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You never can tell programs.

Title
You never can tell programs.
Publication
1899-1941.

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Additional Authors
  • Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
  • Daly, Arnold, 1875-1927
  • Platt, George Foster
  • Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993
  • Atwill, Lionel, 1885-1946
  • Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982
  • Thorndike, Eileen, 1891-1954
  • Adam, Ronald, 1896-1979
Description
1 bound volume of programs : illustrations; 27 cm
Summary
Thirty two programs (1899 - 1941) for You never can tell by Bernard Shaw documenting the play's first productions in London, in 1899 by the [Incorporated] Stage Society, and New York, in 1905 by Arnold Daly's company at the Garrick Theatre, and frequent early productions around this time, mainly in England, including four by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. A number of amateur and regional productions in the United States are included, notably David B. Itkin's 1939 production at the Kenneth Sawyer Goodman Memorial Theatre, featuring Sam Wanamaker.
Subject
  • Birmingham Repertory Theatre
  • Embassy Theatre (London)
  • Embassy School of Acting (London)
  • Embassy Developments, LTD. (Firm)
  • Garrick Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
  • Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Incorporated Stage Society
  • Pabst Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.)
  • Royal Court Theatre
  • Amateur theater > United States
  • Authors > Caricatures and cartoons
Note
  • Item 3, a program for a 1905 production at the Royal Court Theatre (London) as part of the Vedrenne-Barkers Matinees, is part of the Stead collection.
  • Item 16 is a program for George Foster Platt's 1917 production for the Modern Players at the Pabst Theatre (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) starring Lionel Atwill and Cathleen Nesbitt.
  • Item 32, a program for a 1941 production by the Harrisburg (Pa.) Community Theatre, features a caricature of Shaw on the cover.
  • Item 37 is a program for Eileen Thorndike's 1937 production by the students of the Embassy (Theatre) School of Acting (London), under the auspices of Ronald Adam and Embassy Developments, LTD.
  • Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 5625
OCLC
1051002912
Title
You never can tell programs.
Publisher
1899-1941.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
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Added Author
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. You never can tell.
Daly, Arnold, 1875-1927, actor, director, producer.
Platt, George Foster, director.
Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993, actor.
Atwill, Lionel, 1885-1946, actor.
Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982, actor.
Thorndike, Eileen, 1891-1954, director.
Adam, Ronald, 1896-1979, producer.
Research Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 5625
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