Illustrated programme at the New York City Broadway Theatre 1892, an early artifact of the still-extant Actors’ Fund Benefit. The evening’s performance is thoroughly detailed... Read More
Robert Charles Benchley (1889–1989) honed and developed his skills as a humorist and actor while at Harvard (Class of 1912). Benchley was an active, and... Read More
![Cornell Minstrels [...] Dec. 10, 1888. Base Ball Benefit. Cornell Minstrels.](/pictures/thumb/3726496_1.jpg?v=1531348116)
Founded in 1872, the Cornelian Minstrels was the first dramatic club organized at Cornell University. Performing in 1888 as “The Cornell Minstrels,” they joined with... Read More
Manuscript prompt, with American provenance, of a children’s drama based upon the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast as adapted by Julia Corner. Corner... Read More
![History of the Hanus Family’s Association with the Theater and Show Business 1878–1961 [cover title]. Edmund Hanus, Hanus Family.](/pictures/thumb/3726346_1.jpg?v=1530631670)
History of the Hanus theater operation and show business family of Antigo, Wisconsin. The history was compiled c.1979 by Edmund Hanus from contemporary newspaper, magazine... Read More
Edward Haas Robins, Actor In 1880, American stage and film actor Edward Haas Robins was born as Edward Haas in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Around 1909, after... Read More
Unrecorded 1902 sewn pamphlet describing the function and purpose of the Edwin Forrest Home in Philadelphia located at 4849 Parkside avenue. The Home was established... Read More
Philadelphia minstrel show broadside for the “Black and White Revue” with racist, stereotype illustration. One-third of the broadside comprises an illustration of two men in... Read More
The Germania Theater in Philadelphia was founded in 1877 by Gottlob Hammer and Heinrich Oberkirsch. The theater served a thriving German-speaking community until 1895 — a remarkable... Read More
Very pleasing example of one of Dick & Fitzgerald’s 25¢ “Western Plays.” Crawford’s Claim is the tale of heroine Nugget Nell, a Western mining claim... Read More
![[“Am I not a Man and a Brother?” within:] Tableaux Vivants for Amateur Representation. J. V. Pritchard.](/pictures/thumb/3726502_1.jpg?v=1530631707)
Preface—“Perhaps foremost among the beneficial effects which the culture of Art has exerted upon society stands the successful production of a series of Tableaux Vivants... Read More
Original unpublished manuscript for a one-act play by Philadelphia author and historian, Joseph F. A. Jackson. Written at the age of 19, Jackson’s farce satirizes... Read More
Collection of six autograph letters signed by theatrical producer John Grieves, all written to his colleague Joseph F. Smith, likely in Philadelphia. The letters, written... Read More
AUTOGRAPHED BY MILLIE-CHRISTINE.¹ Millie-Christine McCoy (1851-1912) were conjoined African-American slaves born in Columbus County, North Carolina. From childhood, these “Carolina Twins” a.k.a. “United African Twins”... Read More
Beautiful portrait of comic actress and light opera singer Pauline Hall (1860–1919), here photographed by New York celebrity photographer, José Maria Mora (1850–1926).¹ Hall is... Read More
Boldly-designed flyer or program for R.C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End as performed here in 1929 at Henry Miller’s Theatre, 43rd Street East of Broadway. Journey’s End... Read More
Press card for the Italian-language, Boston newspaper La Notizia, issued to New York City-based journalist Riccardo Cordiferro. “Riccardo Cordiferro” was the pseudonym adopted by Alessandro... Read More
Dating from the first decade of Nebraska statehood, this unrecorded 1876 theatrical broadside from Schuyler, Colfax County engages the reader right from the start: Sidewalks!... Read More
This collection of sixty-four vernacular photographs is a visual record of the Todd Sisters, show girls. We find little about their career, but we do... Read More
Classical music and opera concerts and popular musical and singing performances were favorite leisure pursuits in Belle Époque Germany and Austria. These 61 almost all... Read More
Guide to New York City night-life and culture for the week before Christmas 1928. Includes a day-by-day guide to dances, luncheons, dinners, and other urban... Read More
Guide to New York City night-life and culture in the month of March and year of 1929. Includes a day-by-day guide to dances, luncheons, dinners... Read More
American playwright Winchell Smith (1871–1933) replies to a Mr. Stanford who has asked Smith to consider reading his play. Smith writes: “It’s my opinion that... Read More
