Theatre in the United States a documentary history

Theatre in the United States a documentary history 1 1750 - 1915 : theatre in the Colonies and United States

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adam_text Contents List ofDocuments page vii Acknowh dgments xv General Introduction i 1750-1810 Introduction 7 I The Business of Theatre 12 II Acting 29 III Buildings and Technical Production 47 IV Drama 60 1810-1865 Introduction 69 I The Business of Theatre 75 II Acting 95 III Theatre Buildings 110 IV Technical Production 124 V Audiences 134 VI Drama M9 1865-1915 Introduction 169 I The Business of Theatre 175 II Acting and Directing 201 III Theatre Buildings 233 v vi Contents IV Design and Technical Production 260 V Drama 286 Bibliography 314 Index 327 List of Documents 1750-1810 1: The Business ofTheatre 1 Lewis Hallam s appeal for public support, 1753 2 David Douglass appeal for public support, 1758 3 David Douglass disclaimer on acting plays, 1758 4 Prologue spoken by Lewis Hallam, 1759 5 Announcement of the Douglass Company, 1761 6 Newspaper report on Douglass Company, 1761 7 Announcement of The Twin Rivals, 1766 8 Newspaper account of theatre riot, 1766 9 Grievance against players, 1774 10 Resolution passed by the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, 1774 11 Proposal for a theatre in Philadelphia, 1789 12 William Dunlap s account of Thomas Wignell dispute, 1792 13 William Wood on Thomas Wignell, 1855 14 Recollections of John Hodgkinson, 1797 15 William Wood on management, 1855 II: Acting 16 Review of Love in a Village, 1767 17 *Nancy Hallam as Imogen disguised as Fidele in Cymbeline, 1771 18 Excerpts from John Durang s Memoir, 1785 19 *A scene from The Contrast, 1790 20 *Thomas Wignell as Darby, 1789 21 Review of Gustavas Vasa, 1794 22 Thilo Theatricus on acting, 1796 v» viii List of Documents 23 William Woods description of his debut, 1798 24 William Wood on John Howard Payne, 1855 25 Review of George Frederick Cooke, 1810 . 26 John Bernard on American actors, 1887 III: Buildings and Technical Production 27 Philip Schuyler letter about Hallam Company, 1753 28 Excerpt from Satanstoe, 1845 29 Review of American Company, 1773 30 Theatre spectacle, 1782 31 Description of scenery at John Street Theatre, 1787 32 Excerpt from The Contrast, 1787 33 The New Exhibition Room, Boston, 1792 34 Nathaniel Cutting on Board Alley Theatre, Boston, 1792 35 Description of Charleston Theatre, 1792 36 Description of Federal Street Theatre, Boston, 1794 37 Description of Haymarket Theatre, Boston, 1797 38 *Interior of Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 1794 39 *Exterior view of Chestnut Street Theatre, 1804 IV: Drama 40 Cato performed in Philadelphia, 1749 41 Close ofthe Charleston season, 1774 42 Repertoire of the American Company, 1774 43 Excerpt from The Group, 1775 44 Review of The Contrast, 1787 45 John Bernard on the drama, 1887 46 William Dunlap on drama and theatre, 1797 1810-1865 I: The Business of Theatre 47 George Frederick Cooke s receipts at Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 1811 48 Actor s contract, 1817 49 Mortgage document, Olympic Theatre, Philadelphia, 1812 50 Edmund Kean s receipts at Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 1822 51 Letter from J. B. Booth to George Holland, 1826 52 Closing of the African Gardens Theatre, 1822 List of Documents ix 53 Minutes regarding Bowery Theatre, 1826 54 *Drop curtain of first Bowery Theatre, 1826 55 Treasurer s account book, Boston Theatre, 1831 56 Receipts, Mobile, 1832 57 Payroll for Pittsburgh Theatre, 1833 58 Profit sheets at National and Park Theatres, 1839 59 Contract between William Mitchell and Mary Taylor, 1843 60 Contract between Ludlow and Smith and David Hughes, 1845 61 Letter from James Mowatt to Ludlow and Smith, 1845 62 Park Theatre Stock Company pay sheet, 1846 63 Letter from F. C. Wemyss to McMakin, 1847 64 Letter from C. A. Logan to Sol Smith, 1848 65 Letter from Old Pipes to the Spirit of The Times, 1849 66 Newspaper article, Spirit ofthe Times, 1850 77: Acting 67 Review of Edwin Forrest s debut, 1820 68 Assessment of Edwin Forrest, 1827 69 Noah Ludlow on J. B. Booth, 1821 70 Review of Edmund Kean, 1821 71 Edmund Kean card in New York Enquirer, 1825 72 Review of Mary Ann Duff, 1832 73 Letter from Jane Placide to F. C. Wemyss, 1828 74 Letter from Lydia Kelly, 1828 75 Letter from James Hackett to F. C. Wemyss, 1833 76 Letter from James Hackett to a theatre manager, 1834 77 Review of child prodigy, Miss Davenport, 1836 78 George Vandenhoff on Charlotte Cushman, 1860 79 Review of Charlotte Cushman as Meg Merrilies, 1849 80 George Vandenhoff on James Hackett, 1860 81 Letter from T. D. Rice to H. E. Johnson, 1838 82 Letter from Mary Ann Duff to C. Page, 1835 83 Newspaper clipping about Mitchell s Olympic Theatre, after 1849 177: Theatre Buildings 84 Testimonial to the safety of New Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 1823 85 *Interior of Green Street Theatre, Albany, New York, 1811 86 *Exterior of Green Street Theatre, 1811 87 Description of New Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 1822 x List of Documents 88 Noah Ludlow on Chapman s floating theatre, c. 1832 89 Noah Ludlow on State Street Theatre, Mobile, 1839 90 Noah Ludlow on St. Louis Theatre, 1837 91 *Exterior of St. Louis Theatre, 1837 92 Description of National Theatre, Philadelphia, 1840 93 Description of New National Theatre, 1840 94 Description of a floating theatre, 1845 95 Description of Niblo s Garden, 1853 96 *Interior of Niblo s Garden, 1853 97 Description of Boston Theatre, 1854 IV: Technical Production 98 Noah Ludlow on Samuel Drake s Company, 1815 99 Description of The Pilot, 1824 , 100 Review of Cherry and Fair Star, 1825 101 Description of Lafayette Theatre, 1827 102 Inventory of Park Theatre, 1828 103 *Interior ofsecond Park Theatre, 1822 104 Letter from Thomas Hamblin to F. C. Wemyss, 1829 105 Letter from A. W. Jackson to F. C. Wemyss, 1831 106 Description of technical effects at Bowery Theatre, 1831 107 Review of Rienza, 1836 108 Description of Park Theatre scenery, 1840 109 George Vandenhoff on Antigone, 1860 110 *Act drop curtain, Bowery Theatre, 1852 V: Audiences 111 Description of Richmond theatre fire, 1811 112 Theatre fire in Richmond, 1811 113 Broadside regarding New Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, c. 1824 114 Noah Ludlow on New Orleans audience, c. 1821 115 F. C. Wemyss on Edmund Kean, 1825 116 Frances Trollope on Cincinnati audiences, 1829 117 Rules of audience conduct, St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, 1835 118 Letter from Edwin Forrest to The Times, 1846 119 Account of audience behavior, premier of New York As It Is, 1848 120 William Charles Macready on Astor Place Riot, 1849 121 * Astor Place Riot, 1849 List of Documents xi 122 E. P. Hingston on Mormon Theatre, Salt Lake City, 1864 123 *Mormon Theatre, Salt Lake City, 1864 VI: Drama 124 Edwin Forrest s playwriting prize announcement, 1828 125 Review of Metamora, 1829 126 Review of The Gladiator, 1831 127 Description of a Bowery melodrama, 1833 128 Advertisement for a new play, 1836 129 Description of theatrical criticism, 1839 130 Spirit of the Times review of Fashion, 1845 131 Albion s review of Fashion, 1845 132 Response to Albion s review, 1845 133 Walt Whitman on the theatre, 1847 134 Review of F. S. Chanfrau s Mose, 1848 135 Dan Emmett on Dixie, 1872 136 Review of Mines ofRiga, 1848 137 Spirit ofthe Times on Copyright protection, 1849 138 Review of Unde Tom s Cabin, 1852 139 Article on reforming the theatre, 1852 1865-1915 I: The Business of Theatre 140 Lease between Edwin Booth and John S. Clarke, 1870 141 Weekly salary list. Boston Museum, mid 1860s 142 Contrasting receipt summaries for the New Fifth Avenue Theatre. 1877 143 Memorandum of agreement between Steele MacKaye and Laurence Barrett, 1886 144 Boston Museum rules and regulations, 1880 145 Editorial in support of the combination System. 1880 146 Actor contract. Daly s Theatre. 1889 147 Original syndicate agreement. 1896 148 Interview with Alice Kauser. 1904 149 Charles Frohman s defense of the Theatrical Syndicate. 1904 150 Sarah Bernhardt and Shubert tour agreement. 1905 151 Play agreements for Minnie Maddern Fiske. 1899. 1908 152 *Cartoon by Halladay illustrating Independent Theatre Movement. 1906 153 Newspaper article on Colonel Felix Wendelschaefer, 1907 xii List of Documents ? 154 Announcement of Shubert Theatre in Minneapolis, 1910 155 Letter from Open Door Publishing Company to Chicago managers, 1909 156 Minutes of Actors Equity Association Steering Committee and letter, 1913 II: Acüng and Directing 157 Review of Edwin Booth s Hamlet, 1870 158 Description of Edwin Booth s To be or not to be, 1880s 159 Letter from Edwin Booth, 1884 160 Joseph Jefferson III on acting Rip Van Winkle, 1895 161 *Photographs of Joseph Jefferson as Rip, 1873 162 Mark Twain s review of Mazeppa, 1863 163 Newspaper account of the British Blondes, 1868 164 Review of Helena Modjeska s U.S. debut Performance, 1877 . 165 Review ofHenrietta Vinton Davis Co., 1884 166 Frederick Warde on touring in the Southwestern U.S., 1879-80 167 Luke Cosgrave on playing in Kansas City, 1892 168 William Brady on touring the West in the 188OS-9OS f 169 Henry Austin Clapp on William Warren, Jr., 1902 170 Memoirs of the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 1905 171 Dora Knowlton on Augustin Daly, 1910 172 Clara Morris on Daly, 1870s 173 Survey of actors according to lines of business, 1888 174 James A. Herne on lines of business, 1899 175 Essay on schools of acting, 1907 176 Pamphlet for Steele MacKaye s Conservatory, 1877 177 Speech, Illusion of the First Time in Acting, by William Gillette, 1913 178 David Belasco on play production, 1919 179 Essays on the foreign stage in New York, 1900 III: Theatre Buildings 180 Description of Booth s Theatre, 1869 181 *Interior of Booth s Theatre, 1869 182 0. B. Bunce s backstage description of Booth s Theatre, 1870 183 Illustration from Bunce, Beneath the stage, 1870 184 *Bunce, Rigging lofts, 1870 185 *Bunce, Working fly-gallery, 1870 186 Description of a concert saloon in Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1877 187 *Interior of Cheyenne concert saloon, 1877 List of Documents xiii 188 *Cross-section drawing of the elevator stage at Madison Square Theatre, 1879 189 Description of the elevator stage at Madison Square Theatre, 1884 190 *Steele MacKaye s patent drawings for the elevator stage at Madison Square Theatre, 1879 191 *Madison Square Theatre program cover, 1880 192 *Main floor plan of Oscar Hammerstein s Olympia, 1895 193 Dimensions of Oscar Hammerstein s theatres, 1895 194 Excerpt from Section 500 of the New York Building Law relating to theatres, 1890s 195 *Ground plan of Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, 1903 196 Verdict of coroner s inquest, Iroquois Theatre, 1904 197 Assessment of emergency exits, Iroquois Theatre, 1905 198 Extract from Eddie Foy s eye-witness account, Iroquois Theatre, 1928 199 Note on fire safety at Proctor s 23rd Street Theatre, 1904 200 Summarized findings of the Iroquois Theatre fire, 1906 201 *Sectional drawing of Hippodrome stage, 1905 202 Technical description of Hippodrome, 1905 203 Description of Stuyvesant Theatre, 1907 204 *Orchestra level floor plan of the New Theatre, 1909 205 Description of the New Theatre s revolving stage, 1910 206 Clayton Hamilton s impressions of the New Theatre, 1910 207 Claude L. Hagen s explanation for the New Theatre s failure, 1912 IV: Design and Technical Production 208 Inventory of Edwin Booth s costumes, 1874 209 »Charles Witham s Richelieu, Booth s Theatre, 1870 210 *Charles Witham s sketch for The Leather Patch, 1886 211 *Paint room of a New York theatre, c. 1880 212 *Photograph of Twin City Scenic Studio, Minneapolis, c. 1915 213 Review of George L. Fox s Humpty Dumpty, 1868 214 *Advertising woodcut for George L. Fox s Humpty Dumpty, 1875 215 Scenic effect plot for George L. Fox s Humpty Dumpty, 1872 216 Property plot for George L. Fox s Humpty Dumpty, c. 1872 217 Memoirs of Russell Smith, 1884 218 Description and final dialogue from Augustin Daly s Under the Gaslight, 1867 219 *Advertising woodcut for Augustin Daly s Under the Gaslight, 1867 220 Explanation of train effect by Joseph Daly, 1917 221 *Photograph of A Russian Honeymoon, 1883 xiv List of Documents 222 *Galley scene from Ben-Hur, 1900 223 *Race scene from Ben-Hur, 1900 224 *Photograph of The Girl of the Golden West, 1905 225 Lighting effects for David Belasco s Madame Butterfly, 1900 226 David Belasco s description of lighting The Darling ofthe Gods, 1902 227 *Chart and floor plan for David Belasco s The Rose ofthe Rancho, 1906 228 Stage directions for on-stage electrocution in At the World s Mercy, 1906 229 *Photograph of Salvation Neil, 1908 V: Drama : 230 Henry James on American drama, 1874 231 Review of Frank Mayo s Performance as Davy Crockett, 1874 232 Major American playwrights on American drama, 1889 233 Requirements for successful plays in the 1890s 234 Dion Boucicault on the future of American drama, 1890 235 William Dean Howells on Edward Harrigan, 1886 236 James A. Herne on Art for Truth s Sake in the Drama. 1897 237 Bronson Howard on play construction, 1900 238 Owen Davis s formula for melodrama, 1914 239 Interview with Rachel Crothers, 1910 240 Dialogue from Rachel Crothers s Young Wisdom, 1914 241 Essay on women s movement and American plays, 1914 242 Description of Percy MacKaye s The Gloucester Pageant, 1909 243 Explanation of the value of pageantry, 1914 244 *Graphic chart of a pageant organization scheme, 1914 245 Synopsis of The Star of Ethiopia, 1913 , 246 Jane Addams on Hull-House, 1910 247 Sheldon Cheney on the Art Theatre movement and the Little Theatre, 1914 248 Maurice Browne on the Chicago Little Theatre, 1913 249 Essay on Chicago Little Theatre production of The Trojan Women, 1915 Illustration
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