Bronson Howard playscripts, 1866-1892.

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Bronson Howard playscripts, 1866-1892.

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Collection consists of autograph playscripts for six plays: Diamonds; Farm-of-the-Glen, or, the Civilized Indian; Girls of the Period; Hearts, or, Love and Flirtation; Home and Club; and Lillian's Last Love. There are three drafts of Hearts, one inscribed "Sent to Lester Wallack, 1866. Returned by Arthur Wallack, 1892," and incomplete drafts of Diamonds (lacking Act II), Hearts (lacking Acts III-V), and Lillian's Last Love (lacking Acts I-III). Farm-of-the-Glen, corrected, includes "original songs" by English poet Henry S. Leigh.

0.42 linear feet (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Wallack, Lester, 1820-1888

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John Johnstone Wallack (January 1, 1820, New York City – September 6, 1888, Stamford, Connecticut), was an American actor-manager and son of theatre producer James William Wallack and actrees Susan Johnstone. He used the stage name John Lester until October 5, 1858, when he first acted under the name Lester Wallack, which he retained the rest of his career. He was born in New York but at an early age he was taken to his parents' home in London where he was reared and educated. Wallack had chose...

Leigh, Henry S. (Henry Sambrooke), 1837-1883

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x0000e8 British author and dramatist; composer of popular songs and translator of comic opera libretti. From the description of Prince Methusalem. 1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146228 Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564...

Wallack, Arthur J., 1848 or 1849-1940

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Howard, Bronson, 1842-1908

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Epithet: American dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0000aa Bronson Howard (1842-1908), playwight. Born and raised in Detroit, Howard worked as a journalist from the mid 1860s to mid 1870s before making his living as a playwright, earning him the reputation as the dean of American drama. From the description of Bronson Howard playscripts, 1866-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702...