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Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d.

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Typescript copy of Act III of James A. Herne's play "Griffith Davenport," a drama set at the time of the American Civil War. There is a prefatory note by Arthur Hobson Quinn and an appendix of notes by Julie A. Herne. "Griffith Davenport" is based on Helen Gardener's novel An unofficial patriot (New York: R. F. Fenno, 1894). The play was first performed on 16 January 1899 but closed on 10 February of the same year. The play was never published, and the only complete manuscript was later lost in a fire. A ms. of Act IV was found in 1926 and published in Quinn's book The early plays of James A. Herne, with Act IV of Griffith Davenport (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1940.), vol VII of the series America's lost plays. Quinn does not indicate when Act III was found.

1 item (25 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton), 1853-1925

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Helen Hamilton Gardener (1853–1925), born Alice Chenoweth, was an American author, rationalist public intellectual, political activist, and government functionary. Gardener produced many lectures, articles, and books during the 1880s and 1890s and is remembered today for her role in the freethought and women's suffrage movements and for her place as a pioneering woman in the top echelon of the American civil service. Alice Chenoweth, best remembered by her pen name, Helen Hamilton Gardener, w...

Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1960

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Professor of English and Drama at the University of Pennsylvania (1895-1945). Received this collection as a gift from Lewis George Sterner, and in turn donated it to the library. From the description of Correspondence from Lewis George Sterner, 1930. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 212911456 Arthur Hobson Quinn was on the faculty of the English Department at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscript...

Herne, James A., 1839-1901

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Herne, Julie Adrienne, 1880-1955

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