Theatrical Print collection, 1720-1927 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Theatrical Print collection, 1720-1927

Predominant Dates:1770-1893

ID: 02/Theatrical Prints

Primary Creator: Leavitt, Theodore

Other Creators: Hewitt, Barnard (1906-), Shattuck, Charles Harlen (1910-)

Extent: 9.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Series 1 is alphabetical by actor's last name, except Box 22, which is by title of play.�  Prints of theatres in Series 2 are arranged alphabetically by name of theatre.�  Programs in Series 3 are arranged alphabetically by the name of the theatre. Photographs in Series 4 are arranged first by type (cabinet cards then photographs) and alphabetical by performer's last name thereunder.

Date Acquired: 01/10/1953

Subjects: Actors, Theater, Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- Pictorial works, Theater -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works, Theater -- United States -- History -- Sources, Theaters

Forms of Material: Broadsides, Photographs, Playbills, Printed ephemera, Prints, Theater programs

Languages: English

Actors
Theater
Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- Pictorial works
Theater -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works
Theater -- United States -- History -- Sources
Theaters

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Access Restrictions: Open to researchers.

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Acquisition Source: A & B Booksellers, New York

Acquisition Method: The University of Illinois Foundation paid for the collection in February 1953 and the Department of Speech paid for the postage, according to a ledger in the Special Collections Acquisition File, 1905-1996 (University Archives record group 35/1/19, Box 7).

Related Materials: Barnard Hewitt Papers (University Archives Record Series Number: 12/11/20).�  Charles H. Shattuck Papers (University Archives Record Series Number: 15/7/39). Theatre Program Collection (#37). Alyene Westall Prehn Theatre Program Collection (#36).

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Box and Folder Listing

Series 4: Photographs

Primarily cabinet cards of various performers (ca. 1880-1900) and photographs of two 20th century actors: John Martin Harvey (from his 1910 production of "Richard III") and Guy Bates Post in several theatrical productions and motion pictures. Also contains colored prints of actors in the Royal Shakespeare Company, ca. 1952-1961.

Box 24

Folder 1: Cabinet cards--performers: Anderson-Irving, circa 1880-1900

Folder 2: Cabinet cards--performers: Kellogg-Munroe, circa 1880-1900

Folder 3: Cabinet cards--performers: Nordica-Robson, circa 1880-1900

Folder 4: Cabinet cards--performers: Sheridan-Wagner, circa 1880-1900

Folder 5: Photographs--John Martin Harvey, "Richard III", 1910

Folder 6: Photographs--John Martin Harvey, "Richard III", 1910

Folder 7: Photographs--John Martin Harvey, "Richard III", 1910

Folder 8: Photographs--John Martin Harvey, "Richard III", 1910

Box 25

Folder 1: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, portraits

Folder 2: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, "The Bad Man"

Folder 3: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, "The Climax" (London), 1927

Folder 4: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, "The Climax" (London), 1927

Folder 5: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, "The Climax" (London), 1927

Folder 6: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, "The Climax" (London), 1927

Folder 7: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, "The Masquerader"

Folder 8: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, "The Masquerader"

Folder 9: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, "Omar the Tentmaker"

Folder 10: Photographs--Guy Bates Post, "Omar the Tentmaker"

Folder 11: Photographs--Guy Bates Post

Folder 12: Photographs--Guy Bates Post

Folder 13: Photographs--Royal Shakespeare Company, "Coriolanus", 1972-1973

Folder 14: Photographs--Royal Shakespeare Company, "Coriolanus", 1972-1973

Folder 15: Prints--Royal Shakespeare Company actors, 1952-1961

Folder 16: Photographs and print reproductions--various subjects

Item 1: Print reproduction--"King Lear," Munich Art Theatre, 1889

Item 2: Photograph--William Poe's "Measure for Measure", 1893

Item 3: Photograph--Tairov's "The Man Who Was Thursday", 1924

Item 4: Print reproduction--Edward Bulwer-Lytton portrait

Item 5: Print reproduction--Anna Judic in "Mam'zelle Nitouche", circa 1883