Early California Theater Promptbooks ca. 1877.

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Early California Theater Promptbooks ca. 1877.

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Each of these seven promptbooks contains an act from one of three plays from the late 19th Century. They include Acts 1-3 of Our American Cousin by Tom Taylor, (HM 70516-70518), Acts 2-3 of Our Boys by Henry James Byron, (HM 70514-70515), and Acts 2-3 of The Bells by Leopold Lewis, (HM 70512-70513). They were collected by Barton Hill, a British -born actor active in American theater in the 1860s.

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Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880

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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...

Lewis, Leopold, -1890

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Byron, Henry J. (Henry James), 1835-1884

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Epithet: actor and dramatist, called Nick Nemo British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x0003a6 English dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 10 February 1880, to Arthur Lewis, 1880 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674053 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 20 October 1877, to an unidentified recipient, 1877 Oct...

Hill, Barton

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