Nathan Hale : an original play in four acts, [circa 1897] / by Clyde Fitch.

ArchivalResource

Nathan Hale : an original play in four acts, [circa 1897] / by Clyde Fitch.

Corrected manuscript draft, circa 1897, of Fitch's historical drama Nathan Hale. Pasted in: printed broadsides for productions of Fitch's play at Hooley's Theatre, dated 1898, and Knickerbocker Theatre and presentation letter, dated 1922, from Virginia Gerson to William Lyon Phelps. Accompanied by typescript scenario for play.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tt4qth (person)

Nathan Hale (b. June 6, 1755, Coventry, CT-d. September 22, 1776, New York City, NY) was born and raised in Coventry, Connecticut, and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1776 he landed at the town of Huntington in Long Island, New York on an intelligence-gathering mission that ultimately resulted in his capture and execution by the British Army....

Gerson, Virginia

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h99rbk (person)

Knickerbocker Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq4tb2 (corporateBody)

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vh5qgm (person)

William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...

Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64b30hc (person)

William Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), American playwright. From the description of Nathan Hale : an original play in four acts, [circa 1897] / by Clyde Fitch. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702202011 Dramatist. From the description of Grace de Granmont : holograph play script, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 163614397 1886 graduate of Amherst College. American playwright best known for plays of social satire and character study and notable for having fou...

Hooley's Theatre (Chicago, Il.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv2djg (corporateBody)