, 1901 -- Souvenir program 2. Trelawny of the "Wells" by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, The Players fourth annual revival, 1925 -- Souvenir program 3. Uncle Tom's cabin dramatized by G. L. Aiken from the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Players twelfth annual revival, 1933 -- Souvenir program 4. The country chairman, by George Ade, The Players fourteenth revival, 1936 -- Souvenir program 5. The way of the world by William Congreve, The Players tenth annual classic revival, 1931 -- Periodical 6. Play Pictorial, February 1939, Babes in the wood [pantomime] at Drury Lane -- Program 7. The city by Clyde Fitch, January 17, 1910 -- Souvenir program 8. Johannes Kreisler by Louis N. Parker, 1922 -- Souvenir program 9. Mei Lang-Fan, first tour in the United States -- Souvenir program 10. An enemy of the people by Henrik Ibsen -- Periodical 11. The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 24, 1925, p. 243, Charleston specialists: American dancers in London [Billie Shaw and Barrie Oliver are depicted demonstrating the dance] -- Souvenir program 12. The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1938-1939 -- Document 13. Travel notice for David Belasco's Company, printed form on company letterhead completed in manuscript and signed by business agent Fred Miller, references company stage manager William Boag, no date -- Document 14. Testimonial to the merits and genius of Shakespeare, printed by Ed. W. Welke and Bro. Photo-lithographers, 176 William Street, N.Y., no date -- Periodical 15. The Saturday Evening Post, January 20, 1940, How to raise a child, the education of Orson Welles who didn't need it, by Alva Johnston and Fred Smith.

Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 2336

OCLC

1040034364

Title

U.S. theaters: souvenir programs, periodicals, and documents.

Publisher

1901-1940.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Biography

Julia Reinhardt (nee Smitten) was born in Philadelphia, March 17, 1844, and died in New York City, August 31, 1924, after a long illness. She is buried in the Actors Fund Plot in Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. On stage, Reinhardt was known for her long acting association with Jane Cowl, with whom she appeared for the first time in David Belasco's The Grand Army Man, about 1907. Off stage, Reinhardt was an important suffragette who spoke many times publicly for equal rights for women and was known for participating in parades, marches, and other events of the era with leading activists for women's suffrage and labor rights.

Location of Other Archival Materials

The David Belasco Papers are held by The Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in *T-Mss 1931-001.

Local Note

Damaged binding with loose material.

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Added Author

Reinhardt, Julia, 1844-1924, actor, former owner.

Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923, actor.

Hepworth, George H. (George Hughes), 1833-1902. Herald Sermons.

Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934. Trelawny of the "Wells"

Aiken, George L., 1830-1876. Uncle Tom's cabin.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin.

Ade, George, 1866-1944. Country chairman.

Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Way of the world.

Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909. City.

Parker, Louis Napoleon, 1852-1944. Johannes Kreisler.

Mei, Lanfang, 1894-1961, actor.

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Folkefiende. English.

Belasco, David, 1853-1931, director, producer.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Johnston, Alva. How to raise a child, the education of Orson Welles who didn't need it.

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, director, producer.

Added Title

The babes in the wood (Pantomime)

Research Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 2336