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3733475] 1881–1882 Gilbert & Sullivan, three programs for the comic opera “Patience” at the...

1881–1882 Gilbert & Sullivan, three programs for the comic opera “Patience” at the Savoy Theatre, London.

Three variant Savoy Theatre programs for Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera Patience; or, Bunthorne’s Bride, a satire on the aesthetic movement. The lead character Reginald..... Read More about 1881–1882 Gilbert & Sullivan, three programs for the comic opera “Patience” at the...

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3732699] The Life and Times of Col. James Fisk, Jr. Being a Full and Impartial Account of the...

The Life and Times of Col. James Fisk, Jr. Being a Full and Impartial Account of the Remarkable Career of a Most Remarkable Man ... Together with Sketches of All the Important Personages ... Drew, Vanderbilt, Gould, Tweed ... Embracing, also, the lives of Helen Josephine Mansfield, the Enchantress, and Edward S. Stokes, the Assassin.

First edition, variant issue. One of a number of works that were published in 1872 to capitalize upon the sensational murder of James Fisk who..... Read More about The Life and Times of Col. James Fisk, Jr. Being a Full and Impartial Account of the Remarkable...

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3733401] 1918 Buenos Aires Theatrical program for the Bergerac troupe of entertainers including...

1918 Buenos Aires Theatrical program for the Bergerac troupe of entertainers including target shooter Madame Augusta.

Program for the Casino theater in the Maipú district of Buenos Aires, “the premier music hall of South America.” The top billing is given to..... Read More about 1918 Buenos Aires Theatrical program for the Bergerac troupe of entertainers including target...

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3733316] Ca. 1880s cabinet card photograph of Steve Brodie, theater performer and Brooklyn Bridge...

Ca. 1880s cabinet card photograph of Steve Brodie, theater performer and Brooklyn Bridge jumper.

A publicity photograph captioned in the mount, thus: “Steve Brodie. — On the Bowery. Thos. H. Davis & Wm. T. Keough.” In late 19th century..... Read More about Ca. 1880s cabinet card photograph of Steve Brodie, theater performer and Brooklyn Bridge jumper

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L’Amour en Visites. (Love in Visits)

First edition, first printing of this novel-play in eleven tableaux. Jarry’s peer, Paul Fort, founded Théâtre d’Art (1890–93) at the age of 18 in response..... Read More about L’Amour en Visites. (Love in Visits

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3733222] Ca. 1950s Photograph of the soundstage of an experimental television production of...

Ca. 1950s Photograph of the soundstage of an experimental television production of “Trifles,” a feminist drama by Susan Glaspell.

Photograph of the soundstage and set of an experimental, early television production of Helen Glaspell’s one-act play Trifles. The 1916 play, based on a real-life..... Read More about Ca. 1950s Photograph of the soundstage of an experimental television production of “Trifles,”...

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Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn. [1902 Theater Program]

Vaudeville program for the week of October 27, 1902 at Hyde & Behman’s Theatre on Fulton Street in Brooklyn including a one-act play by George..... Read More about Hyde & Behman’s, Brooklyn. [1902 Theater Program

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Brooklyn Music Hall, Cor. Fulton St. and Alabama Ave. [1896 Program]

Vaudeville program for the week of September 28, 1896 at the Brooklyn Music Hall in East New York. The program included music, sketch artists Roach..... Read More about Brooklyn Music Hall, Cor. Fulton St. and Alabama Ave. [1896 Program

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Grand Opera House, Brooklyn. [1903 Program]

Program for the biographical play Robert Emmet, The Days of 1803 about that Irish patriot and rebel leader executed for leading a rebellion in Dublin..... Read More about Grand Opera House, Brooklyn. [1903 Program

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3732009] [The Fairy Sisters. Midget Performers Cassie and Victoria Foster, ca. 1872–1873...

[The Fairy Sisters. Midget Performers Cassie and Victoria Foster, ca. 1872–1873 Promotional Ephemera].

An ephemeral record of the brief, exploited lives of the Fairy Sisters, two diminutive performers often touted as the smallest persons in the world. The..... Read More about The Fairy Sisters. Midget Performers Cassie and Victoria Foster, ca. 1872–1873 Promotional...

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Kwamina. The New Musical.

This 54th Street Theatre Broadway flop was set in a Western African nation as it was about the gain independence from Britain. While the dances..... Read More about Kwamina. The New Musical

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The Book of Job Arranged and Produced by Stuart Walker.

Ephemera for a special Bryn Mawr Alumnae benefit performance of Stuart Walker’s stage production of The Book of Job, the first English-language dramatization of the..... Read More about The Book of Job Arranged and Produced by Stuart Walker

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Behind a Watteau Picture. A Fantasy in Verse, in One Act.

Robert Emmons Rogers, the playwright, was graduated by Harvard College and his play debuted in St. Louis and was later performed at the Greenwich Village..... Read More about Behind a Watteau Picture. A Fantasy in Verse, in One Act

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Big Blow [Federal Theatre, Works Progress Administration]

Program for the play Big Blow set in Florida’s hurricane country. The show was produced by the Federal Theatre program under the sponsorship of the..... Read More about Big Blow [Federal Theatre, Works Progress Administration

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3730624] 25 cts..Family Ticket..25 cts. [ticket for a lecture by Western frontier showman John...

25 cts..Family Ticket..25 cts. [ticket for a lecture by Western frontier showman John Harwood Pierce].

This lecture ticket admitted a whole family to Col. Pierce’s Lecture. John Harwood Pierce (1848–1925) led a full and exciting life, gaining fame as a...... Read More about 25 cts..Family Ticket..25 cts. [ticket for a lecture by Western frontier showman John Harwood Pierce

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3730582] [Countee Cullen; Arna Bontemps; Countee Cullen:] Come Rain or Come Shine. Edward Gross...

[Countee Cullen; Arna Bontemps; Countee Cullen:] Come Rain or Come Shine. Edward Gross presents St. Louis Woman.

Sheet music for a song from Act I of the 1946 all-Black musical St. Louis Woman. The musical is based on the novel God Sends..... Read More about Countee Cullen; Arna Bontemps; Countee Cullen:] Come Rain or Come Shine. Edward Gross presents...

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3730089] When Johnny Comes Marching Home. As Presented by the Whitney Opera Company. [cover...

When Johnny Comes Marching Home. As Presented by the Whitney Opera Company. [cover title]

From cover to cover, a chromolithographically illustrated program for this “glittering military comic opera” set in the South during the American Civil War. The three-act..... Read More about When Johnny Comes Marching Home. As Presented by the Whitney Opera Company. [cover title

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[C.1880s–1890s Tintype Photograph of a Western Woman in Japanese Costume].

Medium-format tintype studio portrait of a Western woman wearing a kimono and holding a large folding Japanese fan behind her head. Studio props in the..... Read More about C.1880s–1890s Tintype Photograph of a Western Woman in Japanese Costume

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Machinal. [Expressionist and Feminist Theater]

Typescript for an adaptation of Machinal, a landmark in expressionist and feminist theater. The play portrays the life, trial, and execution of real-life murderer Ruth..... Read More about Machinal. [Expressionist and Feminist Theater

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3729263] The Four Snow-White Albino Boys. Born of Negro Parents! As they appear in their...

The Four Snow-White Albino Boys. Born of Negro Parents! As they appear in their unrivaled musical entertainments…

Rare broadside advertising this African-American albino quartet, shown performing in a minstrel array, playing the bones, the fiddle, the banjo and the tambourine. The quartet..... Read More about The Four Snow-White Albino Boys. Born of Negro Parents! As they appear in their unrivaled musical...

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144984] Theatre Royal, Cheltenham. Their Majesties, the Princess Royal, the Princess Augusta and...

Theatre Royal, Cheltenham. Their Majesties, the Princess Royal, the Princess Augusta and the Princess Elizabeth, Having thrice honoured Mr. Watson…with their Presence…signified their Royal Intention of returning to Windsor and London…the following DUTIFUL and LOYAL FAREWELL, WAS SPOKEN BY MR. CHARLTON…On FRIDAY the 15TH AUGUST, 1788…

Rare and unlocated. Eighteenth century satin silk broadside recording a Royal visit to Cheltenham in 1788. Goding’s Norman’s History of Cheltenham (pp342–343) describes the pageantry..... Read More about Theatre Royal, Cheltenham. Their Majesties, the Princess Royal, the Princess Augusta and the...

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3729691] The Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera. Under the Auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary to...

The Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera. Under the Auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Phoenixville Hospital. [cover title of souvenir program; Phoenixville, Pennsylvania]

Rare and unrecorded souvenir program for a Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera—staged selections from popular operas and tableaux vivants—presented under the direction of Capt..... Read More about The Grand Parada and Carnival of Opera. Under the Auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the...

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3729658] Savage Serenade from Earl Carroll’s Murder at the Vanities, a Dramatic Mystery Comedy...

Savage Serenade from Earl Carroll’s Murder at the Vanities, a Dramatic Mystery Comedy by Carroll and Rufus King. [sheet music]

Sheet music for the song “Savage Serenade,” about a Caribbean island celebration, a musical number featured in the 1933 Broadway musical / murder mystery, Murder..... Read More about Savage Serenade from Earl Carroll’s Murder at the Vanities, a Dramatic Mystery Comedy by...

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3728988] Be Sure and See! Mahan’s Performing Patagonian Dogs, Only Dogs of this Kind Ever...

Be Sure and See! Mahan’s Performing Patagonian Dogs, Only Dogs of this Kind Ever Trained… [opening lines of one of three broadsides plus a circular letter from Mahan Brothers’ Trained Animals]

Three broadsides issued by Mahan Brothers’ Trained Animals of Charlton, Massachusetts for three separate performances of trained animals at the 1897 Vermont and New Hampshire..... Read More about Be Sure and See! Mahan’s Performing Patagonian Dogs, Only Dogs of this Kind Ever Trained…...

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The Eastern Girls [cover title].

The all-woman trio The Eastern Girls was comprised of a banjoist, a mandolin player, and a soprano singer. All the women sang. Here they are..... Read More about The Eastern Girls [cover title

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