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Harvard Theatre Collection of printed plays inscribed by John Gilbert and George Pierce Baker

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: 2006MT-148
Summary:

Printed plays and theatrical pamphlets signed by actor John Gilbert, 1828-1864, including some marked up as prompt books; and printed plays signed by George Peirce, 1886-1890.

J. Burdett Howe collection of acting editions

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Multiple ContainersIdentifier: 2006MT-162
Summary:

More than a hundred printed acting editions of plays from J. B. Howe's collection, many of them signed by Howe, and some marked up as prompt books. Also includes 10 acting editions signed by William C. Greene and others, 7 printed catalogs of plays, and a manuscript "Catalogue of Books" by Howe.

Weber & Fields burlesques

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Thr 660
Summary:

Consists of the many burlesques performed by Weber and Fields, as well as some that might have been, but are not confirmed to have been, including Anthony and Cleopatra; The big little princess; Camille; Captain Jinks; The college widower; The gay grizette; and Humming birds. Also contains parts for 7 untitled burlesques.