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Florence Marx Hellman theatrical diaries
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Florence Marx Hellman theatrical diaries
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The diaries contain detailed descriptions and critiques of many plays, concerts and performers, with printed programs and photographs pasted into the volumes. The plays, operas and concerts were performed in theaters in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Venice, Paris, London, Berlin, Munich and Vienna. The diaries also discuss automobile trips that the Hellmans took in Europe, current fashions, social life, etc. The diaries cover many well-known actors, singers, dancers, composers, playwrights and members of the British Royal Family including: Zoe Akins, Queen Alexandra, Judith Anderson, Fred Astaire, Josephine Baker, Tallulah Bankhead, J.M. Barrie, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Sarah Bernhardt, Jack Buchanan, Billie Burke, Enrico Caruso, Noel Coward, Isadora Duncan, Queen Elizabeth II, Edith Evans, Geraldine Farrar, Lynn Fontanne, John Gielgud, Helen Hayes, Leslie Howard, Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Alfred Lunt, W. Somerset Maugham, Henry Miller, Vaslaw Nijinsky, Anna Pavlova, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Will Rogers and Peggy Wood. All of the volumes are in poor condition with loose covers, pages and bindings, but no pages or text have been lost.
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Autograph album of Hartman Hotel
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This album includes autographs, short notes, and some sketches by over 100 visitors to Hotel Hartman, many of whom were famous. They include actors, both stage and screen, opera singers, performers, artists, and dancers. Some notable people are: American dancer Ruth St. Denis; comic strip writer and creator of Buster Brown, Richard F. Outcault; American actor Tyrone Power; musician John Philip Sousa; and Italian tenor Enrico Caruso; among many others. With the volume are two photographs of unidentified men and a typed list of all of the autographs.
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John and Florence Van Loageos travel diaries
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The two diaries document the Van Loageos' trip through the United States, Canada, and some of Europe. One is written by John Van Loageos and the other is written by Florence Loageos. The diaries cover, in detail, the people the authors meet on their trip (with specific commentary on the poverty they see), various tourist destinations, and the couple's daily activities. In his diary, John Van Loageos uses a racial slur to refer to a couple he meets in Florida.
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William A. Hildebrand theatrical collection
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Collection contains manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera, including a copy of the Proceedings concerning Sunday Night Concerts at Boston Theatres, scripts for various plays, a silent film screenplay, reading notes, and watercolor illustrations. Also included are various letters and notes, some addressed to Hildebrand, apparently collected for the autograph value, as well as a group of late 19th century and early 20th century autographs of famous actors, actresses, composers, singers and writers. There is also one folder of ephemera containing printed material. Various items in the collection are stamped: "Library / Theatrical Hall of Fame / (Dramatic Morgue) / Wm A Hildebrand, Keeper," and "The Wm A Hildebrand / Collection / of Play Bills." Notable people in the collection include, among others: David Belasco, Harry Carey, Augustin Daly, Daniel Frohman, Harry Houdini, Henry Irving, Helena Modjeska, Ellen Terry, Luisa Tetrazzini, and William Winter.
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William A. Hildebrand theatrical collection
Manuscripts
Collection contains manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera, including a copy of the Proceedings concerning Sunday Night Concerts at Boston Theatres, scripts for various plays, a silent film screenplay, reading notes, and watercolor illustrations. Also included are various letters and notes, some addressed to Hildebrand, apparently collected for the autograph value, as well as a group of late 19th century and early 20th century autographs of famous actors, actresses, composers, singers and writers. There is also one folder of ephemera containing printed material. Various items in the collection are stamped: "Library / Theatrical Hall of Fame / (Dramatic Morgue) / Wm A Hildebrand, Keeper," and "The Wm A Hildebrand / Collection / of Play Bills." Notable people in the collection include, among others: David Belasco, Harry Carey, Augustin Daly, Daniel Frohman, Harry Houdini, Henry Irving, Helena Modjeska, Ellen Terry, Luisa Tetrazzini, and William Winter.
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Theatrical anecdotes
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Theatrical anecdotes are almost as old as the theatre itself. For much of its 2,500-year history, the stage has teemed with real characters and real stories as fascinating as any created by a dramatist. Ranging from the age of Aristophanes to the time of Tennessee Williams, this book is a motherlode of tales about backstage rivalries, thespian eccentricity, the parsimony of producers, and indignities suffered on tour. Here we encounter Judith Anderson's unique method of working herself into a frenzy for her first entrance in Medea: deliberately provoking her co-star and arch-enemy Florence Reed. We get Oscar Wilde's own assessment of the first performance of Lady Windermere's Fan ("The play was a great success, but the audience was a total failure"). And we learn of Shakespeare's wild oats and why Moliere's grave had to be dug an extra four feet deep. David Garrick, Sarah Bernhardt, Noel Coward, Donald Wolfit, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Helen Hays, and a cast of hundreds are present in these pages--along with directors, producers, critics, prompters, prop men, designers, and ghosts. Although the book brims with the glittering and the glamourous, Peter Hay does not neglect those legions of near-anonymous players and professionals without whom the stars would not be stars and the theatre could not exist. The ideal gift book for anyone who has ever been stage-struck, Theatrical Anecdotes is both richly entertaining and wonderfully edifying. Organized by topic, it contains hundreds of tips for all theatrical professionals, directs scholars and students to a wealth of historical sources, and treats lovers of theatre to a feast of backstage secrets that will permanently enrich their appreciation of the art.
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