Research Catalog

Title

A wonderful night (Operetta) programs.

Publication

1929-1930.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899
• Mitchell, Fanny Todd
• Grant, Cary, 1904-1986
• Maxwell, Jerry
• Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981.

Description

1 bound volume or programs : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Programs (1929 - 1930) for A wonderful night, music by Johann Strauss, book adapted by Fanny Todd Mitchell from Die Fledermaus, documenting the original Broadway production which featured Cary Grant, credited as Archie Leach, in the role of Max Grunewald.

Donor/Sponsor

In honor of George Freedley

Subjects

• Costume > United States > 20th century
• Fashion > United States > 20th century
• Theater programs
• Playbills

Genre/Form

• Theater programs.
• Playbills.

Note

• Item 1, a program for the Majestic Theatre (N.Y.), contains an article by Jerry Maxwell entitled The dramatic fashion parade: the theatre's new generation plays mannequin for the fashionable world, which discusses the influence of contemporary fashion on theatrical costuming, with references to Ina Claire, Gertrude Lawrence, Margalo Gillmore, Lynn Fontanne, Marilyn Miller, and Beatrice Lillie. Other programs contain Alec Waugh's column Letter from London, on the theatrical season.
• Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.

Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 5616

OCLC

1048615643

Title

A wonderful night (Operetta) programs.

Production

1929-1930.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Added Author

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899, composer. Fledermaus.

Mitchell, Fanny Todd. A wonderful night.

Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor.

Maxwell, Jerry. Dramatic fashion parade.

Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981. Letter from London.

Research Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 5616