Finding Aid for the George E. Lask Papers, 1884-1935
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Descriptive Summary
Title: George E. Lask Papers
Date (inclusive): 1884-1935
Collection number: 742
Creator:
Lask, George E. 1866-1936
Extent:
19 boxes (9.5 linear feet)
3 flat boxes
Abstract: George E. Lask (1866-1936) was a prominent stage director in San Francisco and New York. Lask is famous for staging the first
American production of the musical
Florodora in New York in 1900. The original sextet in the show that Lask picked and trained came to be known as the
Florodora girls, a precursor of the American chorus girl. The majority of the collection contains scripts and plots for stage productions
as well as correspondence, photographs, printed materials, newspaper clippings, and other theater related items.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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[Identification of item], George E. Lask Papers (Collection 742). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
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Biography
George E. Lask, veteran manager and director of the stage, is famous in the theater world for staging the first production
of Florodora in New York in 1900 and being the first authority on what is now known as the American chorus girl. Born in 1866
in San Francisco's Chinatown district, Lask began his theater career at the Boys' High School, now known as Lowell High School,
where he was a member of the Longfellow Literary and Dramatic Club. After graduating from high school, Lask traveled to Europe.
Upon returning to the city, Lask worked at the grain exchange and then as an errand boy at Crocker-Woolworth Bank. While employed
at the bank, Lask appeared in numerous amateur theater productions and even found success as Launcelot Gobbo in Shakespeare's
The Merchant of Venice. Lask then auditioned with Fred Bert, manager of the California Theatre, for a spot in W.S. Sheridan's
repertoire company. Lask got the part and for the next eight months he toured the coast playing the boy roles in Shakespearen
dramas.
Following this, Lask continued to work with Bert but this time as an apprentice in the stock company at San Francisco's Grand
Opera House. Lask did everything from paint scenery, to making props and sewing costumes, to working with the music. When
Fay Templeton and her company arrived in San Francisco, she engaged Lask as assistant stage manager and he was on his way
to New York. Upon arriving in New York, Lask got an engagement as assistant stage manager for Orpheus at the Bijou Theatre
with director Max Freeman. After, Lask returned to San Francisco and for the next two years, he was stage manager for the
Tivoli Opera Company. Lask then went back to New York, this time with producer Charles Frohman. He returned to San Francisco
soon after and spent 1893 to 1900 as director of the Tivoli.
At this time, New York stage producer and director, John C. Fisher, asked Lask to try staging an American version of the popular
English musical comedy Florodora, of which he had just bought the rights to. Convinced, Lask traveled to London. After five
weeks, Lask returned with models of the scenery and costumes for the show. After five weeks of rehearsals, Florodora opened
on November 10, 1900 at the Casino Theatre in New York. The show was not an immediate success but its popularity grew. This
can be attributed to the sextet of chorus girls in the show, who later came to be known as the Florodora girls. The original
sextet included Daisy Green, Marjorie Relyea, Vaughn Texsmith, Margaret Walker, Agnes Wayburn, and Marie Wilson. It was Lask
who spent countless hours teaching and drilling the girls in the subtle art of gesturing, facial expressions, winking and
nodding. His patience paid off because Florodora ran for an unprecedented 505 shows and didn't close until January 25, 1902.
The most popular number by far was the song "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden".
After Florodora took off, Lask headed a road company of the show and then returned to San Francisco. Lask spent a summer at
the Grand Opera House and then managed the Weber & Field productions at Fischer's Theatre for 72 weeks. From December 1902
to May 1903, Lask was back in New York working with producer and director David Belasco on The Darling of the Gods. After,
Lask was general director for producers Nixon & Zimmerman. He finally returned to San Francisco where he managed the Tivoli
during the three months prior to the 1906 earthquake and fire. Following this, Lask was stage manager at the Central Theatre,
the American Theater, and the Princess Theater, all in San Francisco.
On March 1, 1936 Lask died of a bronchial illness at his home in San Francisco. He was 70 years old.
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials related to the career of veteran stage manager and director, George E. Lask. The majority
of the collection consists of theater materials such as scripts and plots for music, property, scenery, and lighting. Of particular
interest is an annotated script by J.M. Barrie for a play titled "Punch". Also included are photographs, correspondence, picture
books, newspaper clippings, and an assortment of ephemera and printed materials. These include play catalogues, programs,
theater related newsletters and magazines, as well as a number of New York City guide books from the 1920s.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Ephemera and correspondence (1906-1934 inclusive)
- Newspaper clippings (1906-1932)
- Photographs (1884-1932)
- Picture Books (1887-1933)
- Plays (1896-1937)
- Printed material (1895-1935).
Processing Note
This collection was partially processed upon acquisition. In fall 2006, the collection was rehoused, described, and arranged
into series by Nina Meechoonuk, a Center for Primary Research and Training student/scholar.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Lask, George E., 1866-1936--Archives
Stage managers -- United States -- Archival resources.
Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Archival resources.
Series 1.
Ephemera and Correspondence
1906-1934
Scope and Content Note
This series contains a small amount of personal correspondence to George Lask, Fannie Lask, and Louise Lask. Also included
are programs from The Lambs, (America's first professional theatrical club, established in New York in 1874), catalogues,
newsletters, and assorted ephemera including various New York City guide books from the 1920s.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 1, Folder 1
1933 Supplement to Samuel French's Catalogue of Plays
1933
Box 1, Folder 2
4 Wheel Fun
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Booklet from the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.
Box 1, Folder 3
Actor's Fund
1919 July 1
Scope and Content Note
Program for The San Francisco Theater Managers and Artists' First Benefit on behalf of the Actor's Fund of America.
Box 9, Folder 1
Actors' Fund Benefit
1927 June 19
Scope and Content Note
Program. Includes a newspaper review on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" performed at the benefit.
Box 1, Folder 4
Belvedere Improvement Club
1906 December 8
Scope and Content Note
Program presented by Vaudeville Entertainment.
Box 1, Folder 5
Benefit for Community Temple
1932 October 30
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 20, Folder 1
Billboard Index of New York Theatricals, The
1925 August 15
Scope and Content Note
Season 1924-1925 on newsprint.
Box 20, Folder 2
Billboard Index of the New York Legitimate Stage, The
1926 August 14
Scope and Content Note
Season 1925-1926 on newsprint.
Box 20, Folder 3
Billboard Index of the New York Legitimate Stage, The
1927 August 13
Scope and Content Note
Season 1926-1927 on newsprint.
Box 20, Folder 4
Billboard Index of the New York Legitimate Stage, The
1928 September 8
Scope and Content Note
Season 1927-1928 on newsprint.
Box 20, Folder 5
Billboard Index of the New York Legitimate Stage, The
1929 September 7
Scope and Content Note
Season 1928-1929 on newsprint.
Box 20, Folder 6
Billboard Index of the New York Legitimate Stage, The
1930 September 6
Scope and Content Note
Season 1929-1930 on newsprint.
Box 20, Folder 7
Billboard Index of the New York Legitimate Stage, The
1931 September 5
Scope and Content Note
Season 1930-1931 on newsprint.
Box 1, Folder 6
Blank Postcards
ca. 1908-1930
Scope and Content Note
Includes images of U.S. battleships, French chateaus (carte postale), and various San Francisco locales (hotels, restaurants,
and landmarks). Includes thirty postcards.
Box 20, Folder 8
Bronson Howard's Shenandoah
1890 April 19
Scope and Content Note
Advertisement for the play on two pieces of cardboard tied together with a ribbon.
Box 1, Folder 7
Catalog of Royalty and Non-Royalty productions
1906
Scope and Content Note
Includes two copies. One copy is damaged and missing a cover. The other copy is annotated.
Box 1, Folder 8
Catalog of Royalty and Non-Royalty Productions
1909-1910; 1916
Box 1, Folder 9
Catalogue Number Forty-One: Theatre
1934
Scope and Content Note
A collection of plays, playbills, prints, portraits and books on marionettes, dancing, conjuring, the circus, players, the
opera etc.
Box 1, Folder 10
Catalogue of Dept. No. 15
1927 June
Scope and Content Note
A collection of music and drama works and textbooks.
Box 1, Folder 11
Catalogue of Posters for Plays
before 1935
Box 1, Folder 12
Catalogue of Royalty and Non-Royalty Grand and Comic Operas, Musical and Farce Comedies
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Descriptions include characters/parts, synopsis of play(s).
Box 1, Folder 13
Catalogue of Theatrical and Society Hair Goods
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue is annotated. Illustrations include hair pieces for dramatic characters of various ethnic backgrounds and different
historical periods. Folder also includes a typed list of plays with dates, blank personal stationary of Georg Anton, and notes.
Box 1, Folder 14
Central Public Service Corporation
1929
Scope and Content Note
A pamphlet for stock.
Box 1, Folder 15
Comedian, The
1930
Scope and Content Note
Newsletter.
Box 1, Folder 16
Correspondence to Fannie Lask
1909; 1916
Scope and Content Note
Includes eight postcards, letters, and receipts.
Box 1, Folder 17
Correspondence to George Lask
1917-1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes 37 postcards, letters, and receipts.
Box 1, Folder 18
Correspondence to Mrs. Louis R. Lask
1907
Scope and Content Note
Includes three postcards.
Box 1, Folder 19
Correspondence--miscellaneous
ca. 1912-1932
Scope and Content Note
Various Christmas cards.
Box 1, Folder 20
Costumes by Eaves
[1930]
Scope and Content Note
A catalog of theatrical and historical costumes.
Box 1, Folder 21
Day and Night New York
1930 September 7
Scope and Content Note
Weekly guidebook.
Box 1, Folder 22
Dramatic Tip
1912 March 4; 1912 March 18
Scope and Content Note
The Empire Theatre newsletter. Vol.1, no. 3. Includes an image of Ethel Barrymore in "Mid-Channel" production.
Box 1, Folder 23
Dramatist, The
1911 October
Scope and Content Note
A journal of dramatic technology.
Box 9, Folder 2
Equity Annual Ball Midnight Follies
1924 January 19
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 1, Folder 24
First Company Governor's Foot Guard Review
1913 May 12
Scope and Content Note
Booklet with a dance list and pencil attached.
Box 20, Folder 9
First Gambol in the New Fold, The
1916 December 17
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 1, Folder 25
Flashlights for Stock
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue.
Box 1, Folder 26
Foyles Catalogue of Books on Music and Drama
1934 April
Box 9, Folder 3
Friars Club, The
1911 November 4; 1931 November 1
Scope and Content Note
Advertisement for a grand ball, festival, and carnival and a program for amateur night.
Box 2, Folder 1
Furniture Exposition Banquet
1921 February 10; 1921 August 12
Scope and Content Note
Two programs.
Box 2, Folder 2
Georg Anton
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Costume catalogue.
Box 9, Folder 4
George Washington and Our National Songs
1926 February
Scope and Content Note
From Music and Youth newsletter.
Box 2, Folder 3
German--miscellaneous
1926-1930
Scope and Content Note
Includes receipts from George Anton.
Box 2, Folder 4
Gotham Life -- the official metropolitan guide
1929 July 14-October 6
Scope and Content Note
Includes seven issues.
Box 2, Folder 5
Gotham Life -- the official metropolitan guide
1929 October 13-December 29
Scope and Content Note
Includes five issues.
Box 20, Folder 10
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Advertisement for the production "How War in the Balkans was Stopped by an American."
Box 9, Folder 5
Hello
1934
Scope and Content Note
Poem written by Elizabeth Morgan, Lask's sister. Includes small photo of Elizabeth and her mother.
Box 2, Folder 6
J. Barth & Co.
1917-1919
Scope and Content Note
Includes receipts for Frances L. Lask's account.
Box 2, Folder 7
Joseph Jefferson Holland
1926 September 28
Scope and Content Note
Tribute at funeral.
Box 9, Folder 6
Lambs' Annual Public Gambol, The
1921 June 5
Scope and Content Note
At the Hippodrome.
Box 9, Folder 7
Lambs' Annual Public Gambol, The
1933 April 30
Scope and Content Note
At the National Theatre in Washington D.C.
Box 9, Folder 8
Lambs' Annual Public Gambol, The
1926 January 24
Scope and Content Note
At the Manhattan Opera House.
Box 9, Folder 9
Lambs' Annual Public Gambol, The
1930 April 27
Scope and Content Note
At the Metropolitan Opera House.
Box 9, Folder 10
Lambs' Annual Public Gambol, The
1931 April 19
Scope and Content Note
At the Metropolitan Opera House.
Box 9, Folder 11
Lambs' Annual Public Spring Gambol, The
1925 April 26
Scope and Content Note
At the Metropolitan Opera House.
Box 9, Folder 12
Lambs' Annual Spring Gambol, The
1923 June 3
Scope and Content Note
At the Earl Carroll Theatre.
Box 9, Folder 13
Lambs' Christmas Gambol, The
1925 December 13
Scope and Content Note
Annotated.
Box 20, Folder 11
Lambs' Christmas Gambol, The
1925 January 11
Scope and Content Note
Annotated.
Box 2, Folder 8
Lambs' Easter Gambol, The
1908 April 12
Box 9, Folder 14
Lambs' George Washington's Birthday Gambol, The
1931 February 22
Scope and Content Note
Annotated.
Box 9, Folder 15
Lambs' Holiday Gambol, The
1931 January 11
Box 2, Folder 9
Lambs' Hook-up of Gambol, The
1932 April 3
Box 9, Folder 16
Lambs' Installation Gambol, The
1927 November 6; 1928 November 18; 1929 November 17; 1930 November 23;
Box 20, Folder 12
Lambs' Installation Gambol, The
1917 November 11; 1925 November 8
Scope and Content Note
Includes two copies of the 1917 program.
Box 9, Folder 17
Lambs' Kid Gambol, The
1928 December 16
Scope and Content Note
Annotated.
Box 20, Folder 13
Lambs' Ladies Annual Gambol, The
1908 April 24
Scope and Content Note
Astor Theatre.
Box 9, Folder 18
Lambs' Mid-Winter (Ladies') Gambol, The
1922 January 29
Box 9, Folder 19
Lambs' Mid-Winter Gambol, The
1923 February 18; 1923; 1917 February 4
Scope and Content Note
Includes one complete programs and one separated cover.
Box 20, Folder 14
Lambs' Mid-Winter Gambol, The
1927 February 27
Box 2, Folder 10
Lambs' Mongrel Gambol, The
1930 January 19
Box 9, Folder 20
Lambs' New Year's Gambol, The
1929 January 20
Scope and Content Note
Annotated.
Box 9, Folder 21
Lambs New Yorker's Easter Gambol, The
1931 March 29
Box 9, Folder 22
Lambs' Public Gambol, The
1922 June 11
Box 2, Folder 11
Lambs' Script, The
1932 January; 1932 February; 1932 March; 1932 May; 1932 September-November
Scope and Content Note
Monthly newsletter.
Box 9, Folder 23
Lambs' St. Valentine's Gambol, The
1911 February 26; 1930 February 23; 1935 February 10
Box 9, Folder 24
Lambs' Thanksgiving Gambol, The
1913 November 30
Scope and Content Note
Includes one complete program and a separated cover.
Box 2, Folder 12
Little Accident
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
By Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell. A pamphlet advertising the play.
Box 2, Folder 13
Longmans' Catalogue of Plays
1932
Box 9, Folder 25
Miscellaneous
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes sketches, order forms, business cards, and flyers from businesses.
Box 2, Folder 14
New York Amusements
1927 March 7-December 26
Scope and Content Note
Includes thirteen issues.
Box 2, Folder 15
New York Amusements
1928 January 9-May 28
Scope and Content Note
Includes nineteen issues.
Box 2, Folder 16
New York Amusements
1928 June 4-November 19; 1929 March 11-18; 1929 October 21; 1933 February 11
Scope and Content Note
Includes seventeen issues.
Box 3, Folder 1
Official Metropolitan Guide
1923 May 6-July 1; 1927 January 16-May 29
Scope and Content Note
Includes seven issues.
Box 3, Folder 2
Official Metropolitan Guide
1927 June 19-November 20
Scope and Content Note
Includes seven issues.
Box 3, Folder 3
Official Metropolitan Guide
1927 November 27-December 25
Scope and Content Note
Includes five issues.
Box 3, Folder 4
Official Metropolitan Guide
1928 January 28-Febraury 12
Scope and Content Note
Includes six issues.
Box 3, Folder 5
Official Metropolitan Guide
1928 February 19-March25
Scope and Content Note
Includes six issues.
Box 3, Folder 6
Official Metropolitan Guide
1928 April 1-May 13
Scope and Content Note
Includes seven issues.
Box 4, Folder 1
Official Metropolitan Guide
1928 May 20-July 8
Scope and Content Note
Includes six issues.
Box 4, Folder 2
Official Metropolitan Guide
1928 August 26-October 14
Scope and Content Note
Includes seven issues.
Box 4, Folder 3
Opera News, The
1920 January 10
Scope and Content Note
Newsletter.
Box 4, Folder 4
Order of Services for the Dedication Exercises of The New Temple
1926 April 16-18
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 9, Folder 26
Play announcements
1895-1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes announcements for The Bare Foot Boy, Parents, A Butterfly on the Wheel, Black and Amber, and others.
Box 20, Folder 15
Reviews of Antoinette Kopetzky in Chocolate Soldier
1910-1911
Box 4, Folder 5
Richardson Mineral Springs
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Accordion fold booklet of illustrations.
Box 9, Folder 27
Sample copy of ditto printing by Charles Midgley
1930
Box 9, Folder 28
Shakespeare Calendar
1929-1930
Scope and Content Note
Includes two calendars on cardboard.
Box 4, Folder 6
Social Calendar, The
1923 April 16
Scope and Content Note
Issued weekly.
Box 4, Folder 7
Tantivy Towers
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
By A.P. Herbert and T.F. Dunhill. Advertisement for the opera.
Box 4, Folder 8
Theatre Arts Monthly
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Advertisement.
Box 4, Folder 9
This Week in New York
1931 April 12-18; 1931 May 3-9
Box 4, Folder 10
Tip Folio, The
1911-1913
Scope and Content Note
Includes 25 copies although multiple copies of some issues exist. A weekly list of plays in various U.S. cities.
Box 9, Folder 29
Winter's Tale from A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Poem written by Elizabeth Morgan, Lask's sister, at Christmas.
Series 2.
Newspaper Clippings
1906-1932
Scope and Content Note
The newspaper clippings discuss Lask's career as a prominent stage manager in San Francisco and New York, including his involvement
with the original American staging of the musical Florodora.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by newspaper name or article title.
Box 20, Folder 16
Era, The
1906 November 3
Scope and Content Note
Copy of entire newspaper.
Box 16, Folder 2
George Lask Tells about Florodoreans
1908 February 2
Scope and Content Note
Pages 25 to 32 from The Call.
Box 16, Folder 2
George Lask Tells How to Manage the Stage
1907 March 17
Scope and Content Note
From The San Francisco Examiner.
Box 9, Folder 30
Great Barrymores, The
before 1935
Box 16, Folder 2
Kelly, the Rolling Hill Man
1927 February 13
Scope and Content Note
From Chicago Sunday Tribune.
Box 16, Folder 2
L.A. Asks P.E. Rate Change Rehearing
1928 April 12
Scope and Content Note
From Los Angeles Evening Herald. Pictures of the Floradora girls.
Box 9, Folder 31
Maker of Littlest Theatres, The
1913 June 8
Scope and Content Note
Page from The Call.
Box 9, Folder 32
Miscellaneous
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Majority of the clippings are ads.
Box 9, Folder 33
Miscellaneous
before 1935
Box 16, Folder 2
Old S.F. Opera House Days Recalled
1932 October 15
Scope and Content Note
From The San Francisco News.
Box 9, Folder 34
Palmy Days in San Francisco, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Column by E.J. Quillinan.
Box 16, Folder 2
Players, The
1927 October 16
Scope and Content Note
Pages 11-14 from The New York Herald Tribune. By Francis Wilson.
Box 16, Folder 2
Stage Manager Lask on the Merry Merry
1906 December 16
Scope and Content Note
Page 49 from San Francisco Chronicle.
Series 3.
Photographs
1884-1932
Scope and Content Note
This series contains photographs of stage productions including, most prominently, Madame Butterfly and Oliver Twist.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by production title.
Box 4, Folder 11
3 Faces East
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
One 1.75 x 2.5" B&W photograph of a man dressed in military uniform. The back of the photo is inscribed with a handwritten
note.
Box 21, Folder 1
Butterfly on the Wheel
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
One 14 x 11" B&W photograph taken by White in New York.
Box 21, Folder 2
Case of Becky, The
1912
Scope and Content Note
One 11.5 x 9.25" B&W photograph taken by White in New York. The photograph features Frances Starr, Charles Dalton, Albert
Bruning, Harry C. Browne, and Eugene O'Brien.
Box 21, Folder 3
Concert, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
One 14 x 11" B&W photograph taken by Byron in New York.
Box 4, Folder 12
Lady of Belmont, The
1927 November 30
Scope and Content Note
One 9.5 x 7" B&W photograph with a handwritten inscription to Lask from Bassauio. Photo is stamped by Gabriel Moulin on December
8, 1927 in San Francisco.
Box 4, Folder 13
Little Puck
1909 February 27
Scope and Content Note
One 1.75 x 3.5" B&W photograph of Frank Daniels in Little Puck. The back of the photo has a handwritten note by Bassie Sansom.
Box 21, Folder 4
Madame Butterfly -- acts I and II
ca. 1907
Scope and Content Note
One 13 x 10" B&W photograph of Louise Homer and Geraldine Farrar in Act One of Madame Butterfly performed at the Metropolitan
Opera House in New York. On the photo it reads "Byron, N.Y., 23808". One 13 x 10" B&W photograph of Louise Homer and Geraldine
Box 21, Folder 5
Madame Butterfly scenes
ca. 1907
Scope and Content Note
One 13 x 10" B&W photograph depicting a woman dressed in a kimono. The photo may have been taken at a performance in Chicago.
Box 21, Folder 6
Madame Butterfly scenes
ca. 1907
Scope and Content Note
One 13.5 x 11" B&W photograph depicting the ending scene performed by the Aborn Grand Opera Company. The photo is numbered
"G4415". The photo was taken by Garraways Ltd in New York. One 13.5 x 11" B&W photograph depicting a scene performed by the
Aborn
Box 21, Folder 7
Madame Butterfly scenes
ca. 1907
Scope and Content Note
Five 13.5 x 11" B&W photographs that are numbered and taken in New York.
Box 4, Folder 14
May Blossom
1884 July 21
Scope and Content Note
One souvenir book with two photographs inside. Also includes two other 4 x 6" B&W photographs.
Box 4, Folder 15
Miscellaneous
Scope and Content Note
Includes four B&W photographs.
Box 4, Folder 16
Mt. Lowe
1909 October 24
Scope and Content Note
One 4.5 x 8" B&W photograph mounted on cardboard of a group of people in a Pacific Electric Railway car at Mt. Lowe.
Box 21, Folder 8
Oliver Twist
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Six 12 x 11" B&W photographs taken by White in New York. The photographs are numbered. In photograph #10, Monks and Fagin
are seen plotting against Oliver's life and are overheard by Nancy.
Box 4, Folder 17
Passion Flower, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
One 7.5 x 9.75" B&W photograph of Nance Oneil taken by National Printing & Engraving Co. dated October 13-15.
Box 4, Folder 18
Plane in the sky
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
One 7 x 10.5" B&W photograph with an inscription to Lask from an acquaintance in the Air Service.
Box 4, Folder 19
San Francisco Musical Club Annual Jinks
1932 May 5
Scope and Content Note
One 9.5 x 7.5" B&W group photograph with an inscription on the back to Lask from Marion Cumming. Photo was taken by Morton
Photographs in San Francisco.
Box 21, Folder 9
Seven Keys to Baldpate
ca. 1916
Scope and Content Note
Two 9.5 x 12" B&W photographs of a scene from George M. Cohan's play performed at the Columbia Theater.
Box 4, Folder 20
Shenandoah
1889 December 3
Scope and Content Note
Four 2 x 2.5" B&W photographs glued to cardboard for the 100th performance of Shenandoah at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago.
One photograph has detached.
Box 4, Folder 21
Unidentified man
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
One 4 x 6" B&W photograph of a man in a suit seated in a chair. The photograph was taken by Edward Bertel of Salzburg and
is mounted on cardboard.
Box 4, Folder 22
Unidentified photograph of two men and one woman.
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
One 4.25" x 3.25" B&W photograph and negative of three people sitting on a log fence outside. The photo and negative are inside
an envelope from Kahn & Co. Opticians.
Box 16, Folder 1
Unidentified play -- cast photograph
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
One 21.75 x 8" B&W photograph taken in New York of the cast dressed in Shakespearean costume.
Box 21, Folder 10
Unidentified play -- two men and two women in the photo
ca. 1918
Scope and Content Note
One 14 x 11" B&W photograph of an unidentified play. Photographed by White in New York.
Box 4, Folder 23
Unidentified play -- two women and one man
ca. 1918
Scope and Content Note
One 7.5 x 9.25 B&W photograph of the people dressed in formal attire.
Box 21, Folder 11
Unidentified stage production -- six women in each photo
ca. 1918
Scope and Content Note
Four 14 x 11" B&W numbered photographs. Photo taken by Apeda.
Box 21, Folder 12
Woman, The
ca. 1918
Scope and Content Note
One 14 x 11" B&W photograph taken by White in New York. Photographed is numbered 36.
Series 4.
Picture Books
1887-1933
Scope and Content Note
This series contains souvenier booklets for various productions and performers.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 9, Folder 35
7 Ages
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Accordion fold booklet for the commemoration of the 300th performance of 7 Ages in Chicago.
Box 9, Folder 36
Annie Russell in A Royal Family
1900
Scope and Content Note
As produced at the Lyceum Theatre in New York.
Box 9, Folder 37
Blanche Bates in Under Two Flags
1901
Scope and Content Note
A Play in Five Acts. By Paul M. Potter.
Box 9, Folder 38
Bobby Burnit
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes 19 pictures.
Box 9, Folder 39
Ethel Barrymore in Captain Jinks
1901
Scope and Content Note
A comedy in three acts. By Clyde Fitch.
Box 9, Folder 40
Garden of Allah, The
1911
Scope and Content Note
Souvenir book of the play.
Box 4, Folder 24
Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, The
1932-1933
Scope and Content Note
A pictorial record.
Box 10, Folder 1
Herod--production pictures
ca. 1900
Scope and Content Note
Includes twenty pictures of actors F. Percival Stevens, C. Fulton, Rosalie Jacobi, Maud Jeffries, et al, in costume for the
production.
Box 4, Folder 25
House Next Door, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes 18 photographs.
Box 10, Folder 2
Maude Adams in L'aiglon
1900
Scope and Content Note
A drama in five acts. By Edmond Rostand.
Box 4, Folder 26
Men and Women
1890 December 1
Box 10, Folder 3
Picture Book of Becky Sharp, The
1899 September 12
Scope and Content Note
A play in four acts. By Langdon Mitchell. Played by Mrs. Fiske.
Box 10, Folder 4
Raquel Meller
ca. 1926
Scope and Content Note
Booklet honoring the actress and singer. Includes images.
Box 5, Folder 1
Souvenir of Becket by Alfred Lord Tennyson
1893 February 6
Scope and Content Note
Performed at the Lyceum Theatre.
Box 5, Folder 2
Souvenir of Forbes-Robertson's Farewell to America
ca. 1913
Scope and Content Note
14 images with captions of Johnston Forbes-Robertson (Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937) in various parts (Macbeth,
Romeo, etc.). The images are from dated productions.
Series 5.
Plays
1896-1937
Scope and Content Note
This series contains scripts, property plots, scenery plots, music plots, and lighting plots for a variety of theatrical productions,
some of which are annotated.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by production title.
Box 19, Folder 1
Card index to plays
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Organized by playwright's last name.
Box 5, Folder 4
Aida
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes scene plot.
Box 5, Folder 5
Aladdin-The Wonderful Scamp
[1932] December
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script and property plot. Includes Parts I and II. Also includes a newspaper and magazine clipping.
Box 10, Folder 5
All of A Sudden Peggy
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 5, Folder 6
Alma
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript property plot.
Box 5, Folder 7
Aren't They Wonders?
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes script.
Box 10, Folder 6
Arizona
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes annotated typewritten light plot and three property plots.
Box 5, Folder 8
Artist, The
1917
Scope and Content Note
Includes script by H.L. Mencken.
Box 10, Folder 7
Aviator, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes six property plots, both handwritten and typewritten manuscripts.
Box 5, Folder 9
Awakening of Helena Richie, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two copies the typewritten property plot.
Box 10, Folder 8
Back Again Billie
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script. One act comedy by Mann Page.
Box 10, Folder 9
Back Again Billie -- role of Billie
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 10
Bad Penny, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script. By Rachel Field.
Box 5, Folder 11
Billy
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 5, Folder 12
Bit of the World, A
1908
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script by Edgar Allan Woolf.
Box 10, Folder 10
Bit of the World, A
1937
Scope and Content Note
By Edgar Allen Woolf. A play in an envelope from The Book Club of California.
Box 5, Folder 10
Boccaccio
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
A tabloid version in two acts of Von Suppe's comic opera. Includes handwritten pages of outlines.
Box 10, Folder 11
Boss, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two light plots, one music plot, three property plots, and two scene plots.
Box 5, Folder 13
Brewsters Millions
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes light plot.
Box 5, Folder 14
Broken Threads
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 5, Folder 15
Butterfly on the Wheel, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 10, Folder 12
Butterfly on the Wheel, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes script for act three.
Box 5, Folder 16
Butterfly on the Wheel, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes music plot.
Box 5, Folder 17
Butterfly on the Wheel, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two copies of Act Three.
Box 5, Folder 18
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of footman
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 19
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of foreman of the jury
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 20
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Frank Carteret, K.C.
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 21
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Gervaise McArthur, K.C.
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 22
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Jacques
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 23
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Jean Dubouis
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 24
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Lady Attwill
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 25
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Lord Ellerdine
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 26
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Mr. Parks
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 27
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Pauline
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 28
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Peggy Admaston
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 29
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Roederick Collingwood
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 5, Folder 30
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Sir John Burroughs
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 6, Folder 1
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Sir Robert Fyffe, K.C.M.P
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 6, Folder 2
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of Stuart Menzies
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 6, Folder 3
Butterfly on the Wheel, A -- role of The Right Hon. George Admaston, M.P.
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 6, Folder 4
Captain Kidd, Jr.
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two copies of the property plot and two copies of the light plot.
Box 10, Folder 13
Caught in the Rain
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 6, Folder 5
Chance Acquaintance, A
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 10, Folder 14
Cheer Up Girl, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated. By Mann Page. Includes the entire script and role scripts for Katie, Martha Elliot, and Paolo Campobello.
Box 10, Folder 15
Cheers
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated act three plot.
Box 6, Folder 6
Children of Granada, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 6, Folder 7
Chorus Lady, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two copies of both the property plots and the electric plots.
Box 10, Folder 16
Clock, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
A play in one act by Charles Kenyon.
Box 6, Folder 8
College Widow, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the light plot, music cues, and property plot.
Box 6, Folder 9
Commanding Officer, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three annotated property plots, three light plots and two music cues.
Box 6, Folder 10
Common Cause
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Original annotated script by Crane Wilbur.
Box 6, Folder 11
Common Cause
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two copies of the script.
Box 6, Folder 12
Common Cause
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the property plot and role scripts for August, John, Mrs. Davis, Pietro Bachicalupe, and Tina.
Box 6, Folder 13
Common Clay
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two light plots and one property plot.
Box 10, Folder 17
Concert, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the light plot, music plot, and two property plots.
Box 10, Folder 18
Constant Lover, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two annotated scripts. By J.H. Speenhoff.
Box 10, Folder 19
Country Boy, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the music plot, three cue sheets, four light plots, and four property plots.
Box 6, Folder 14
Court Comedy, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 6, Folder 15
De Luxe Annie
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the light and property plot.
Box 6, Folder 16
Deceived Deceivers, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script. A vaudeville in one act. Arranged by George Lask.
Box 6, Folder 17
Deep Purple, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 6, Folder 18
Delectable Mountains, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes acts one, two, and three scripts.
Box 10, Folder 20
Dollar Mark, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three property plots.
Box 10, Folder 21
Duke of Killicrankie, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three light plots and three property plots.
Box 6, Folder 19
Easiest Way, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the light plot, piano cues, property plot, and scene plot.
Box 6, Folder 20
Eleventh Hour, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script. A drama in one act by Guy Moyston.
Box 7, Folder 1
Elizabeth, Queen of England
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 2
Enemy to the King, An
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes light plot.
Box 7, Folder 3
Exhibit A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script. A comedy in four acts by J.W. Alicoate.
Box 7, Folder 4
Facing the Music
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes role scripts for Col. Duncan Smith, Dick Desmond, John Smith, Mabel, Miss Fotheringay, Mrs. Ponting, Nora, Sergeant
Duffell, and Rev. John Smith.
Box 7, Folder 5
Fair Co-Ed, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten notes.
Box 7, Folder 6
Fair Co-Ed, The--act I script
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Book and lyrics by George Ade. Music by Gustav Luders. Annotated act one script.
Box 7, Folder 7
Fair Co-Ed, The--act II script
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Book and lyrics by George Ade. Music by Gustav Luders. Annotated act two script.
Box 7, Folder 8
Fair Co-Ed, The--act III script
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Book and lyrics by George Ade. Music by Gustav Luders. Annotated act three script.
Box 7, Folder 9
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Angelina Baxter
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 10
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Bob Chester
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 11
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Byrdie Wheeler
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 12
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Captain Peacock
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 13
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Cynthia Bright
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 14
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Davy Dickerson
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 15
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Ernest Grubb
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 16
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Freddie Carrington
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 17
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Grouch Hubbard
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 18
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Hazel Pinkham
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 19
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Josephus Cadwallader
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 20
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Magnolia Curtis
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 21
Fair Co-Ed, The -- role of Wellington Reed
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 22
Fair Co-Ed, The-- role of Squab Dingle
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 23
Fair Co-Ed. The -- role of a Sergeant
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 7, Folder 24
Falka
1896
Scope and Content Note
Annotated sheet music for the song In the Hills.
Box 7, Folder 25
Falka -- role of Alenixade
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 7, Folder 26
Falka -- role of Arthur
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 7, Folder 27
Falka -- role of Boleslas
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 7, Folder 28
Falka -- role of Edwige
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 1
Falka -- role of Falka
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 2
Falka -- role of Falka
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript prompt book for act one and part of act two.
Box 8, Folder 3
Falka -- role of Falka
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript prompt book for act two and three.
Box 8, Folder 4
Falka -- role of Fancred
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 5
Falka -- role of Folback
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 6
Falka -- role of Jarotha
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 7
Falka -- role of Konrad
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 8
Falka -- role of Minna
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 9
Falka -- role of Pelican
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 10
Falka -- role of The Geneschal
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 11
Father and Son
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
An original sketch by James Thatcher. Includes the entire script and role scripts for Allene, Col. Malcome, David Albertson,
and Max.
Box 10, Folder 22
Father and the Boys
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three copies each of the cue sheets, light plots, property plots, and scene plots.
Box 10, Folder 23
For Valour
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script. A play in one act by David Grey.
Box 8, Folder 12
Forbidden Fruit
1920 October
Scope and Content Note
Rewritten by Kenneth A. Millican. Includes scripts for acts one, two, and three.
Box 8, Folder 13
Forget Me Not
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
By Herman Merivale. Annotated script.
Box 8, Folder 14
Fortune Hunter, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes annotated properties plot.
Box 8, Folder 15
Forty Thieves
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript.
Box 8, Folder 16
Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two property plots, handwritten and typed.
Box 8, Folder 17
Fourth Estate, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes light plot.
Box 8, Folder 18
Fourth Mrs. Phillips, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated. Various titles include After the Matinee and After A Matinee.
Box 8, Folder 19
Gamblers, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the scene plot, music plot, four pictures list, three light plots, two property plots, three furniture plots, and
two manuscript pages of dialogue.
Box 8, Folder 20
Gates of Eden, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated. Includes the property and scene plot.
Box 10, Folder 24
Gentleman from Mississippi, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the light and property plot.
Box 8, Folder 21
Gentleman of Leisure
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 10, Folder 25
Get Rich Quick Wallingford
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three light plots and two property plots.
Box 10, Folder 26
Girl of the Golden West, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two light plots and one property plot.
Box 10, Folder 27
Girl of Zuyder Zee, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two annotated copies of both acts one and two. Various title is The Dutch Girl.
Box 10, Folder 28
Good Gracious Annabelle
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Act one script. A romantic farce comedy in three acts by Clare Kuhmer.
Box 10, Folder 29
Good Gracious Annabelle
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Act two script. A romantic farce comedy in three acts by Clare Kuhmer.
Box 10, Folder 30
Good Gracious Annabelle
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Act three script. A romantic farce comedy in three acts by Clare Kuhmer.
Box 11, Folder 1
Greyhound, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes annotated light plots, music cues, property plot, and scene plot.
Box 11, Folder 2
Gypsy Trail, The -- script
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated. A comedy in three acts by Robert Housum.
Box 11, Folder 3
Hamlet -- role of Ophelia
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript.
Box 11, Folder 4
Havoc, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript property plot.
Box 11, Folder 5
Heir to the Hoorah, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the light plot, two music cues, and two property plots.
Box 11, Folder 6
His Majesty Bunker Bean
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two light plots, one property plot, one property plot missing pages 2-3, and a list of props for Acts III-IV.
Box 11, Folder 7
Home Ties -- act I
1929
Scope and Content Note
Annotated act one script.
Box 11, Folder 8
Home Ties -- act II
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes two annotated scripts of act two.
Box 11, Folder 9
Home Ties -- role of Adoracion
1929
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 10
Home Ties -- role of Alberta
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes script.
Box 11, Folder 11
Home Ties -- role of Blanca
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes script.
Box 11, Folder 12
Home Ties -- role of Don Pascual
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes script.
Box 11, Folder 13
Home Ties -- role of Felipe
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes script.
Box 11, Folder 14
Home Ties -- role of Fernandita
1929
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 15
Home Ties -- role of Nicolas
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes script.
Box 11, Folder 16
Home Ties -- role of Noblejas
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes script.
Box 11, Folder 17
Home Ties -- role of Paloma
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes script.
Box 11, Folder 18
Home Ties -- role of Realito
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes script.
Box 11, Folder 19
Home Ties -- role of Rosita
1929
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 20
Honor of the Family, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two property plots and one light plot.
Box 11, Folder 21
House Next Door, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 11, Folder 22
In the Shadows
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 23
In the Summer Time
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script by E.T. Sweet. Other titles are Mazie-Dazie and Cupid & Co.
Box 11, Folder 24
In the Summer Time -- role of 1st Girl
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 25
In the Summer Time -- role of 2nd Girl
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 26
In the Summer Time -- role of 3rd Girl
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 27
In the Summer Time -- role of Alice
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 28
In the Summer Time -- role of Captain Bill Barnacle
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 29
In the Summer Time -- role of Clover Blossom
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 30
In the Summer Time -- role of Hotel Boy
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 31
In the Summer Time -- role of J. Reginald Van Swoop
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 32
In the Summer Time -- role of Jack Benton
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 33
In the Summer Time -- role of Jacques Camenbert
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 34
In the Summer Time -- role of Mamie Boone
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 35
In the Summer Time -- role of Marie
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 36
In the Summer Time -- role of Mrs. Matilda Hyacinthe
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 37
In the Summer Time -- role of Mrs. Mazie Gotrocks
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 11, Folder 38
In the Summer Time -- role of Omnes
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated. Includes six script copies.
Box 12, Folder 1
In the Summer Time -- role of Sherlock Quiller Holmes
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 12, Folder 2
In the Summer Time -- role of The News Boy
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 12, Folder 3
In the Summer Time -- role of Violette Le Cor
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 12, Folder 4
In the Summer Time -- role of Yvette Le Cor
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 12, Folder 5
Island of Jewels, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated scripts for acts one, two, and three.
Box 12, Folder 6
It Pays to Advertise
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes annotated property plot, one property plot manuscript, and electrical plot.
Box 12, Folder 7
Jack Sheppard -- role of Young Jack Sheppard
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Notebook.
Box 12, Folder 8
Just a Woman
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes annotated property, hand, scene, and light plot.
Box 12, Folder 9
Just Suppose
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes scripts for acts one, two, and three. By A.E. Thomas. Various title is Meet the Prince.
Box 12, Folder 10
Kate Kearney
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 12, Folder 11
Kosher Kitty Kelly
before 1935
Box 12, Folder 12
Kosher Kitty Kelly
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated and includes song numbers.
Box 12, Folder 13
La Perichole
[1896]
Scope and Content Note
Annotated bound manuscript.
Box 12, Folder 14
Light that Failed, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 12, Folder 15
Little Jack Sheppard
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Notebook.
Box 12, Folder 16
Little Johnny Jones
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 12, Folder 17
Littlest Rebel, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes script. A Play in Four Acts by Edward Peple.
Box 13, Folder 1
Lord Fauntleroy's Letter
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two complete scripts and role scripts for Cedric, Earl, Havisham, and Higgens.
Box 13, Folder 2
Love Liar, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three light plots and one property plot.
Box 13, Folder 3
Love's Old Sweet Song
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 13, Folder 4
Madame Sherry
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the light and two property plots.
Box 13, Folder 5
Man From Home, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three light plots, three music arias, and two property plots.
Box 13, Folder 6
Man of the Hour, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two electric and property plots.
Box 13, Folder 7
Man on the Box, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 13, Folder 8
Marriage of Figaro
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Property plot.
Box 13, Folder 9
Mary Jane's Pa
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plots and stage sketches.
Box 13, Folder 10
Master of the House
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes one light and property plot, two music plots and two scene plots.
Box 13, Folder 11
Melting Pot, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes property plot.
Box 13, Folder 12
Merry Death, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Script by Nicholas Evreinov.
Box 13, Folder 13
Million, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes music, property, and light plot.
Box 13, Folder 14
Moll Buzzer, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 13, Folder 15
Monte Cristo
1912
Scope and Content Note
Includes the complete annotated script and annotated role scripts for Mons. Morel, Albert, Brigadier, Caderouse, Carcounte,
Danglers, Edmond Dantes, Fernande, Jean, Mercedes, M'lle Danglers, Nortier, and Villifort..
Box 13, Folder 16
Mother
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two annotated light and property plots and sketch of the stage.
Box 13, Folder 17
Mrs. Temples Telegram
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 13, Folder 18
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 13, Folder 19
Music (miscellaneous)
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes sheet music and manuscript pages for various songs including Drink, The Little Butterfly, and Arthur and Martha.
Box 13, Folder 20
Naughty-Cal Follies
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script by James Madison.
Box 13, Folder 21
Ne'er Do Well, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two music plots, property plot, and light plot.
Box 13, Folder 22
Nero
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes costume and property plot.
Box 13, Folder 23
New Sin, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes scripts for acts 1-4 and the scene and property plot.
Box 13, Folder 24
Noblesse Oblige
1934 December 5
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script by Patricia Morbio.
Box 13, Folder 25
Nobody Home
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated scripts for acts one and two.
Box 14, Folder 1
Old Bluff, An
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes complete script and role scripts for Joseph and Mrs. Spooner.
Box 14, Folder 2
Old Heidelberg
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two property plots, scene plot, and music plot..
Box 14, Folder 3
One of Us
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes complete script.
Box 14, Folder 4
Our Betters
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three light plots and two property plots.
Box 14, Folder 5
Our Little Wife
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two electric and property plots.
Box 14, Folder 6
Overnight
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes property prop and a list.
Box 14, Folder 7
Pals First
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three property plots and two switch board plots.
Box 14, Folder 8
Passing of the Third Floor Back, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two light plots and three property plots.
Box 14, Folder 9
Philosophers
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
A satirical play in one act by Morris Colman.
Box 14, Folder 10
Pierre of the Plains
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three property plots and two hand props plots.
Box 14, Folder 11
Pomander Walk
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes five light plots, one property plot, and one poem.
Box 14, Folder 12
Pool There Was, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two property plots, one music plot, and one light plot.
Box 14, Folder 13
Prince of Showmen, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes scripts for acts 1-4 by Harrison Rhodes and Thos. A. Wise.
Box 14, Folder 14
Punch
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script by J.M. Barrie.
Box 14, Folder 15
Puppy Love
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 14, Folder 16
Puss In Boots
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Lyrics for play by Douglass Whitehead.
Box 14, Folder 17
Puss In Boots
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 14, Folder 18
Road to Yesterday, The
1911 April 16
Scope and Content Note
Includes two property plots.
Box 14, Folder 19
Romeo and Juliet
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes The Minuet plot.
Box 14, Folder 20
Rosary, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes three property plots, two scene plots, one light plot, and one music plot.
Box 14, Folder 21
Rose with a Thorn, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Box 14, Folder 22
Rosemary
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two property plots, one effect plot, and one music cue.
Box 14, Folder 23
Salomy Jane
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes light plot.
Box 14, Folder 24
Second Mrs. Tanqueary, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes light and property plot.
Box 14, Folder 25
Servant in the House, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes property plot, light plot, and music program.
Box 14, Folder 26
Seven Days
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 14, Folder 27
She Stoops to Conquer
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes music cues and two property plots.
Box 14, Folder 28
So Far and No Father
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two property plots, one light plot, and one scene plot.
Box 14, Folder 29
So Long Letty
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes annotated scripts for acts 1-2.
Box 14, Folder 30
So Long Letty
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes role scripts for Ameila Cease, Billy Monday, Chita, Grace Miller, Harry Miller, Letty Robbins, Mabel, Philip Brown,
and Tommy Robbins.
Box 15, Folder 1
Spendthrift, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two annotated property plots.
Box 15, Folder 2
Such Is Fame
1930 October
Scope and Content Note
Includes the complete annotated script and annotated role scripts for Agatha Prynne, Jane, Jessica Wynbush, and Rebecca Tidway.
Box 15, Folder 3
Summer Cloud, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script by Sir Charles Young.
Box 15, Folder 4
Sunday
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two property plots and one light plot.
Box 15, Folder 5
Talker, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
By Marion Fairfax. Includes three character lists.
Box 15, Folder 6
Thais
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 15, Folder 7
Thief, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Two annotated property plots.
Box 15, Folder 8
Third Degree, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 15, Folder 9
Three's A Crowd
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script. By Henry M. Blossom, Jr.
Box 15, Folder 10
To Bob or Not to Bob
1926 December 6
Scope and Content Note
Includes annotated script, role script for Lorelei, and a program.
Box 15, Folder 11
Tonight's the Night
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two light plots and a property plot.
Box 15, Folder 12
Traveling Salesman, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 15, Folder 13
Under Southern Skies
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes four property plots, two music plots, and one light plot.
Box 15, Folder 14
Unidentified
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes role script for William Rehder in act three and property and light plots for unidentified plays.
Box 15, Folder 15
Untitled
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Second act script in a bound manuscript.
Box 15, Folder 16
Warrens of Virginia, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes light and property plot.
Box 15, Folder 17
Way Down East -- property plot
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two property plots.
Box 15, Folder 18
Widow's Whim, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script. Other titles include A Confidence Game and The Vanity Box.
Box 15, Folder 19
Woman of No Importance
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten plot outline.
Box 15, Folder 20
Woman, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes light and music plot and writings and reviews on the play.
Box 15, Folder 21
World and His Wife, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated property plot.
Box 15, Folder 22
Zira
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Annotated script.
Series 6.
Printed Material
1895-1935
Scope and Content Note
This series contains publications related to the theater world.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 15, Folder 23
American Playgoers Second Season
1906-1907
Scope and Content Note
Booklet with member's names and a constitution.
Box 15, Folder 24
American Stage of Today, The
1915
Scope and Content Note
Biographies and photographs of one hundred leading actors and actresses with an introduction by William Winter.
Box 17, Folder 1
Appleton Whole World Music Series and Music Literature Series
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
A complete descriptive catalogue.
Box 17, Folder 2
Billboard Index of the Legitimate Stage, The
1931-1932
Box 17, Folder 3
Billboard Index of the Legitimate Stage, The
1932-1933
Box 17, Folder 4
Billboard Index of the Legitimate Stage, The
1933-1934
Box 17, Folder 5
Billboard Index of the Legitimate Stage, The
1934-1935
Box 17, Folder 6
Burr McIntosh Monthly, The
1905 May
Scope and Content Note
Includes reproduced images of performers, artists, productions, and various locations and events.
Box 17, Folder 7
Burr McIntosh Monthly, The
1905 December
Scope and Content Note
Includes images of Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Russell, and Ignace Paderewski; short story entitled "The Homecoming of Ah Suey"
by Ethel Watts Mumford.
Box 17, Folder 8
Burr McIntosh Monthly, The
1907 February
Scope and Content Note
Images of various opera singers.
Box 17, Folder 9
Catalogue of Delinquent Posters
before 1935
Box 17, Folder 10
Century Magazine, The
1894 October
Scope and Content Note
Contains article on Edwin Booth.
Box 17, Folder 11
Compliments of the Bostonians
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Booklet.
Box 17, Folder 12
Concerning Children's Plays
1931
Scope and Content Note
By Montrose J. Moses.
Box 17, Folder 13
Dancing Round the World
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Booklet from Red Star Line, a cruise line company.
Box 17, Folder 14
Der Moderne Theaterbau
1907
Scope and Content Note
A bound journal in German.
Box 17, Folder 15
Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscript Plays
before 1935
Box 17, Folder 16
Dramatic Publishing Company's Descriptive Catalogue of Plays and Entertainment Books, The
1906-1907
Box 17, Folder 17
Equity
1927 April
Scope and Content Note
Official Organ of the Actors' Equity Association and the Chorus Equity Association
Box 17, Folder 18
Equity
1922 May 7
Scope and Content Note
Equity Annual Show for the benefit of the association. At the Metropolitan Opera House.
Box 17, Folder 19
For the Theatre Library
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue published by Oxford University Press.
Box 17, Folder 20
Gallery of Players
1895
Scope and Content Note
From The Illustrated American. Edited by Marwell Hall. Catalogue of actors with biographies.
Box 21, Folder 13
Gallery of Plays and Players No. 11
1897
Scope and Content Note
From The Illustrated American. Edited by Arthur Hoeber.
Box 17, Folder 21
Great Play Booklets No. 2
1928 October 8-10
Scope and Content Note
Introduction by J.C. Squire. The play The Betrothal to be broadcasted on the radio.
Box 17, Folder 22
In Memory of Frank Worthing
1911
Box 18, Folder 1
In Stock -- a monthly magazine devoted to stock plays, managers, authors, and players
1911 April
Box 18, Folder 2
In Stock -- a monthly magazine devoted to stock plays, managers, authors, and players
1911 October
Scope and Content Note
Includes three copies.
Box 18, Folder 3
In Stock -- a monthly magazine devoted to stock plays, managers, authors, and players
1912 February
Box 18, Folder 4
In Stock -- a monthly magazine devoted to stock plays, managers, authors, and players
1913 February
Box 18, Folder 5
In Stock -- a monthly magazine devoted to stock plays, managers, authors, and players
1913 May
Box 18, Folder 6
International Descriptive Catalogue of Plays and Dramatic Works
1906-1907
Box 18, Folder 7
Kiss in Xanadu, A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes two scenario booklets.
Box 18, Folder 8
L'Illustration Theatrale
1910
Scope and Content Note
In French.
Box 18, Folder 9
Madison's Budget
1899
Scope and Content Note
Number 3.
Box 18, Folder 10
Madison's Budget
1901
Scope and Content Note
Number 8.
Box 18, Folder 11
Madison's Budget
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Number 10.
Box 18, Folder 12
Madison's Budget
1915
Scope and Content Note
Number 16.
Box 18, Folder 13
Madison's Budget
1913
Scope and Content Note
Number 15.
Box 18, Folder 14
Madison's Budget
1907
Scope and Content Note
Number 11.
Box 18, Folder 15
Madison's Budget
1900
Scope and Content Note
Number 7.
Box 18, Folder 16
Miscellaneous
1928-1932
Scope and Content Note
Includes materials in French, German, a page from The National Geographic Magazine, pages from unidentified print materials,
and pages from programs.
Box 18, Folder 17
National Federation of Theatre Clubs, The
1913 January
Scope and Content Note
Bulletin and Souvenir Program
Box 18, Folder 18
Non, je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf
ca. 1960
Scope and Content Note
Program in French.
Box 18, Folder 19
Peep into "Punch", A
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Booklet with illustrations.
Box 18, Folder 20
Play Pictorial, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Volume XVIII. Number 108.
Box 18, Folder 21
Play Pictorial, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
The cover is missing. Volume XIX. Number 112.
Box 18, Folder 22
Play, The and The Stage Souvenir
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Bound copy of the journals The Play and The Stage Souvenir.
Box 21, Folder 14
Plays and Players
1917
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbook.
Box 18, Folder 23
Radio Guide and Catalog
before 1935
Box 21, Folder 15
Saturday Evening Post, The
1926 October 16; 1926 December 25
Scope and Content Note
Includes a three page article titled Don't be Yourself by Katherine Sproehnle from October 1926 and the cover from the December
25, 1926 issue.
Box 19, Folder 2
Souvenir Book The Lambs All Star Gambol
1916
Box 19, Folder 3
Special List of 72 Plays Controlled by Charles Frohman, A
before 1935
Box 19, Folder 4
Stage Director's Manual and Handbook, The
1907
Box 19, Folder 5
Stage Souvenir, The
1903
Scope and Content Note
An illustrated monthly journal with a real photograph as a supplement. The Girl From Kay's at the Apollo Theatre.
Box 19, Folder 6
Statement by the American Dramatists Club, A
1905-1907
Scope and Content Note
Booklet regarding the revision to the copyright act.
Box 19, Folder 7
Theater Booklets
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes the Republic Theatre, Fischer's Theatre, and The Warburton Theatre.
Box 21, Folder 16
Theatre Magazine Gallery of Players, The
before 1935
Scope and Content Note
Comprised of four pages.
Box 21, Folder 17
Theatre Magazine, The
1907 February
Box 19, Folder 8
Unusual Accessories for Christmas Giving
ca. 1920
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue from Wiley B. Allen Company.
Box 19, Folder 9
Western Monthly, The
1909 February