COLLECTIONS: 1 - 10 of 11
Harvard Theatre Collection collected documents concerning Vauxhall Gardens
FOUND IN:
Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: 2003MT-350
Scope and Contents:
Draft of manuscript contract (1728) and printed broadside describing sale of the property (1860).
Harvard Theatre Collection collected Francis Whiting Hatch material
FOUND IN:
Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: 2006MT-166r
Summary:
Includes playbills from the Cupola Players of Castine, Maine, 1957-1962; a typescript script for a Cupola Players production of "The daring escape of General Peleg Wadsworth" 1967; an undated photograph of Hatch in Castine; three phonograph records"Frank Hatch sings songs of old Castine" and "Urban redevelopment and other swan songs of old Boston" both 1961; limericks written for Hatch by the staff of the Harvard Theatre Collection; and miscellaneous printed material by and about...
Harvard Theatre Collection collected photographs and programs for shows by Orville K. Larson
FOUND IN:
Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: 2003MT-324
Summary:
Includes photographs of Larson. There are approximately 1-3 items in each envelope.
Harvard Theatre Collection collected printed plays inscribed by John Gilbert and George Peirce
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Houghton Library
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: 2006MT-148r
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.
Harvard Theatre Collection collected scrapbooks of theater programs
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Houghton Library
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: 2009MT-82
Harvard Theatre Collection collected scripts of plays
FOUND IN:
Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: 2003MT-364
Scope and Contents:
Typescript plays by various authors, including: Alfred Lys Baldry, C. Lafont, Dorothy Leighton, Cyril Twyford, and Herman Vezin. Also with an autograph manuscript of La lune rousse by F. Burillon and a script by an unknown author.
Harvard Theatre Collection collection of materials related to Noel Coward's Hay fever: a play in three acts
FOUND IN:
Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: 2003MT-179
Summary:
1925 box includes: paper cover copy of play (London: Ernest Benn Ltd), French Acting Edition, 1927; clippings; and promotional material. 1964 box includes: 2 copies of souvenir program from The National Theatre (one signed by Edith Adams); miscellaneous cast lists (one autographed by cast members); clippings; a letter to Mrs. Robert Graff.
Harvard Theatre Collection of figurines
FOUND IN:
Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Thr 2066
Overview:
Collection of figurines relating to theatre and dance, especially ballet.
Harvard Theatre Collection photocopies of New York City play review clippings
FOUND IN:
Houghton Library
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: 2003MT-226
Scope and Contents:
The plays that are the subject of the clippings were produced in New York, and most are undated.
Harvard Theatre Collection Sarah Bernhardt collection, undated
FOUND IN:
Houghton Library
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: 2003MT-227
Summary:
Programs, clippings, folder of nine published play texts, and a souvenir album with clipings and programs. All materials concern actress Sarah Bernhardt.