Bird in hand programs.
- Title
- Bird in hand programs.
- Published by
- 1927-1942.
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Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call numberMWEZ+ n.c. 5724 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 bound volume : illustrations; 27 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- In honor of George Freedley
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Tickets.
- Theater programs.
- Playbills.
- Call number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 5724
- Note
- Programs (1927-1942) for Bird in hand by John Drinkwater documenting the original production and two revivals by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre as well as productions in London, on Broadway, and regionally in the United States. Of note are performances in Queens and in Brooklyn at the Brighton Beach Theatre.
- Item 2, a program for the 1928 production at the Royalty Theatre (London), contains a ticket for a seat in the Dress Circle.
- Item 5, a program for the 1929 production at the Morosco Theatre (N.Y.), contains Alec Waugh's London letter, on the spring theatrical season.
- Item 6, a program for the 1929 production at the Morosco Theatre (N.Y.), contains Stella Hanau's article The last of the Indian braves, on "aboriginal" or Native American themes in U.S. drama, including an acedote about the playwriting challenge set by Edwin Forrest which inspired John Augustus Stone's Metamora. Also included in this program is Betty Ross's interview with Daniel Frohman, The story of a star maker, which has an illustrated portrait of Frohman.
- Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
- Title
- Bird in hand programs.
- Publisher
- 1927-1942.
- Type of content
- text
- still image
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937. Bird in hand.
- Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981. London letter.
- Hanau, Stella. Last of the Indian braves.
- Ross, Betty. Story of a star maker.
- Stone, John Augustus, 1800-1834. Metamora.
- Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872, actor.
- Frohman, Daniel, 1851-1940, producer.
- Research call number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 5724