WARSHAW: PLAYS, 1708-1938
#60

(8 cubic foot: 23DB)

by: Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., September 2002

Scope and Content

Man has performed for his fellow man since the dawn of time. Whether it be the story of the hunt, part of religious worship or an evening of drama or music the art of performing has been part of human existence for countless ages.

The “Plays” section of the Warshaw Collection consists of various types of materials relating to plays, operas and their production. The material is especially strong in providing actual copies of plays and operas, 1708-1924. This portion of the collection is divided into eight series:

Series 1: PLAYS, 1708-1918 & n.d.; contains copies of the scripts and is arranged alphabetically by title. Dates given are either copyright/publication dates or dates when first performed whichever is earlier.

Series 2: FRENCH LANGUAGE PLAYS, OPERAS, 1821-1924; contains a variety of plays and operas written in French and is arranged alphabetically by title. Dates given are either copyright dates or dates when first performed whichever is earlier.

Series 3: OPERAS, ca. 1800-1911 & n.d.; contains librettos and scores for the operas listed and is arranged alphabetically by composer. The folders may contain either scores, librettos or programs.

Series 4: PROMPT BOOKS, 1779-1895 & n.d.; contains prompt books used by prompters and stage managers in the production of a play. The prompt books contain notes made by the stage manager relevant to the staging of the work and in some cases there are scenery plots included as well. The series is arranged alphabetically by the play title.

Series 5: RELATED THEATRE PUBLICATIONS, 1877-1925 & n.d.; contains a variety of materials relating to acting, recitation and production. The series is arranged chronologically.

Series 6: CATALOGUES, 1904-1935 & n.d; contains a range of catalogues from various publishing houses advertising the works licensed by them. The series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 7: ARTHUR W. TAMS MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. CORPORATE RECORDS, 1892-1938; Arthur W. Tams, Inc. began business in approximately 1870 as a music, and later musical play, licensing and rental house. The Tams company reportedly controlled the largest collection of cantatas, oratorios and masses as well as the works of John Philip Sousa and Franz Lehar. Earlier located at 1600 Broadway between 48th and 49th streets, Tams re-located in 1916 to 1650 Broadway. Tams moved to their new, custom-built office building, 318-320 West 46th St. NYC, in July, 1921. There is a substantial amount of correspondence and construction contracts concerning the construction of these offices and their layout and finishes. Most of the correspondence from the Arthur Tams Company in this collection concerns matters relating to copyright. Sargent Aborn, one time secretary and general manager of Tams was a Mason. In 1925, Tams merged with the Witmark Music Library and formed Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. The Witmark company controlled the works of Victor Herbert, Reginald DeKoven and others. With this merger the company controlled the largest collection of printed and manuscript music then in existence. The merger proved wildly successful and the Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. is still in business, located at 560 Lexington Ave., New York, NY. Series 7 includes correspondence, financial records, catalogues, costume plots, property plots, advertising, blank letterhead and costume contracts, unidentified photographs and a stamped vocal score.

Series 8: ADVERTISING AND PROGRAMS, 1880-1911 & n.d.; Series 8 contains general advertising for plays, licensing houses and instructional texts. This series also contains programs from several tours performed by Sarah Bernhardt in the United States. There is also an appreciation of the actor Charles Young, an early 19th century tragic actor.

Container List

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Series 1: PLAYS, 1708-1918 & n.d.

1

1

AAR-U-AG-OOS? or, An East Indian Drug by Malcolm S. Taylor, 1834

 

2

The Adventure of Lady Ursula by Anthony Hope, 1898

 

3

L’Africaine, or, The Belle of Madagascar by Captain Arbuthnot, n.d.

 

4

Aladdin; or, the Wonderful Scamp!

 

5

Always Intended by Horace Wigan, 1889

 

6

Among the Breakers

 

7

Arabian Nights by Sydney Grundy, 1887

 

8

Asmodeus; or, The Little Devil’s Share by Thomas Archer, 1843

 

9

As You Like It by William Shakespeare

 

10

An Autograph Letter by Esther B. Tiffany, 1889

 

11

At Yale by Owen Davis, 1906

 

12

A Bachelor’s Divorce by B.C. Lease, 1895

 

13

Barbara Frietchie, The Frederick Girl by Clyde Fitch, 1900

 

14

Beau Brummel by Clyde Fitch, 1908

 

15

Beauty and the Beast by J.R. Planche, 1848

 

16

The Bells by Leopold Lewis, 1871

 

17

Belphegor, The Mountebank by Charles Webb, 1856

 

18

Bertram by Charles Maturin, 1816

 

19

Betsy Baker; or, Too Attentive by Half by John Madison Morton, 1850

 

20

Black-Eyed Susan by Douglas Jerrold, 1838

 

21

Blue Beard by Henry James Byron, 1860

 

22

The Bohemian Girl by M.W. Balfe, 1840

 

23

Bombastes Furioso by Thomas Barnes Rhodes, 1850

 

24

The Bonnie Fish Wife by Charles Selby, 1858

 

25

Box and Cox by John Madison Morton, 1847

 

26

The Brigand by J.R. Planche, 1829

 

27

Brown of Harvard by Rida Johnson Young, 1909

2

1

Callie’s Christmas by Earl Marble & D.F. Hodges, 1886

 

2

Camille by Matilda Heron, 1856

 

3

Camille by Alexander Dumas the Younger, 1880 (along with Frou Frou by Meilhac and Halevy, 1880 and Hamlet by William Shakespeare adapted by F. Rullman, 1894)

 

4

Candy by Robert Breitenbach, ca. 1892

 

5

The Captain of the Watch by J.R. Planche, 1841

 

6

Capuletta; or, Romeo and Juliet Restor I Ed. by ?, 1868

 

7

Carmen by Theodore Kremer, 1906

 

8

The Carnival of Authors by G.B. Bartlett

 

9

Cattarina; or, Friends at Court by R. Reece, 1875

 

10

Change Partners by John Maddison Morton and T.J. Williams

 

11

The Charity that Began at Home by St. John Hankin, 1907

 

12

Checkmate by Andrew Halliday, 1869

 

13

Cheek Will Win by William E. Suter

 

14

The Chimes of Normandy by Robert Planquette, 1878

 

15

A Christmas Carol an adaptation by George M. Baker, 1874

 

16

Cinderella; or, The Lover, The Lackey, and the Little Glass Slipper by Henry J. Bryon, 1860

 

17

The Climbers by Clyde Fitch, 1905

 

18

Cloud and Sunshine by Jules Jordan

 

19

Coals of Fire by George M. Baker, 1871

 

20

The Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen by Dion Boucicault, 1860

 

21

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, 1866

 

22

Cool as a Cucumber by W. Blanchard Jerrold, 1851

 

23

The Corsican Brothers by E. Grange and X. De Montepin, 1850

 

24

A Country Kid by Nesbit Stone Scoville, 1900

 

25

The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1779, 1847

 

26

Cupid at Vassar by Owen Davis, 1907

3

1

Daddy Hardacre by J. Palgrave Simpson, 1857

 

2

Damon and Pythias by John Banim, 1821

 

3

David Garrick by T.W. Robertson, 1864

 

4

Dearer Than Life by Henry J. Byron, 1867

 

5

The Death of Cleopatra by Henri Cain and Maurice Bernhardt

 

6

Deborah by H.S. Mosenthal

 

7

Delicate Ground; or, Paris in 1793 by Charles Dance, ca. 1850

 

8

Dick Turpin & Tom King by W.E. Suter, ca. 1863

 

9

The Dictator by Richard Harding Davis, 1906

 

10

Dombey and Son by John Brougham, 1850

 

11

Don Caesar de Bazan by A’Beckett and Lemon, 1844

 

12

The Double-Bedded Room by John Maddison Morton, 1843

 

13

Down on the Farm by C.W. Hancock, 1906

 

14

Dream at Sea by John Baldwin Buckstone, ca. 1838

 

15

The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1823

 

16

East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood, 1865

 

17

Egypta the Wondrous Story of the Nile by William D. Chenery, 1893

 

18

The Elder Brother altered from Beaumont and Fletcher, 1848

 

19

Enlisted for the War; or, The Home Guard by George M. Baker

 

20

Esmeralda; or, The Deformed of Notre Dame by Edward Fitzball

 

21

Everyone Has His Fault by ?

4

1

Fabiola by Frederick Oakeley, 1862

 

2

The Faith Cure by George H. Coes, 1895

 

3

Fanchon, The Cricket by Aug. Wilder, 1862

 

4

Fanny and the Servant Problem by Jerome K. Jerome, 1909

 

5

Fernande: A Story of the Period by James Schonberg, 1870

 

6

Fortune’s Frolic; or, The Ploughman Turned Lord by Allingham, 1857

 

7

The Flower of the Family by George H. Baker, 1876

 

8

A Fool’s Paradise by Sydney Grundy, 1898

 

9

The Fool’s Revenge by Tom Taylor, 1859

 

10

For Honey’s Sake by C.H. Hazlewood

 

11

For Old Eli by Loyd Oscar Thompson, 1909

 

12

For Papa’s Sake by Mel B. Spurr, 1899

 

13

The Four Sisters by Bayle Bernard, 1832

 

14

Freezing a Mother-in-Law; or, A Frightful Frost by T. Edgar Pemberton, 1879

 

15

Fritz and Spitz or A Match for the D - R by Blanche Reives Wieandt

 

16

The French Spy; or, The Siege of Constintina by J.T. Haines, 1837

 

17

The Gamester by Edward Moore, 1845

 

18

The Golden Branch by J.R. Planche, 1848

 

19

The Golden Calf by Adolphe Roge, 1876

 

20

The Good Doctor by Charles Townsend, 1896

 

21

Good for Nothing by J.B. Buckstone, 1851

 

22

Guy Mannering; or, The Gipsey’s Prophecy by Daniel Terry, 1816

 

23

Harold Hawk by Charles Selby

 

24

Hecuba by Rene Clarance and Maurice Bernhardt

 

25

Henry the Fifth by Charles Calvert, 1875

 

26

Her Husband Followed Her by Hilliard Booth

 

27

Hercules and Omphale; or, The Power of Love by William Brough, 1864

 

28

Her Picture by Rachel E. Baker, 1894

 

29

Hi-a-Wa-Tha; or, Ardent Spirits and Laughing Water by Charles M. Walcot, 1856

 

30

The Hidden Gem by Cardinal Wiseman

5

1

The Hidden Hand, 1860

 

2

The Higher Education by Francis Howard Williams

 

3

His Last Chance by Carrie W. Colburn, 1893

 

4

His Last Legs by William Bayle Bernard, 1839

 

5

Happy Hollow; or, A Rustic Wooing by Herbert Durrell Smart, 1905

 

6

Holly Tree Inn by Mrs. Oscar Beringer, 1906

 

7

The Holocaust

 

8

How the Shrew Was Tamed by M.A. Rask, 1909

 

9

Husband in Clover by H.C. Merivale, 1873

 

10

A Husband to Order by John H. Morton

 

11

The Hypocrite by Sol Smith

 

12

Identity; or, No Thoroughfare by Louis Lequel, 1867

 

13

Ingomar, The Barbarian by Maria Lovell, 1872

 

14

In the Shadow of the Rockies by Frank H. Bernard, 1906

 

15

The Invisible Prince; or, The Island of Tranquil Delights by J.R. Planche, 1846

 

16

The Irish Tutor; or, New Lights by the Earl of Glengall, 1846

 

17

Isabella, 1826

 

18

Isabella Orsini by S.H. Mosenthal

 

19

Island of Jewells by J.R. Planche, 1849

 

20

Jane, 1890

 

21

Jenny Lind at Last; or, The Swedish Nightingale by Angus B. Reach, ca. 1851

 

22

Jessie Brown by Dion Bourcicault, 1858

 

23

Katharine and Petruchio by William Shakespeare, 1853 adaptation

 

24

Kathleen Mavourneen; or St. Patrick’s Eve, 1868

 

25

Katty O’Sheal by James Pilgrim, ca. 1870

 

26

Kenilworth; or Ye Queen, Ye Earle and Ye Maydenne by Andrew Halliday and Frederic Lawrance

6

1

King Charming; or, The Blue Bird of Paradise by J.R. Planche

 

2

King Lear by William Shakespeare, 1824 adaptation

 

3

The King of Siam by Neal Harper, 1898

 

4

A Kiss in the Dark by John Baldwin Buckstone, 1840

 

5

The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, 1909

 

6

Lady Audley’s Secret by C.H. Hazlewood, 1863

 

7

The Lady of the Lions by O.F. Durivage, 1856

 

8

Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride by Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, 1838

 

9

The Lancashire Lass; or, Tempted, Tired, and True by Henry J. Byron, 1867

 

10

The Last Days of Pompeii by Louisa Medina, ca. 1849

 

11

The Last of the Fairies by Edward Fitzball, 1852

 

12

Led Astray by Dion Boucicault, 1873

 

13

Linda Di Chamouni; or, The Blighted Flower by Conway Edwardes, 1869

 

14

London Assurance by Dion L. Boucicault, 1841

 

15

The London Cuckolds by Edward Ravenscroft, 1708

 

16

The London Merchant; or, The History of George Barnwell by George Lillo, 1731

 

17

The Lost Paradise by Ludwig Fulda adapted by Henry C. Demille, 1897

 

18

The Love Chase by James Sheridan Knowles, 1837, ‘Twould Puzzle a Conjurer by John Poole, 1850 and Kill or Cure by Charles Dance

 

19

Love in Livery by J.P. Wooler, 1845

 

20

A Love of a Bonnet by George M. Baker, 1872

 

21

Lucretia Borgia by J.M. Weston, 1844

7

1

Macbeth by William Shakespeare, 1823 adaptation

 

2

Madame L’Archiduc, Jacques Offenbach, 1876

 

3

The Maid and the Moonshiner by Charles H. Hoyt composed by Edward Solomon, 1886

 

4

The Man from Mexico by H.A. DuSouchet, 1897

 

5

The Man of the World by Charles Macklin, 1807

 

6

The Marble Heart; or, The Sculptor’s Dream by Charles Selby, 1854

 

7

Married Life by John Baldwin Buckstone, 1889

 

8

Martha by Flotow, 1874

 

9

Maud’s Pearl by Watts Phillips, 1867

 

10

May Blossom by David Belasco, 1883

 

11

Me an’ Otis by Charles Henry Wells, 1894

 

12

Medea by Ernest Legouve, 1867

 

13

The Merry War by Johann Strauss, 1888

 

14

A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare, 1888 adaptation

 

15

The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, 1885

 

16

Mine Falls; or, The Miller’s Daughter by Herbert Durrell Smart, 1902

 

17

Miriam’s Crime by H.T. Craven, 1863

 

18

Mistletoe Bough

 

19

Mock Trial for Breach of Promise by Mrs. C.A. Doremus and Miss H.E. Manchester, 1882

 

20

The Momentous Question by Edward Fitzball, 1844

 

21

Mr. Bob by Rachel E. Baker, 1894

 

22

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, 1869 adaptation

 

23

My Neighbor’s Wife by Alfred Bunn, 1877

 

24

The Naiad Queen; or, The Revolt of the Naiads by J.S. Dalrymple, ca. 1839

 

25

Naval Engagements by Charles Dance, ca. 1849

 

26

Neighbor Jackwood by J.T. Trowbridge, 1857

 

27

The Nervous Man and the Man of Nerve by William Bayle Bernard, 1833

 

28

The New Boy by Arthur Law, 1904

 

29

The New Partner by Levin C. Tees, 1895

 

30

Nick of the Woods by Miss L.H. Medina, 1843

 

31

Nine Points of the Law by Tom Taylor, 1859

 

32

Nobody’s Child by Watts Phillips, 1867

 

33

Nobody’s Son by G.W.H. Griffin

8

1

The Obstinate Family, 1853

 

2

The Old Maid’s Convention by Laura M. Parsons, 1899

 

3

An Old Sweetheart of Mine by Owen Davis, 1911

 

4

Oliver Twist by George Almar, 1864

 

5

On Bread and Water by Sydney Rosenfeld, 1875

 

6

The Omnibus by Tyrone Power, 1833

 

7

Othello by William Shakespeare, an 1823 adaptation

 

8

The Outlaw by P. Giacometti, 1883

 

9

Paradise Flats by Hubbard Taylor-Smith, 1890

 

10

The Pearl of Savoy by Maggie Mitchell, 1864

 

11

Perfection by Thomas Haynes Bayly, 1830

 

12

A Perplexing Predicament by George H. Coes, 1895

 

13

The Perry Boys by Harold Strong Latham, 1913

 

14

The Persecuted Dutchman; or the Original John Schmidt by S. Barry

 

15

Pet of the Petticoats by J.B. Buckstone, 1832

 

16

Mr. & Mrs. Peter White by R. J. Raymond, 1837

 

17

Phedre by Racine, 1850, 1880

 

18

Pizarro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1799

 

19

Playgoers, A Domestic Episode by Arthur Pinero, 1913

 

20

Playing With Fire by John Brougham, 1861

 

21

A Pretty Piece of Business by Thomas Morton, 1889

 

22

The Private Secretary by Charles Hawtrey, 1907

 

23

A Pleasant Neighbor by Eliza Planche

 

24

The Pride of the Market by J.R. Planche, 1847

 

25

Purple and Fine Linen by Amita B. Fairgrieve and Helena F. Miller, 1913

 

26

Quality Street by J.M. Barrie, 1918

 

27

A Quiet Family by William Suter, 1857

9

1

Raby Rattler by Edward Stirling, 1847

 

2

A Race for a Dinner; or No Dinner Yet by Thomas G. Rodwell, 1828

 

3

The Rag-Pickers Child by Justin Adams, 1893

 

4

Rebellion by John Drinkwater, 1914

 

5

The Renegade by Frederick Reynolds, 1813

 

6

Richelieu; or, The Conspiracy by Lord Lytton, 1839

 

7

Rio Grande by Charles Townsend, 1891

 

8

Rip Van Winkle; A Legend of the Catskills by Charles Burke, 1857

 

9

A Rival by Request by B.L.C. Griffith, 1896

 

10

The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1775

 

11

Rob Roy; or, The Thistle and the Rose by Harry B. Smith and Reginald de Koven, 1894

 

12

Robert Emmet, The Martyr of Irish Liberty by James Pilgrim, 1858

 

13

Robin Hood; or The Merry Outlaws of Sherwood by Edward Fitzball, 1860

 

14

Robin Hood and Rosalind by Sheridan Burt, Elwyn Barron and K.T. Harrison, 1883

 

15

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, an 1883 adaptation

 

16

The Rose and The Ring by J.B. Greenough, 1872

 

17

Rosemi Shell by Sydney Rosenfeld, 1876

 

18

Rube and His Ma by William and Josephine Giles, 1908

 

19

A Russian Honeymoon by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1883

 

20

The Sailor of France; or, The Republicans of Brest by J.B. Johnstone, 1854

 

21

Saved! or, A Wife’s Peril by Arthur Shirley, 1883

 

22

School by T.W. Robertson, 1869

 

23

The Secret; or, The Hole in the Wall, 1846

 

24

The Serious Family by Morris Barnett, 1849

 

25

Shannon Boys by James Burke, Jr., 1895

 

26

She Would be a Widow; or, Butternut’s Bride by Levin C. Tees, 1897

 

27

Simpson & Co., John Poole,1825

 

28

Sleeping Beauty by Miss Keating

 

29

A Soldier’s Courtship by John Poole, 1832

10

1

The Spectre Bridegroom; or, A Ghost in Spite of Himself by W.T. Moncrieff, 1821

 

2

A Spoiled Darling by Grace Luce Irwin, 1903

 

3

The Stage-Struck Yankee by O.E. Durivage, 1845

 

4

The Streets of New York; The Poor of New York by The **** Club, 1857

 

5

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, 1773

 

6

A Straw Man by Edward Aborn, 1895

 

7

A Spelling Bee; or, The Battle of the Dictionaries by R. Reece, 1876

 

8

Still Waters Run Deep by Tom Taylor, 1855

 

9

Sudden Thoughts by Thomas Egerton Wilks, 1837

 

10

The Syren by Auber and Scribe adapted by Alfred Bunn

 

11

A Tell-Tale Eyebrow by Esther B. Tiffany, 1897

 

12

The Tempest by William Shakespeare, adaptation by Thomas Barry, 1856

 

13

Three Hats by Hennequin adapted by Arthur Shirley

 

14

The Ticket-of-Leave Man by Tom Taylor, 1860

 

15

To Parents and Guardians! At Jubilee House Establishment, Clapham, Young Gentlemen are, Etc. Etc.

 

16

Trelawney of the “Wells” by A.W. Pinero, 1898

 

17

The Trial of Joan of Arc by Emil Moreau, 1909

 

18

The Troubadour by Mr. Lockroy and Marc Michel, 1868

 

19

Turn Him Out by Thomas J. Williams, 1877

 

20

The Two Bonnycastles by John Maddison Morton, 1851

 

21

The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare, 1808 adaptation

 

22

The Two Gregories; or Where Did the Money Come From? by Thomas Dibdin, 1821

 

23

Two Girls and Him by Harry L. Newton, 1913

11

1

The Ulster by Sydney Rosenfeld, 1882

 

2

Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly by George L. Aiken, 1852

 

3

Under the Flag by Franklin Bernard, 1910

 

4

Under the Gaslight by Augustin Daly, 1867

 

5

An Unequal Match by Tom Taylor, 1880

 

6

Used Up by Charles Mathews, 1845

 

7

The Vagabonds by Charles Townsend, 1895

 

8

Valentine and Orson by Thomas Dibdin, 1804

 

9

The Vampire; or, The Bride of the Isles by J.R. Planche, 1830

 

10

The Veteran; or, France and Algeria by J. Lester Wallack, 1859

 

11

The Vicar of Bray by Sydney Grundy and Edward Solomon, 1882

 

12

The Village Belle by Herbert Durrell Smart, 1900

 

13

Vision of Freedom

 

14

The Wandering Boys; or, The Castle of Olival by John Kerr, 1821

 

15

Wanted, 1000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings!, by J. Stirling Coyne, 1852

 

16

The Waterman by Charles Dibdin, 1774

 

17

The Web of Fate by E. De Louie, 1893

 

18

What Happened to Jones by George H. Broadhurst, 1910

 

19

Who is Who? Or All in a Fog by Thomas J. Williams, 1889

 

20

William Tell by James Sheridan Knowles, 1825

 

21

The Willow Copse by D.L. Bourcicault, ca. 1850

 

22

A Wire Entanglement by Robert Marshall, 1908

 

 

 

Series 2: FRENCH LANGUAGE PLAYS, OPERAS, 1821-1924

 

23

Un Ami Acharne

 

24

Bagatelle by Hector Cremieux, Ernest Blum and J. Offenbach, 1874

 

25

Le Bal Masque by Edward Dupree and G. Verdi

 

26

Le Barbier de Seville by Castil-Blaze and Rossini, 1821

 

27

La Belle-Poule by Hector Cremieux, A. De Saint-Albin and Herve, 1876

 

28

Le Beau Dunois by Henri Chivot, Alfred Duru and Charles Lecoco, 1870

12

1

Bonsoir Monsieur Pantalon! by Lockroy, De Morvan and Albert Grisar, 1851

 

2

La Boulagere a des Ecus by Henry Meilhac, Ludovic Halevy and Jacques Offenbach, 1875

 

3

Les Brigands by Henry Meilhac, Ludovic Halevy and Jacques Offenbach, 1872

 

4

Carmen by Henry Meilhac, Ludovic Halevy and Georges Bizet, 1876

 

5

Le Carnaval d’un Merle Blanc by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru, 1869

 

6

Cendrillon (prompt book), by Henri Cain and J. Massenet, 1899

 

7

Contes de Boccace

 

8

La Creole by Albert Millaud and J. Offenbach, 1875

 

9

Une Croix a la Cheminee by Emile de Najac, 1855

13

1

La Dame Blanche by Eugene Scribe and de Boyeldieu, 1825

 

2

La Dame du Pesage by Andre Leroy and Henri Hirchmann, 1924

 

3

Les Deux Timides by Marc-Michel and Eugene Labiche, 1877

 

4

Don Juan by W.A. Mozart

 

5

Fatinitza by F. von Suppe and Felix Coveliers, 1878

 

6

La Fille de Roland by Henri de Bornier, 1875

 

7

Gille et Gillotin by T. Sauvage and Ambroise Thomas, 1874

 

8

Le Grand Casimir by J. Prevel, A. de Saint-Albin and Charles Lecocq, 1879

 

9

Le Grand Mogol by Henri Chivot, Alfred Duru and Edmond Audran, 1890

 

10

Heloise et Abelard by Clairville, William Busnach and Henry Litolff, 1872

 

11

Hernani by Victor Hugo, 1830

14

1

Jeanne d’Arc by Jules Barbier and Charles Gounod, 1873

 

2

Jeanne Qui Pleure et Jean Qui Rit (prompt book) by Charles Nuitter, E. Trefeu and J. Offenbach, 1865

 

3

Les Jocrisses de L’amour by Theodore Barriere and Lambert-Thiboust, 1865

 

4

La Jolie Persane by Eugene Leterrier, Albert Vanloo and Charles Lecocq, 1879

 

5

La Jolie Fille de Perth by H. de St. Georges, Jules Adenis and Georges Bizet, 1867

 

6

La Jolie Parfumeuse by Hector Cremieux, Ernest Blum and J. Offenbach, 1873

 

7

Le Jour et la Nuit by Albert Vanloo, Eugene Leterrier and Charles Lecocq, 1881

 

8

Les Jurons de Cadillac by Pierre Berton, 1865

15

1

Lakme by E. Gondinet, Philip Gille and Leo Delibes, 1883

 

2

Lalla-Roukh by Michel Carre, Hippolyte Lucas and Felicien David, 1862

 

3

Lara by Eugene Cormon, Michel Carre and Aime Maillart, 1864

 

4

Lune Rousse by Devilliers and L. Gibaux, 1901

 

5

Le Luthier de Cremone by Francois Coppee, 1893

 

6

Le Macon by Scribe, G. Delavigne and Auber, 1845

 

7

Le Manoir de Pictordu by Saint-Albin, Arnold Mortier and Gaston Serpette, 1875

 

8

Le Marchand de Coco by D’Ennery and Ferdinand Dugue, 1859

 

9

Le Mari a Babette by Henry Meilhac and Philippe Gille, 1882

 

10

Le Marin de la Garde by Anicet Bourgeouis and Michel Masson, 1856

 

11

La Marjolaine by A. Vanloo, E. Leterrier and Charles Lecocq, 1877

 

12

Mignon by Michel Carre, Jules Barbier and Ambroise Thomas, 1881

 

13

Les Mousquetaires au Couvent by Paul Ferrier, Jules Prevel and Louis Varney, 1884

16

1

Niniche by Alfred Hennequin, Albert Millaud, 1891

 

2

L’Oeuf Rouge

 

3

La Part du Diable by Scribe and Auber, 1843

 

4

Pomme D’api by Lud. Halevy, W. Busnach and Jacques Offenbach, 1873

 

5

Le Pont des Soupirs by Hector Cremieux, Ludovic Halevy and Jacques Offenbach, 1868

 

6

La Poupee de Nuremberg by de Leuven, Arthur de Beauplan and Adolphe Adam, 1852

 

7

Psyche by Jule Barbier, Michel Carre and Ambroise Thomas, 1857

 

8

Le Roi L’a Dit by Edmond Gondinet and Leo Delibes, 1873

 

9

La Roussotte by H. Meilhac, L. Halevy and Millaud, 1881

 

10

Sans Queue ni Tete by Th. Cogniard and Clairville, 1859

 

11

Un Service a Blanchard by Moreau and Delacour, 1852

 

12

Les Trois Fils de Cadet Roussel by Varin, Laurencin and Michel Delaporte, 1860

 

13

La Veuve au Camelia by Siraudin, L. Thiboust and Delacour, 1857

 

14

Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon by Eugene Labiche and Edouard Martin, 1860

 

15

Le Voyage en Chine by Eugene Labiche, Delacour and Francois Bazin, 1865

 

16

Les Zouaves by Alphonse Arnault, 1856

 

 

 

Series 3: OPERAS, ca. 1800-1911 & n.d.

17

1

Audran, Edmond, Henri Chivot, Alfred Duru, La Dormeuse Eveillee, 1883

Deffes, Les Bourguignonnes, 1861

 

2

Auber, Masaniello, 1867

Bellini, La Sonnambula, 1848

 

3

Berlioz, Hector, The Damnation of Faust, 1891

Bickerstaff, Isaac, The Padlock, 1826

 

4

Boieldieu, Francois, The White Lady, ca. 1820s

 

5

Van Beethovan, Ludwig, Fidelio, ca. 1800

 

6

Boito, Arrigo, Mefistofele

 

7

Bizet, Georges

Carmen

The Pearl Fishers, 1893

 

8

Charpentier, Gustave, Louise

 

9

Donizetti, Anne Boleyn, 1844

 

10

Donizetti, Don Pasquale

 

11

Donizetti, La Favorita

 

12

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, 1863

 

13

Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia

 

14

Flotow, Martha

 

15

Giordano, Umberto, La Cena Delle Beffe (The Jest)

 

16

Giordano, Umberto, Madame Sans-Gene

 

17

Goldmark, Karl, The Queen of Sheba

 

18

Gluck

Armide

Orpheus

 

19

Gounod, Charles, Faust

 

20

Gounod, Charles, Romeo and Juliet

18

1

Herold, Zampa

Hoare, Prince, No Song, No Supper, 1819

 

2

Hanson, Charles F., Princess Phosa, 1895

 

3

Humperdinck, Engelbert, Hansel and Gretel

 

4

Lecocq, Charles

La Marjolaine, 1879

The Queen’s Mate

Girofle-Girofla, 1875

 

5

Leoncavallo, R., Pagliacci

 

6

Lloyd, Thomas Spencer, Pompair - A Chemical Union of Fusion and Confusion

 

7

Marschner, H., The Templar and the Jewess, 1870

 

8

Mascagni, P., Iris

 

9

Massanet, Jules, Thais, 1907

 

10

Massanet, M. Manon, 1885

 

11

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, The Prophet, 1855

 

12

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, Gli Ugonotti (The Huguenots)

 

13

Morton, Thomas, Children in the Wood, 1830

 

14

Mozart, Wolfgang A., Cosi Fan Tutte

 

15

Mozart, Wolfgang A., Don Giovanni

 

16

Mozart, Wolfgang A., Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute)

 

17

Moussorgsky, Modeste, Boris Godounov

 

18

Moussorgsky, Modeste, La Fiera di Sorocinzi

 

19

Nessler, Victor E., Der Trompeter von Saffingen

 

20

Nicolay, Otto, Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

 

21

Offenbach, Jacques, La Perichole

 

22

Offenbach, Jacques

Barbe-Bleue (Blue Beard)

La Belle Helene

 

23

Offenbach, Jacques, Les Brigands

 

24

Offenbach, Jacques, Les Georgiennes, 1870

 

25

Offenbach, Jacques, Tales of Hoffman

19

1

Puccini, Giacomo, La Boheme

 

2

Puccini, Giacomo

Madama Butterfly

Tosca

 

3

Planquette, Rip Van Winkle, 1882

Rosinni, Moses in Egypt, 1835

 

4

Rimsky-Korsakov, N., Le Coq d’Or

 

5

Rosinni, William Tell

 

6

Saumet, A., The Gladiator, 1881

Skilton, C.S., Ticonderoga, 1911

 

7

Smareglia, Anton, The Vassal of Szigeth

 

8

Smetana, Friedrich, The Bartered Bride

 

9

Von Suppe, Franz, Donna Juanita

 

10

Strauss, Richard, Salome, 1905

 

11

Thomas, Ambroise, Mignon, 1874

 

12

Verdi, Guiseppe

Aida

Ernani

 

13

Verdi, Guiseppe, La Forza del Destino

 

14

Verdi, Guiseppe

The Masked Ball

Othello

 

15

Verdi, Guiseppe, La Traviata

 

16

Wagner, Richard, Gotterdammerung

 

17

Wagner, Richard, Lohengrin

 

18

Wagner, Richard, The Master-Singers of Nuremburg

 

19

Wagner, Richard, Tannhaeuser, 1884

 

20

Wallace, W.V., Maritana, 1873

Von Weber, Carl Maria, Der Freischutz

 

21

Yardley, W. & Stephens, Little Jack Shepard, 1886

 

22

Zandonai, Riccardo, Francesca da Rimini

 

 

 

Series 4: PROMPT BOOKS, 1779-1895 & n.d.

20

1

The Chamelion, n.d

 

2

Fortunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, 1846

 

3

Fortunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, (actor’s individual prompt books), 1846

 

4

Hansel and Gretel, (argument and synopsis), 1895

 

5

Larkin’s Love Letters, n.d.

 

6

The Merchant of Venus, n.d.

 

7

Piquillo, 1837

 

8

The School for Scandal, 1779

 

9

The Two Cadis, 1868

 

 

 

Series 5: RELATED THEATRE PUBLICATIONS, 1877-1925 & n.d.

 

10

Macaulay’s Acting Dialogues, 1877

 

11

The Elocutionists Annual, Number 7, 1883

 

12

Standard Recitations #4, 1884

 

13

Selections for Amateur Parlor Theatricals, 1894

 

14

Masquerades, Tableaux and Drills, 1906

21

1

Plays and Players, 1916

 

2

The Evolution of Play Publishing, 1925

 

3

Guide to Selecting Plays, n.d.

 

4

Haney’s Popular Readings and Recitations #1, n.d.

 

5

Haney’s Popular Readings and Recitations #3, n.d.

 

 

 

Series 6: CATALOGUES, 1904-1935 & n.d.

 

6

Ames Theatrical Plays, 1912-13

 

7

Baker’s Catalogue, n.d.

 

8

J.W. Chester Ltd., 1924

 

9

Chicago Manuscript Co., n.d.

 

10

Durand & Cie, 1923-1925 & n.d.

 

11

J. Fischer & Bro., n.d.

 

12

Foreign Catalogues (French and German Language), 1921-1935 & n.d.

 

13

Samuel French, 1908

 

14

Samuel French, n.d.

 

15

Samuel French, n.d.

 

16

Ginn and Company, January 1925

 

17

L. Willard, n.d.

 

18

Penn Publishing, 1905-05

 

19

Pickering & Chaito, n.d.

 

20

Universal Classics, 1921

 

21

Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., n.d.

 

22

Witmark Music Library, 1916

 

 

 

Series 7: ARTHUR W. TAMS MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. CORPORATE RECORDS, 1892-1938

22

1

Correspondence, 1892 - February 1906

 

2

Correspondence, March - April 1906

 

3

Correspondence, May 1906 - June 1927 & n.d.

 

4

Legal, 1901-1922

 

5

Financial, 1921-1927 & n.d.

 

6

Audit Report, 1912-1913

 

7

Audit Report, December 31, 1914

 

8

Audit Report, July 1921-September 1922

 

9

Report on Examination of Customer’s Accounts, October 1938

23

1

Music Catalogues, 1896-1916

 

2

Music Catalogues, 1921-1926

 

3

Music Catalogues, n.d.

 

4

Music Catalogue, n.d.

 

5

Costume Plots, 1912, n.d.

 

6

Property Plots, n.d.

 

7

Misc. Documents, 1921-1922 & n.d.

 

8

Advertising, n.d.

 

9

Photographs, n.d.

 

10

Blank Costume Contracts, n.d.

 

11

Blank Letterhead, n.d.

 

12

Penitence, Pardon and Peace Vocal Score, 1898

 

 

 

Series 8: ADVERTISING AND PROGRAMS, 1880-1911 & n.d.

 

13

The Story of Sarah Bernhardt’s Plays; Adrienne Lecouvreur and Hernani, 1880

 

14

Sarah Bernhardt: Fedora, 1905-1906

 

15

Sarah Bernhardt: Joan of Arc, 1910-1911

 

16

Sarah Bernhardt: Jean Marie & Sister Beatrice, 1910-1911

 

17

Advertising, n.d. image #2

 

18

To Charles Young, Esq. Tragedian, n.d.

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