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","New York (N.Y.) ","Canada","Theater","Theater -- United States","Theater -- New York (State) -- New York","Performing arts","Broadsides -- 1850-1870","Theatrical posters","There are no access restrictions.","Arranged into seven series predominantly by venue. Some single broadsides grouped together.","Series Series 1: National Theatre of Boston, 1850-1857 (Box 1) Series 2: Boston Museum, 1852-1858 (Box 1) Series 3: Boston Theatre, 1854-1858 (Box 1) Series 4: Howard Anthenaeum, 1851-1857 (Box 1) Series 5: Boston Academy of Music, 1860 (Box 1) Series 6: Canada and New York City, 1855-1867 (Box 1) Series 7: Boston and New York City, 1850s-1860s (Box 1)"," Since the eighteenth century, theatre-going in Boston has been quite popular, even if not entirely legal. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Boston was in conflict between a Puritan history and artistic freedom. Theaters often used non-controversial or misleading names (such as the Boston Museum) to partially disguise their identity as a theatre. However, this struggle between religious and artistic ideas lasted into the 20th century. "," Theatre in Boston flourished throughout most of the nineteenth century despite this ongoing feud. Smaller playhouses led to more prominent theatres such as the Boston Theatre (1854-1925), Boston Museum (1841-1903), and the Howard Anthenaeum (1845-1953). These major theatres were generally located close to Boston's commercial center and the Beacon Hill residences of affluent theatre attendees. ","Processed by Kate Norman. EAD markup completed by Kate Norman in April 2010.","The Special Collections Research CEnter also holds many other  .","This collection contains around 100 theatre broadsides from the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly all of the broadsides were published in Boston, advertising theatre, opera, and lighter fare in various Boston venues. Other locations include venues in New York and Canada. The collection contains an estimated forty broadside bills for performances at the Boston Theatre between 1954-1958, thirty for performances at the Howard Anthenaeum between 1951-1957, twenty at the Boston Museum in 1952-1958, and others at the Boston National Theatre, the Boston Academy of Music, and City Hall. ","Most of the broadsides measure approximately 7\" x 19\", with some variation, and feature classic nineteenth-century typography with artful fonts and little pointing hands. Some of the broadsides are also accompanied by interesting graphics along the margins. The collection includes ads for such varied bills as Adelina Patti in Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor; G.G. Spear in the drama, Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller; a Pyne and Harrison Opera Company production of Rip Van Winkle; and a drama by Dion Boucicault and E. H. House titled Arrah-Na-Pogue! Or, the Wicklow Wedding, which advertises segregated seating for blacks and warns that women will not be admitted if unaccompanied by a man. ","This series contains six broadsides of performances at the National Theatre of Boston, ranging from 6\"x15\" to 7\"x21\".","\"Life of a Woman\", \"Child of the Regiment\", Mr. Murdoch performing.","Governor Boutwell and Lieut. Gov. Cushman visiting theatre, \"Henry VIII\", farewell engagement of Charlotte Cushman - impersonating Queen Katherine, Mrs. Simpson, and Meg Merriles - \"Simpson and Co.\", \"I've Swallowed a Policeman\".","French and Spanish Dancers, \"Naval Engagements\", \"The Omnibus\", \"The Phenomenon in a Smock Frock\".","Mr. James Anderson, Miss Agnes Elsworthy, \"Cloud and Sunshine\", \"Wandering Minstrel\".","\"Jack Cade\"-or-\"The Kentish Rebellion\", Mr. Neafie, \"Cousin Joe\", \"THe Corsican Brothers\", Judge Conrad.","G.G. Spear's first appearance since returning from California, \"Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller of Lynn\", Dr J.S. Jones, \"Paddy the Piper-or-The Cow that Eat him\", Miss Ann Bacon.","This series contains twenty broadsides of performances at the Boston Museum, ranging from 9\"x12\" to 7\"x20\".","Mrs. Farren, \"Griselda, The Forest Child\", \"The Milliners' Holiday\", \"Second Love\", Mr. W. Warren.","Mrs. Farren, \"Second Love\", Mrs. H. Eckhardt, \"Tit for Tat\"-or-\"The Double Strategem\", J. Palgrave Simpson.","Annual Benefit for Mr. J.H. Angier - treasurer of the museum, \"Paul Pry\"-or-\"I Hope I Don't Intrude\", John poole, Esq., \"Married Rake\", \"Two Bonnycastles\", \"Valentine and Orson\".","Benefit of W.H. Smith, \"The Cure for the Heart Ache\", \"Therese\"-or-\"The Orphan of Geneva\"","Last week of Chinese Pagent, \"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", \"My Husband's Mirror\".","Miss Julia Bennett, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", Mr. Warren, The Polka Quadrille, \"No Song, No Supper\", Gretna Green, Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw.","Miss Julia Bennett, \"Belle's Strategem\", Mr. Warren, \"Allow me to Apologize\", \"Farmer's Story\", \"Make Your Wills\".","Farewell Benefit of Mr. J.W. Wallack Jr., Me. Henry Wallack, \"Werner\"-or-\"The Inheritance\", \"Country Squire\"-or-\"Two Days at the Hall\", \"The Fairy Star\", Miss Agnes Robertson.","Benefit of Mr. W.H. Smith, Mrs. Annie Senter, Mr. J.W. Wallack, Jr., \"Lady of Lyons\"-or-\"Love and Pride\", \"How Stout You're Getting\".","\"Valentine and Orson\", \"Fire Eater\".","Declaring theatre's thirteenth season as individual enterprise amusement for the general public without the \"influence of a host of stockholders\", Mrs. Farren, \"Venice Preserved\", \"The Dead Shot\", Thomas otway, \"School for Scandal\".","\"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", Mr. W.H. Smith","Benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Hunchback\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Like as Two Peas\", Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake, \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\".","Benefit of Mr. J. Proctor, Mrs. J. Proctor, \"Nick of the Woods\"-or-\"The Jibbenainosay\", \"Dumb Belle\", \"Loan of a Lover\", Mr. James Bennett.","Image of the museum, declaring the theatre's thirteenth season, farewell benefit for Mrs. Ferren, \"Loving Woman\", \"Captive\"-or-\"Scenes in a Madhouse\", \"The Daughter of the Regiment\"-or-\"The Gallant 21st\", Mark Lemon, Esq., Mrs. Charles Howard,","Image of museum, declaration of 13th season, Mrs. Farren, \"The Love Chase\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Perfection\"-or-\"The Maid of Munster\", \"The Loving Woman\".","Thanksgiving Day, \"Talisman\"-or-\" The Fairy's Favor\".","\"The Magic Mirror\"-or-\"The Spirit of the Age\", H.J. Conway, Esq.","Farewell benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Wife\"-or-\"A Tale of Mantua\", \"Day After the Wedding\", Mrs. Charles Kemble, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", a new petit comedy in rehearsal from London.","Farewell benefit of Miss Fanny Vining and E.L. Davenport, \"Charity's Love\"-or-\"The Trials of a Heart\", \"Morning Call\", \"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady\", Benefit of Mr. J.H. Ring, Jefferson S. Batkins, \"The Silver Spoon, Mrs. H. Eckhardt, Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.","This series contains thirty-six broadsides of performances at the Boston Theatre, ranging from 7\"x18\" to 6\"x24\".","Mrs. C.N. Sinclair, Mrs. Forrest, \"Ingomar! The Barbarian\", Mr. George Vandenhoff, \"The Swiss Swains\", present demands against firm of WRIGHT, FENNO, and BIRD for liquidation, J.B. Wright, Ms. A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.","Benefit of Mrs. Barrow, \"Olympia\"-or-\"The Life of an Actress\", poem of \"Hiawatha\", Mr. T. Comer, \"Mr. and Mrs. Lilly W.\", orchestral performance, notice of a box in second tier assigned for the use of colored persons.","Benefit of Miss Julia Dean, \"Evadne\"-or-\"The Statue\", \"Honey Moon\", orchestral performance, Mr. T. Comer.","\"Invisible Prince\"-or-\"The Island of Tranquil Delights\" - produced at cost of several thousand dollars, \"Priestess\".","Shakespearean Pagent, \"Midsummer Night's Dream\", \"Pyramus and Thisbe\".","Great fairy opera produced at cost of several thousand dollars - \"Cinderella\" - full New York chorus joined to the Boston choristers, T. Comer, H.W. Du Lang, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. John Wood, W.H. Smith.","Mrs. Hudson Kirby, Mr. James Bennett, \"The Wife\", \"Young Widow\"-or-\" A Lesson for Lovers\", notice for a box for colored persons.","Mr. Forrest, \"Macbeth\", orchestral performance, \"Pleasant Neighbor\", beware of sparious tickets offered for sale in streets.","Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert, \"Town and Country\", \"Jenny Lind\", \"Uncle John\", Mrs. Julia Hayne/Miss Julia Dean.","The WOnderful Ravels, Mlle. Robert from the Academy of Paris, M. Leon Espinoza, \"School Master\", \"Festival Dansant\", \"Jocko-The Brazilian Ape\", \"La Esmerelda\", corps de ballet.","\"Merchant of Venice\", \"Sophia's Supper\", orchestral performances, Wanted: 100 auxiliares for \"Richard III\".","Miss Charlotte Cushman as \"Meg Merrilies\", Mr. E.L. Davenport, \"Guy Mannering\"-or-\"The Gipsey's Prophecy\", box reserved for colored persons on second tier.","Farewell benefit for Mrs. Barrow, Miss Rosa Bennett from Haymarket Theatre in London and Wallack's in New York, \"Mysterious Stranger\", \"London Assurance\".","Farewell benefit of Edwin Booth, \"The Robbers of the Black Forest of Bohemia\", orchestral piece, \"Katharine and Petruchio\"-or-\"The Taming of the Shrew\", \"Jessie Brown\"-or-\"The Relief of Lucknow\", Agnes RObertson, Dion Bourcicault, notice of seating for colored persons.","Matilda Herron, H.F. Daly, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Camille\" - translated from French, orchestral performance, \"Wanted, 1000 Milliners for the Gold Diggings!\".","Benefit of Mr. Charles Thorne, Mrs. Charles Thorne, notice of seating for colored persons, \"The Stranger\"-or-\"Misanthropy and Repentance\", \"The Avenger\"-or-\"The Moor of Sicily\".","Bonzani Ballet Troupe, Cesare Cecchetti, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Faust\", \"Biricchino Di. Parici (Le Gamin De. Paris)\", \"The Secret\", The Ronzani Ballet Troupe, \"Golden Horse\".","Benefit of Mr. G. Pauncefort, \"King John\", \"Used Up!\", Invisible Prince\", \"The Priestess\".","\"Richard III\"-or the-\"Battle of Bosworth Field\", \"Milliners' Holiday\"-or-\"Girls on a Frolic\", \"Money\".","Benefit of Mr. Barry, \"Rule a Wife and Have a Wife\", \"King and the Mimic\", \"Norma Trauestie\" from Adelphi Theatre in London, theatre closed one night for \"Cinderella\" rehearsal.","Mr. Hackett, Senorita Soto, Madame Ciocca, G.W. SMith, Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, a grand ballet divertisment, \"King Henry IV\", \"Loan of a Lover\", opera of \"Lucrezia Borgia\".","Miss Julia Dean, \"Love\", James Sheridan Knowles, orchestral performance, \"New Footman\", \"The Hunchback\", \"Romeo and Juliet\"."," Two copies of this broadside. ","Notice of seating for colored persons, \"Retribution\" from London, \"Exhibition Song of All Nations\" - sung by Mrs. John Wood during the Great Exhibition in London, \"Mischief Making\", \"Tempest\", ticket holder will be accepted any night due to a severe storm. ","\"Merry Wives of Windsor\"-or-\"Falstaff in Love\", orchestral performance, \"Sophia's Supper\", \"Richard III\", \"School for Scandal\".","\"Beggar's Opera\" - with songs, ballads, and duets - \"Postilion Polka\", \"Pleasant Neighbor\", \"Bohemian Girl\", \"La Sonnambula\", Books for opera on sale at theatre.","Mr. Forrest, \"Othello - The Moor of Venice\", orchestral performance, \"New Footman\".","Ravel Troupe, Francois Ravel, Yrca Mathias, \"Le Exercises de Corde\", \"Le Diable Amoureaux\", \"The Green Monster\".","Notice of seating for colored persons, \"Temprest\"-or-\"The Enchanted Island\"."," Two copies of this broadside. "," Mr. G. Vandenhoff from Europe, \"Money\", orchestral performance, \"Betty Martin\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Laughing Hyena\". "," Two copies of this broadside. "," \"Much Ado About Nothing\", orchestral performance, \"Game of Romps\", \"A Cure for the Heartache\", \"12th Night\". ","Miss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Devil's Bridge\" opera, song list from opera, \"Sketches in India\", \"The Duenna\", \"The Laughing Hyerna\".","Miss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Duenna\" opera, song list from opera, \"Laughing Hyena\".","Mr. Forrest, \"Gladiator\", orchestral performance, \"Swiss Cottage\"-or-\"Why Don't She Marry?\", \"Metamora! Metamora\".","This series contains nineteen broadsides of performances at the Howard Anthenauem in Boston, ranging from 7\"x12 1/2\" to 7 1/2\"x20\".","colored persons admitted to third circle only, auction for choice seats, Clark and Hatch auctioneers, \"The Black Domino\", Benefit of Mad. Anna Thillon, Miss Julia Daly, J.M. White, \"The Little Treasure\", \"Married Rake\", \"Day After the Wedding\", omnibus transport options.","\"Still Waters Run Deep\", \"The Little Treasure\", Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Charlotte Crampton, Mr. Henry Ferren, \"Belphegor the Mountebank\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.","colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Love\" with full orchestra, Sheridan Knowles, Mr. W. Marshall, \"French Spy\", \"Anne Blake\" from London, omnibus transport options.","Benefit for Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs. Shaw, Sheridan Knowles, \"Love\", Mr. A.W. Fenno, Mr. John Gilbert, Miss Lucille Western, \"Honesty the Best Policy\", \"Love Chase\", \"Douglas\", Mr. W. Marshall, comic vocalist Mr. Pete Morns, colored persons admitted to upper tier only."," Colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Winter's Tale\", \"Katharine and Petruchio\" - chorus line written for spectators to imagine a lapse of sixteen years, \"Ingomar\". "," On reverse of broadside: \"Opinions of the English Press of the celebrated tragic actress Mrs. Warner\". ","Colored persons admitted to third circle only, farewell engagement of Mr. Buchanan, \"Hamlet! Prince of Denmark\", orchestral performance, \"Artful Dodger\", \"Black Domino\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"Crown Diamonds\", Madame Anna Thillon, \"King Lear\", \"A New Way to Pay Old Debts\", omnibus transport options.","Pyne and Harrison English Opera Troupe, Benefit of Mr. W. Harrison, Miss Louisa pyne singing \"The Skylark\" and \"Rode's Celebrated Air and Variations\", Mr. W. Harrison singing \"Oh! Whisper What thou Feelist!\", \"Crown Diamonds\", \"Contentment Versus Riches\", \"The Beggar's Opera\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.","colored persons admitted to gallery only, farewell benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matthews, \"Handsome Husband\", \"Married for Money\", \"The Honeymoon\", \"Turning the Tables\", \"The Comical Countess\", \"The Gun Trick\", \"He Would be an Actor\", benefit of Mr. John E. Owens.","Mr. Wallack, \"Don Caesar De Bazan\", Miss Fanny Howard, orchestral performance, \"Old Oak Chest\"-or-\"The Smuggler's Son and the Robber's Daughter\", Wanted: ladies for the Corps de Ballet.","J.M. Field and T. Placide - Managers, \"Still Waters Run Deep\", Mr. J.S. Browne, \"Sketches in India\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, Miss Kimberly, \"Hamlet\", Mr. McDonough, \"Robert Macaire\", Benefit of Mrs. I.C. Frost, \"Clara\"-or-\"The Christian Heroine\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city!, Mr. W.R. Blake, Mr. George Jordan, \"Old Heads and Young Hearts\", Miss Charlotte Thompson, Mrs. Hudson Kirby, \"Speed the Plough\", \"The School for Scandal\".","\"Little Treasure\", \"Wandering Minstrel\", \"Antony and Cleopatra\", Miss H. Lang, \"Serious Family\", \"Strong Minded Woman\", \"Two Lovers and a Life\", \"he Sea of Ice\"-or-\"The Wild Flowers of Mexico\" - playing at all theatres in London.","Theatre re-opened for a short season before managers return south, Mr. J.S. Brown, \"My Aunt\", \"My Young Wife\", Old Umbrella\", \"Artful Dodger\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city, Mrs. Barrow, \"London Assurance\", \"Pleasant Neighbors\", \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" under direction of author Mr. John Brougham.","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, Mr. John Brougham, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Davenport, \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" - music re-set by James G. Meader, instrumentalist Mr. John Holloway, \"Bachelor of Arts\", \"Dombey and Son\".","Heron Children, \"A Kiss on the Neck\"-or-\"Can Borders have Pie for Luncheon\", programme of scenery, \"Irish Lion\", \"Waterman\", Miss Mary Ann Heron, Miss Fanny Herron, \"Richard the Third\", children under 12 admitted half price.","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, \"Delicate Ground\", Mrs. Barrow, Jacob Barrow, Henry Wallack, orchestral performance, John Holloway, \"Honey Moon\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Rivals\", \"Beatrice\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, Benefit for Mr. James Anderson, \"Civilization\", John Wilkins, Esq., \"Elder Brother\", Miss Fanny Morant, orchestral performance, Miss Davenport, G.K. Dickinson, \"Hotel Charges\", Notice: $25 reward for information about people throwing articles from gallery of theatre.","This series contains one broadside of performances at the Boston Academy of Music, 5 3/4\"x11 3/4\".","Italian opera \"Emani\", Sig. Muzio, new chandelier - largest in US or Europe - manufactured by Cornelius and Baker of Philadelphia, N.W. Turner and Co., Ms. Adelina Patti, \"Lucia Di Lammermoor\", grand orchestra and chorus, opera sheet music available for 25 cents, Sig. Amati Dubreul, Mme. Pauline Colson.","This series contains six broadsides of performances at St John's Dramatic Lyceum in Canada, Mechanic's Institute in New York, Wallack's Theatre in New York, Metropolitan Theatre in New York, Burton's in New York, and Lorimier Hall. Size of broadsides range from 7 1/2\"x16 1/2\" to 6 1/2\"x22 1/2\".","J.W. Longeran, \"Arrah-na-Pogue\"-or-\"The Wiclow Wedding\", Mr. Frank Roche, Shirley France, Miss Kennedy, the two back seats of the Dress Cirle are set apart for the exclusive use of colored people, ladies unaccompanied by gentlemen not admitted.","Three Nichts in Scotland, Mr. Kennedy - Scottish vocalist coming from performances in London, songs of Scotland, bagpipes, \"A crack wi' Jamie Hogg and Christopher North\", Ms. Kennedy.","\"Lavater\"-or-\"Not a Bad Judge\", \"500 (Pounds) reward\", \"How Stout you're Getting\", \"The Spitalfields Weaver\", \"A Lady in Difficulties\", \"Mrs. Johnston\"-or-\"What's in a Name?\", \"The Game of Love\".","Benefit of MLE Rachel, Mme. A. De La Grange, \"Le Depit Amoreux\", \"Joan of Arc\", French national hymn: \"La Marseillaise\", Rachel's plays and biographies on sale at Hall and Sons in New York, opera glasses lent on hire, \"Lady Tartuffe\", \"Adrienne Lecovreur\".","Mr. Burton, \"Serious Family\", \"Toodles\", \"Still Water Runs Deep\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"John of Paris\", G. Jordan, Miss Kate Reignolds.","Mr. H. Van Liew, Mr. W.S. Forrest, \"Maid of Crissey\"-or-\"Conscripts of 1812\", \"Perfection\"-or the-\"Maid of Munster\", \"Irish Tutor\"-or the-\"New Lights\", desiring to make theatre worthy of public patronage.","This series contains four broadsides of performances at City Hall in Boston, Niblo's Garden in New York, and performances by the Kimball Dramatic Association at City Hall in Boston. Size of broadsides range from 5\"x8 1/3\" to 6 1/2\"x14\".","Exhibition of the Kimball Dramatic Association, \"Golden Farmer\", \"Swiss Cottage\", L.T. Gardner, W.C. Berry, J.H. Brown.","Last night of \"Little Wonders\", Benefit of Little Ellen, \"Richard 3d\", Ellen Batemean, Kate Bateman, \"Napoleon's Old Guard\", Mr. Bateman, \"The FOx and the Wolf\", strict order will be observed.","Grand Festival, Benefit of Mr. Vincent, Kate and Ellen Bateman - the infant wonders, Miss Lucy Western, Miss Helen Western, \"Lady of Munster\", \"Macbeth\", \"Bombastes Furioso\", \"Loan of a Lover\".","G.F. Bristow, \"Rip Van Winkle\", Pyne and Harrison Opera Co., orchestral performance, scenery synopsis, books for sale in Garden, 20 minute intermission for promenade.","No known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)","This collection contains around 100 theatre broadsides from the mid-nineteenth century. 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However, this struggle between religious and artistic ideas lasted into the 20th century. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Theatre in Boston flourished throughout most of the nineteenth century despite this ongoing feud. Smaller playhouses led to more prominent theatres such as the Boston Theatre (1854-1925), Boston Museum (1841-1903), and the Howard Anthenaeum (1845-1953). These major theatres were generally located close to Boston's commercial center and the Beacon Hill residences of affluent theatre attendees. \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":[" Since the eighteenth century, theatre-going in Boston has been quite popular, even if not entirely legal. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Boston was in conflict between a Puritan history and artistic freedom. Theaters often used non-controversial or misleading names (such as the Boston Museum) to partially disguise their identity as a theatre. However, this struggle between religious and artistic ideas lasted into the 20th century. "," Theatre in Boston flourished throughout most of the nineteenth century despite this ongoing feud. Smaller playhouses led to more prominent theatres such as the Boston Theatre (1854-1925), Boston Museum (1841-1903), and the Howard Anthenaeum (1845-1953). These major theatres were generally located close to Boston's commercial center and the Beacon Hill residences of affluent theatre attendees. "],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNorth American 19th century theatre broadside collection, C0081, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["North American 19th century theatre broadside collection, C0081, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Kate Norman. 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The collection contains an estimated forty broadside bills for performances at the Boston Theatre between 1954-1958, thirty for performances at the Howard Anthenaeum between 1951-1957, twenty at the Boston Museum in 1952-1958, and others at the Boston National Theatre, the Boston Academy of Music, and City Hall. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMost of the broadsides measure approximately 7\" x 19\", with some variation, and feature classic nineteenth-century typography with artful fonts and little pointing hands. Some of the broadsides are also accompanied by interesting graphics along the margins. The collection includes ads for such varied bills as Adelina Patti in Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor; G.G. Spear in the drama, Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller; a Pyne and Harrison Opera Company production of Rip Van Winkle; and a drama by Dion Boucicault and E. H. House titled Arrah-Na-Pogue! Or, the Wicklow Wedding, which advertises segregated seating for blacks and warns that women will not be admitted if unaccompanied by a man. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains six broadsides of performances at the National Theatre of Boston, ranging from 6\"x15\" to 7\"x21\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Life of a Woman\", \"Child of the Regiment\", Mr. Murdoch performing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Boutwell and Lieut. Gov. Cushman visiting theatre, \"Henry VIII\", farewell engagement of Charlotte Cushman - impersonating Queen Katherine, Mrs. Simpson, and Meg Merriles - \"Simpson and Co.\", \"I've Swallowed a Policeman\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrench and Spanish Dancers, \"Naval Engagements\", \"The Omnibus\", \"The Phenomenon in a Smock Frock\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. James Anderson, Miss Agnes Elsworthy, \"Cloud and Sunshine\", \"Wandering Minstrel\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Cade\"-or-\"The Kentish Rebellion\", Mr. Neafie, \"Cousin Joe\", \"THe Corsican Brothers\", Judge Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.G. Spear's first appearance since returning from California, \"Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller of Lynn\", Dr J.S. Jones, \"Paddy the Piper-or-The Cow that Eat him\", Miss Ann Bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains twenty broadsides of performances at the Boston Museum, ranging from 9\"x12\" to 7\"x20\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Farren, \"Griselda, The Forest Child\", \"The Milliners' Holiday\", \"Second Love\", Mr. W. Warren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Farren, \"Second Love\", Mrs. H. Eckhardt, \"Tit for Tat\"-or-\"The Double Strategem\", J. Palgrave Simpson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnual Benefit for Mr. J.H. Angier - treasurer of the museum, \"Paul Pry\"-or-\"I Hope I Don't Intrude\", John poole, Esq., \"Married Rake\", \"Two Bonnycastles\", \"Valentine and Orson\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of W.H. Smith, \"The Cure for the Heart Ache\", \"Therese\"-or-\"The Orphan of Geneva\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLast week of Chinese Pagent, \"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", \"My Husband's Mirror\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Julia Bennett, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", Mr. Warren, The Polka Quadrille, \"No Song, No Supper\", Gretna Green, Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Julia Bennett, \"Belle's Strategem\", Mr. Warren, \"Allow me to Apologize\", \"Farmer's Story\", \"Make Your Wills\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell Benefit of Mr. J.W. Wallack Jr., Me. Henry Wallack, \"Werner\"-or-\"The Inheritance\", \"Country Squire\"-or-\"Two Days at the Hall\", \"The Fairy Star\", Miss Agnes Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. W.H. Smith, Mrs. Annie Senter, Mr. J.W. Wallack, Jr., \"Lady of Lyons\"-or-\"Love and Pride\", \"How Stout You're Getting\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Valentine and Orson\", \"Fire Eater\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclaring theatre's thirteenth season as individual enterprise amusement for the general public without the \"influence of a host of stockholders\", Mrs. Farren, \"Venice Preserved\", \"The Dead Shot\", Thomas otway, \"School for Scandal\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", Mr. W.H. Smith\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Hunchback\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Like as Two Peas\", Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake, \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. J. Proctor, Mrs. J. Proctor, \"Nick of the Woods\"-or-\"The Jibbenainosay\", \"Dumb Belle\", \"Loan of a Lover\", Mr. James Bennett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of the museum, declaring the theatre's thirteenth season, farewell benefit for Mrs. Ferren, \"Loving Woman\", \"Captive\"-or-\"Scenes in a Madhouse\", \"The Daughter of the Regiment\"-or-\"The Gallant 21st\", Mark Lemon, Esq., Mrs. Charles Howard,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of museum, declaration of 13th season, Mrs. Farren, \"The Love Chase\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Perfection\"-or-\"The Maid of Munster\", \"The Loving Woman\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanksgiving Day, \"Talisman\"-or-\" The Fairy's Favor\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Magic Mirror\"-or-\"The Spirit of the Age\", H.J. Conway, Esq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Wife\"-or-\"A Tale of Mantua\", \"Day After the Wedding\", Mrs. Charles Kemble, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", a new petit comedy in rehearsal from London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell benefit of Miss Fanny Vining and E.L. Davenport, \"Charity's Love\"-or-\"The Trials of a Heart\", \"Morning Call\", \"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady\", Benefit of Mr. J.H. Ring, Jefferson S. Batkins, \"The Silver Spoon, Mrs. H. Eckhardt, Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains thirty-six broadsides of performances at the Boston Theatre, ranging from 7\"x18\" to 6\"x24\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. C.N. Sinclair, Mrs. Forrest, \"Ingomar! The Barbarian\", Mr. George Vandenhoff, \"The Swiss Swains\", present demands against firm of WRIGHT, FENNO, and BIRD for liquidation, J.B. Wright, Ms. A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mrs. Barrow, \"Olympia\"-or-\"The Life of an Actress\", poem of \"Hiawatha\", Mr. T. Comer, \"Mr. and Mrs. Lilly W.\", orchestral performance, notice of a box in second tier assigned for the use of colored persons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Miss Julia Dean, \"Evadne\"-or-\"The Statue\", \"Honey Moon\", orchestral performance, Mr. T. Comer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Invisible Prince\"-or-\"The Island of Tranquil Delights\" - produced at cost of several thousand dollars, \"Priestess\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShakespearean Pagent, \"Midsummer Night's Dream\", \"Pyramus and Thisbe\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreat fairy opera produced at cost of several thousand dollars - \"Cinderella\" - full New York chorus joined to the Boston choristers, T. Comer, H.W. Du Lang, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. John Wood, W.H. Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Hudson Kirby, Mr. James Bennett, \"The Wife\", \"Young Widow\"-or-\" A Lesson for Lovers\", notice for a box for colored persons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Forrest, \"Macbeth\", orchestral performance, \"Pleasant Neighbor\", beware of sparious tickets offered for sale in streets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert, \"Town and Country\", \"Jenny Lind\", \"Uncle John\", Mrs. Julia Hayne/Miss Julia Dean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe WOnderful Ravels, Mlle. Robert from the Academy of Paris, M. Leon Espinoza, \"School Master\", \"Festival Dansant\", \"Jocko-The Brazilian Ape\", \"La Esmerelda\", corps de ballet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Merchant of Venice\", \"Sophia's Supper\", orchestral performances, Wanted: 100 auxiliares for \"Richard III\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Charlotte Cushman as \"Meg Merrilies\", Mr. E.L. Davenport, \"Guy Mannering\"-or-\"The Gipsey's Prophecy\", box reserved for colored persons on second tier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell benefit for Mrs. Barrow, Miss Rosa Bennett from Haymarket Theatre in London and Wallack's in New York, \"Mysterious Stranger\", \"London Assurance\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell benefit of Edwin Booth, \"The Robbers of the Black Forest of Bohemia\", orchestral piece, \"Katharine and Petruchio\"-or-\"The Taming of the Shrew\", \"Jessie Brown\"-or-\"The Relief of Lucknow\", Agnes RObertson, Dion Bourcicault, notice of seating for colored persons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatilda Herron, H.F. Daly, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Camille\" - translated from French, orchestral performance, \"Wanted, 1000 Milliners for the Gold Diggings!\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. Charles Thorne, Mrs. Charles Thorne, notice of seating for colored persons, \"The Stranger\"-or-\"Misanthropy and Repentance\", \"The Avenger\"-or-\"The Moor of Sicily\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBonzani Ballet Troupe, Cesare Cecchetti, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Faust\", \"Biricchino Di. Parici (Le Gamin De. Paris)\", \"The Secret\", The Ronzani Ballet Troupe, \"Golden Horse\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. G. Pauncefort, \"King John\", \"Used Up!\", Invisible Prince\", \"The Priestess\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Richard III\"-or the-\"Battle of Bosworth Field\", \"Milliners' Holiday\"-or-\"Girls on a Frolic\", \"Money\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. Barry, \"Rule a Wife and Have a Wife\", \"King and the Mimic\", \"Norma Trauestie\" from Adelphi Theatre in London, theatre closed one night for \"Cinderella\" rehearsal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Hackett, Senorita Soto, Madame Ciocca, G.W. SMith, Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, a grand ballet divertisment, \"King Henry IV\", \"Loan of a Lover\", opera of \"Lucrezia Borgia\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Julia Dean, \"Love\", James Sheridan Knowles, orchestral performance, \"New Footman\", \"The Hunchback\", \"Romeo and Juliet\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Two copies of this broadside. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNotice of seating for colored persons, \"Retribution\" from London, \"Exhibition Song of All Nations\" - sung by Mrs. John Wood during the Great Exhibition in London, \"Mischief Making\", \"Tempest\", ticket holder will be accepted any night due to a severe storm. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Merry Wives of Windsor\"-or-\"Falstaff in Love\", orchestral performance, \"Sophia's Supper\", \"Richard III\", \"School for Scandal\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Beggar's Opera\" - with songs, ballads, and duets - \"Postilion Polka\", \"Pleasant Neighbor\", \"Bohemian Girl\", \"La Sonnambula\", Books for opera on sale at theatre.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Forrest, \"Othello - The Moor of Venice\", orchestral performance, \"New Footman\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRavel Troupe, Francois Ravel, Yrca Mathias, \"Le Exercises de Corde\", \"Le Diable Amoureaux\", \"The Green Monster\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of seating for colored persons, \"Temprest\"-or-\"The Enchanted Island\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Two copies of this broadside. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Mr. G. Vandenhoff from Europe, \"Money\", orchestral performance, \"Betty Martin\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Laughing Hyena\". \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Two copies of this broadside. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Much Ado About Nothing\", orchestral performance, \"Game of Romps\", \"A Cure for the Heartache\", \"12th Night\". \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Devil's Bridge\" opera, song list from opera, \"Sketches in India\", \"The Duenna\", \"The Laughing Hyerna\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Duenna\" opera, song list from opera, \"Laughing Hyena\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Forrest, \"Gladiator\", orchestral performance, \"Swiss Cottage\"-or-\"Why Don't She Marry?\", \"Metamora! Metamora\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains nineteen broadsides of performances at the Howard Anthenauem in Boston, ranging from 7\"x12 1/2\" to 7 1/2\"x20\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecolored persons admitted to third circle only, auction for choice seats, Clark and Hatch auctioneers, \"The Black Domino\", Benefit of Mad. Anna Thillon, Miss Julia Daly, J.M. White, \"The Little Treasure\", \"Married Rake\", \"Day After the Wedding\", omnibus transport options.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Still Waters Run Deep\", \"The Little Treasure\", Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Charlotte Crampton, Mr. Henry Ferren, \"Belphegor the Mountebank\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecolored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Love\" with full orchestra, Sheridan Knowles, Mr. W. Marshall, \"French Spy\", \"Anne Blake\" from London, omnibus transport options.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit for Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs. Shaw, Sheridan Knowles, \"Love\", Mr. A.W. Fenno, Mr. John Gilbert, Miss Lucille Western, \"Honesty the Best Policy\", \"Love Chase\", \"Douglas\", Mr. W. Marshall, comic vocalist Mr. Pete Morns, colored persons admitted to upper tier only.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Winter's Tale\", \"Katharine and Petruchio\" - chorus line written for spectators to imagine a lapse of sixteen years, \"Ingomar\". \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e On reverse of broadside: \"Opinions of the English Press of the celebrated tragic actress Mrs. Warner\". \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to third circle only, farewell engagement of Mr. Buchanan, \"Hamlet! Prince of Denmark\", orchestral performance, \"Artful Dodger\", \"Black Domino\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"Crown Diamonds\", Madame Anna Thillon, \"King Lear\", \"A New Way to Pay Old Debts\", omnibus transport options.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePyne and Harrison English Opera Troupe, Benefit of Mr. W. Harrison, Miss Louisa pyne singing \"The Skylark\" and \"Rode's Celebrated Air and Variations\", Mr. W. Harrison singing \"Oh! Whisper What thou Feelist!\", \"Crown Diamonds\", \"Contentment Versus Riches\", \"The Beggar's Opera\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecolored persons admitted to gallery only, farewell benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matthews, \"Handsome Husband\", \"Married for Money\", \"The Honeymoon\", \"Turning the Tables\", \"The Comical Countess\", \"The Gun Trick\", \"He Would be an Actor\", benefit of Mr. John E. Owens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Wallack, \"Don Caesar De Bazan\", Miss Fanny Howard, orchestral performance, \"Old Oak Chest\"-or-\"The Smuggler's Son and the Robber's Daughter\", Wanted: ladies for the Corps de Ballet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Field and T. Placide - Managers, \"Still Waters Run Deep\", Mr. J.S. Browne, \"Sketches in India\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only, Miss Kimberly, \"Hamlet\", Mr. McDonough, \"Robert Macaire\", Benefit of Mrs. I.C. Frost, \"Clara\"-or-\"The Christian Heroine\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city!, Mr. W.R. Blake, Mr. George Jordan, \"Old Heads and Young Hearts\", Miss Charlotte Thompson, Mrs. Hudson Kirby, \"Speed the Plough\", \"The School for Scandal\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Little Treasure\", \"Wandering Minstrel\", \"Antony and Cleopatra\", Miss H. Lang, \"Serious Family\", \"Strong Minded Woman\", \"Two Lovers and a Life\", \"he Sea of Ice\"-or-\"The Wild Flowers of Mexico\" - playing at all theatres in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheatre re-opened for a short season before managers return south, Mr. J.S. Brown, \"My Aunt\", \"My Young Wife\", Old Umbrella\", \"Artful Dodger\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city, Mrs. Barrow, \"London Assurance\", \"Pleasant Neighbors\", \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" under direction of author Mr. John Brougham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, Mr. John Brougham, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Davenport, \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" - music re-set by James G. Meader, instrumentalist Mr. John Holloway, \"Bachelor of Arts\", \"Dombey and Son\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHeron Children, \"A Kiss on the Neck\"-or-\"Can Borders have Pie for Luncheon\", programme of scenery, \"Irish Lion\", \"Waterman\", Miss Mary Ann Heron, Miss Fanny Herron, \"Richard the Third\", children under 12 admitted half price.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only, \"Delicate Ground\", Mrs. Barrow, Jacob Barrow, Henry Wallack, orchestral performance, John Holloway, \"Honey Moon\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Rivals\", \"Beatrice\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only, Benefit for Mr. James Anderson, \"Civilization\", John Wilkins, Esq., \"Elder Brother\", Miss Fanny Morant, orchestral performance, Miss Davenport, G.K. Dickinson, \"Hotel Charges\", Notice: $25 reward for information about people throwing articles from gallery of theatre.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains one broadside of performances at the Boston Academy of Music, 5 3/4\"x11 3/4\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItalian opera \"Emani\", Sig. Muzio, new chandelier - largest in US or Europe - manufactured by Cornelius and Baker of Philadelphia, N.W. Turner and Co., Ms. Adelina Patti, \"Lucia Di Lammermoor\", grand orchestra and chorus, opera sheet music available for 25 cents, Sig. Amati Dubreul, Mme. Pauline Colson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains six broadsides of performances at St John's Dramatic Lyceum in Canada, Mechanic's Institute in New York, Wallack's Theatre in New York, Metropolitan Theatre in New York, Burton's in New York, and Lorimier Hall. Size of broadsides range from 7 1/2\"x16 1/2\" to 6 1/2\"x22 1/2\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Longeran, \"Arrah-na-Pogue\"-or-\"The Wiclow Wedding\", Mr. Frank Roche, Shirley France, Miss Kennedy, the two back seats of the Dress Cirle are set apart for the exclusive use of colored people, ladies unaccompanied by gentlemen not admitted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree Nichts in Scotland, Mr. Kennedy - Scottish vocalist coming from performances in London, songs of Scotland, bagpipes, \"A crack wi' Jamie Hogg and Christopher North\", Ms. Kennedy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Lavater\"-or-\"Not a Bad Judge\", \"500 (Pounds) reward\", \"How Stout you're Getting\", \"The Spitalfields Weaver\", \"A Lady in Difficulties\", \"Mrs. Johnston\"-or-\"What's in a Name?\", \"The Game of Love\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of MLE Rachel, Mme. A. De La Grange, \"Le Depit Amoreux\", \"Joan of Arc\", French national hymn: \"La Marseillaise\", Rachel's plays and biographies on sale at Hall and Sons in New York, opera glasses lent on hire, \"Lady Tartuffe\", \"Adrienne Lecovreur\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Burton, \"Serious Family\", \"Toodles\", \"Still Water Runs Deep\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"John of Paris\", G. Jordan, Miss Kate Reignolds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. H. Van Liew, Mr. W.S. Forrest, \"Maid of Crissey\"-or-\"Conscripts of 1812\", \"Perfection\"-or the-\"Maid of Munster\", \"Irish Tutor\"-or the-\"New Lights\", desiring to make theatre worthy of public patronage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains four broadsides of performances at City Hall in Boston, Niblo's Garden in New York, and performances by the Kimball Dramatic Association at City Hall in Boston. 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Nearly all of the broadsides were published in Boston, advertising theatre, opera, and lighter fare in various Boston venues. Other locations include venues in New York and Canada. The collection contains an estimated forty broadside bills for performances at the Boston Theatre between 1954-1958, thirty for performances at the Howard Anthenaeum between 1951-1957, twenty at the Boston Museum in 1952-1958, and others at the Boston National Theatre, the Boston Academy of Music, and City Hall. ","Most of the broadsides measure approximately 7\" x 19\", with some variation, and feature classic nineteenth-century typography with artful fonts and little pointing hands. Some of the broadsides are also accompanied by interesting graphics along the margins. The collection includes ads for such varied bills as Adelina Patti in Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor; G.G. Spear in the drama, Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller; a Pyne and Harrison Opera Company production of Rip Van Winkle; and a drama by Dion Boucicault and E. H. House titled Arrah-Na-Pogue! Or, the Wicklow Wedding, which advertises segregated seating for blacks and warns that women will not be admitted if unaccompanied by a man. ","This series contains six broadsides of performances at the National Theatre of Boston, ranging from 6\"x15\" to 7\"x21\".","\"Life of a Woman\", \"Child of the Regiment\", Mr. Murdoch performing.","Governor Boutwell and Lieut. Gov. Cushman visiting theatre, \"Henry VIII\", farewell engagement of Charlotte Cushman - impersonating Queen Katherine, Mrs. Simpson, and Meg Merriles - \"Simpson and Co.\", \"I've Swallowed a Policeman\".","French and Spanish Dancers, \"Naval Engagements\", \"The Omnibus\", \"The Phenomenon in a Smock Frock\".","Mr. James Anderson, Miss Agnes Elsworthy, \"Cloud and Sunshine\", \"Wandering Minstrel\".","\"Jack Cade\"-or-\"The Kentish Rebellion\", Mr. Neafie, \"Cousin Joe\", \"THe Corsican Brothers\", Judge Conrad.","G.G. Spear's first appearance since returning from California, \"Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller of Lynn\", Dr J.S. Jones, \"Paddy the Piper-or-The Cow that Eat him\", Miss Ann Bacon.","This series contains twenty broadsides of performances at the Boston Museum, ranging from 9\"x12\" to 7\"x20\".","Mrs. Farren, \"Griselda, The Forest Child\", \"The Milliners' Holiday\", \"Second Love\", Mr. W. Warren.","Mrs. Farren, \"Second Love\", Mrs. H. Eckhardt, \"Tit for Tat\"-or-\"The Double Strategem\", J. Palgrave Simpson.","Annual Benefit for Mr. J.H. Angier - treasurer of the museum, \"Paul Pry\"-or-\"I Hope I Don't Intrude\", John poole, Esq., \"Married Rake\", \"Two Bonnycastles\", \"Valentine and Orson\".","Benefit of W.H. Smith, \"The Cure for the Heart Ache\", \"Therese\"-or-\"The Orphan of Geneva\"","Last week of Chinese Pagent, \"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", \"My Husband's Mirror\".","Miss Julia Bennett, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", Mr. Warren, The Polka Quadrille, \"No Song, No Supper\", Gretna Green, Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw.","Miss Julia Bennett, \"Belle's Strategem\", Mr. Warren, \"Allow me to Apologize\", \"Farmer's Story\", \"Make Your Wills\".","Farewell Benefit of Mr. J.W. Wallack Jr., Me. Henry Wallack, \"Werner\"-or-\"The Inheritance\", \"Country Squire\"-or-\"Two Days at the Hall\", \"The Fairy Star\", Miss Agnes Robertson.","Benefit of Mr. W.H. Smith, Mrs. Annie Senter, Mr. J.W. Wallack, Jr., \"Lady of Lyons\"-or-\"Love and Pride\", \"How Stout You're Getting\".","\"Valentine and Orson\", \"Fire Eater\".","Declaring theatre's thirteenth season as individual enterprise amusement for the general public without the \"influence of a host of stockholders\", Mrs. Farren, \"Venice Preserved\", \"The Dead Shot\", Thomas otway, \"School for Scandal\".","\"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", Mr. W.H. Smith","Benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Hunchback\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Like as Two Peas\", Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake, \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\".","Benefit of Mr. J. Proctor, Mrs. J. Proctor, \"Nick of the Woods\"-or-\"The Jibbenainosay\", \"Dumb Belle\", \"Loan of a Lover\", Mr. James Bennett.","Image of the museum, declaring the theatre's thirteenth season, farewell benefit for Mrs. Ferren, \"Loving Woman\", \"Captive\"-or-\"Scenes in a Madhouse\", \"The Daughter of the Regiment\"-or-\"The Gallant 21st\", Mark Lemon, Esq., Mrs. Charles Howard,","Image of museum, declaration of 13th season, Mrs. Farren, \"The Love Chase\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Perfection\"-or-\"The Maid of Munster\", \"The Loving Woman\".","Thanksgiving Day, \"Talisman\"-or-\" The Fairy's Favor\".","\"The Magic Mirror\"-or-\"The Spirit of the Age\", H.J. Conway, Esq.","Farewell benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Wife\"-or-\"A Tale of Mantua\", \"Day After the Wedding\", Mrs. Charles Kemble, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", a new petit comedy in rehearsal from London.","Farewell benefit of Miss Fanny Vining and E.L. Davenport, \"Charity's Love\"-or-\"The Trials of a Heart\", \"Morning Call\", \"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady\", Benefit of Mr. J.H. Ring, Jefferson S. Batkins, \"The Silver Spoon, Mrs. H. Eckhardt, Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.","This series contains thirty-six broadsides of performances at the Boston Theatre, ranging from 7\"x18\" to 6\"x24\".","Mrs. C.N. Sinclair, Mrs. Forrest, \"Ingomar! The Barbarian\", Mr. George Vandenhoff, \"The Swiss Swains\", present demands against firm of WRIGHT, FENNO, and BIRD for liquidation, J.B. Wright, Ms. A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.","Benefit of Mrs. Barrow, \"Olympia\"-or-\"The Life of an Actress\", poem of \"Hiawatha\", Mr. T. Comer, \"Mr. and Mrs. Lilly W.\", orchestral performance, notice of a box in second tier assigned for the use of colored persons.","Benefit of Miss Julia Dean, \"Evadne\"-or-\"The Statue\", \"Honey Moon\", orchestral performance, Mr. T. Comer.","\"Invisible Prince\"-or-\"The Island of Tranquil Delights\" - produced at cost of several thousand dollars, \"Priestess\".","Shakespearean Pagent, \"Midsummer Night's Dream\", \"Pyramus and Thisbe\".","Great fairy opera produced at cost of several thousand dollars - \"Cinderella\" - full New York chorus joined to the Boston choristers, T. Comer, H.W. Du Lang, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. John Wood, W.H. Smith.","Mrs. Hudson Kirby, Mr. James Bennett, \"The Wife\", \"Young Widow\"-or-\" A Lesson for Lovers\", notice for a box for colored persons.","Mr. Forrest, \"Macbeth\", orchestral performance, \"Pleasant Neighbor\", beware of sparious tickets offered for sale in streets.","Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert, \"Town and Country\", \"Jenny Lind\", \"Uncle John\", Mrs. Julia Hayne/Miss Julia Dean.","The WOnderful Ravels, Mlle. Robert from the Academy of Paris, M. Leon Espinoza, \"School Master\", \"Festival Dansant\", \"Jocko-The Brazilian Ape\", \"La Esmerelda\", corps de ballet.","\"Merchant of Venice\", \"Sophia's Supper\", orchestral performances, Wanted: 100 auxiliares for \"Richard III\".","Miss Charlotte Cushman as \"Meg Merrilies\", Mr. E.L. Davenport, \"Guy Mannering\"-or-\"The Gipsey's Prophecy\", box reserved for colored persons on second tier.","Farewell benefit for Mrs. Barrow, Miss Rosa Bennett from Haymarket Theatre in London and Wallack's in New York, \"Mysterious Stranger\", \"London Assurance\".","Farewell benefit of Edwin Booth, \"The Robbers of the Black Forest of Bohemia\", orchestral piece, \"Katharine and Petruchio\"-or-\"The Taming of the Shrew\", \"Jessie Brown\"-or-\"The Relief of Lucknow\", Agnes RObertson, Dion Bourcicault, notice of seating for colored persons.","Matilda Herron, H.F. Daly, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Camille\" - translated from French, orchestral performance, \"Wanted, 1000 Milliners for the Gold Diggings!\".","Benefit of Mr. Charles Thorne, Mrs. Charles Thorne, notice of seating for colored persons, \"The Stranger\"-or-\"Misanthropy and Repentance\", \"The Avenger\"-or-\"The Moor of Sicily\".","Bonzani Ballet Troupe, Cesare Cecchetti, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Faust\", \"Biricchino Di. Parici (Le Gamin De. Paris)\", \"The Secret\", The Ronzani Ballet Troupe, \"Golden Horse\".","Benefit of Mr. G. Pauncefort, \"King John\", \"Used Up!\", Invisible Prince\", \"The Priestess\".","\"Richard III\"-or the-\"Battle of Bosworth Field\", \"Milliners' Holiday\"-or-\"Girls on a Frolic\", \"Money\".","Benefit of Mr. Barry, \"Rule a Wife and Have a Wife\", \"King and the Mimic\", \"Norma Trauestie\" from Adelphi Theatre in London, theatre closed one night for \"Cinderella\" rehearsal.","Mr. Hackett, Senorita Soto, Madame Ciocca, G.W. SMith, Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, a grand ballet divertisment, \"King Henry IV\", \"Loan of a Lover\", opera of \"Lucrezia Borgia\".","Miss Julia Dean, \"Love\", James Sheridan Knowles, orchestral performance, \"New Footman\", \"The Hunchback\", \"Romeo and Juliet\"."," Two copies of this broadside. ","Notice of seating for colored persons, \"Retribution\" from London, \"Exhibition Song of All Nations\" - sung by Mrs. John Wood during the Great Exhibition in London, \"Mischief Making\", \"Tempest\", ticket holder will be accepted any night due to a severe storm. ","\"Merry Wives of Windsor\"-or-\"Falstaff in Love\", orchestral performance, \"Sophia's Supper\", \"Richard III\", \"School for Scandal\".","\"Beggar's Opera\" - with songs, ballads, and duets - \"Postilion Polka\", \"Pleasant Neighbor\", \"Bohemian Girl\", \"La Sonnambula\", Books for opera on sale at theatre.","Mr. Forrest, \"Othello - The Moor of Venice\", orchestral performance, \"New Footman\".","Ravel Troupe, Francois Ravel, Yrca Mathias, \"Le Exercises de Corde\", \"Le Diable Amoureaux\", \"The Green Monster\".","Notice of seating for colored persons, \"Temprest\"-or-\"The Enchanted Island\"."," Two copies of this broadside. "," Mr. G. Vandenhoff from Europe, \"Money\", orchestral performance, \"Betty Martin\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Laughing Hyena\". "," Two copies of this broadside. "," \"Much Ado About Nothing\", orchestral performance, \"Game of Romps\", \"A Cure for the Heartache\", \"12th Night\". ","Miss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Devil's Bridge\" opera, song list from opera, \"Sketches in India\", \"The Duenna\", \"The Laughing Hyerna\".","Miss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Duenna\" opera, song list from opera, \"Laughing Hyena\".","Mr. Forrest, \"Gladiator\", orchestral performance, \"Swiss Cottage\"-or-\"Why Don't She Marry?\", \"Metamora! Metamora\".","This series contains nineteen broadsides of performances at the Howard Anthenauem in Boston, ranging from 7\"x12 1/2\" to 7 1/2\"x20\".","colored persons admitted to third circle only, auction for choice seats, Clark and Hatch auctioneers, \"The Black Domino\", Benefit of Mad. Anna Thillon, Miss Julia Daly, J.M. White, \"The Little Treasure\", \"Married Rake\", \"Day After the Wedding\", omnibus transport options.","\"Still Waters Run Deep\", \"The Little Treasure\", Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Charlotte Crampton, Mr. Henry Ferren, \"Belphegor the Mountebank\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.","colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Love\" with full orchestra, Sheridan Knowles, Mr. W. Marshall, \"French Spy\", \"Anne Blake\" from London, omnibus transport options.","Benefit for Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs. Shaw, Sheridan Knowles, \"Love\", Mr. A.W. Fenno, Mr. John Gilbert, Miss Lucille Western, \"Honesty the Best Policy\", \"Love Chase\", \"Douglas\", Mr. W. Marshall, comic vocalist Mr. Pete Morns, colored persons admitted to upper tier only."," Colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Winter's Tale\", \"Katharine and Petruchio\" - chorus line written for spectators to imagine a lapse of sixteen years, \"Ingomar\". "," On reverse of broadside: \"Opinions of the English Press of the celebrated tragic actress Mrs. Warner\". ","Colored persons admitted to third circle only, farewell engagement of Mr. Buchanan, \"Hamlet! Prince of Denmark\", orchestral performance, \"Artful Dodger\", \"Black Domino\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"Crown Diamonds\", Madame Anna Thillon, \"King Lear\", \"A New Way to Pay Old Debts\", omnibus transport options.","Pyne and Harrison English Opera Troupe, Benefit of Mr. W. Harrison, Miss Louisa pyne singing \"The Skylark\" and \"Rode's Celebrated Air and Variations\", Mr. W. Harrison singing \"Oh! Whisper What thou Feelist!\", \"Crown Diamonds\", \"Contentment Versus Riches\", \"The Beggar's Opera\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.","colored persons admitted to gallery only, farewell benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matthews, \"Handsome Husband\", \"Married for Money\", \"The Honeymoon\", \"Turning the Tables\", \"The Comical Countess\", \"The Gun Trick\", \"He Would be an Actor\", benefit of Mr. John E. Owens.","Mr. Wallack, \"Don Caesar De Bazan\", Miss Fanny Howard, orchestral performance, \"Old Oak Chest\"-or-\"The Smuggler's Son and the Robber's Daughter\", Wanted: ladies for the Corps de Ballet.","J.M. Field and T. Placide - Managers, \"Still Waters Run Deep\", Mr. J.S. Browne, \"Sketches in India\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, Miss Kimberly, \"Hamlet\", Mr. McDonough, \"Robert Macaire\", Benefit of Mrs. I.C. Frost, \"Clara\"-or-\"The Christian Heroine\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city!, Mr. W.R. Blake, Mr. George Jordan, \"Old Heads and Young Hearts\", Miss Charlotte Thompson, Mrs. Hudson Kirby, \"Speed the Plough\", \"The School for Scandal\".","\"Little Treasure\", \"Wandering Minstrel\", \"Antony and Cleopatra\", Miss H. Lang, \"Serious Family\", \"Strong Minded Woman\", \"Two Lovers and a Life\", \"he Sea of Ice\"-or-\"The Wild Flowers of Mexico\" - playing at all theatres in London.","Theatre re-opened for a short season before managers return south, Mr. J.S. Brown, \"My Aunt\", \"My Young Wife\", Old Umbrella\", \"Artful Dodger\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city, Mrs. Barrow, \"London Assurance\", \"Pleasant Neighbors\", \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" under direction of author Mr. John Brougham.","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, Mr. John Brougham, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Davenport, \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" - music re-set by James G. Meader, instrumentalist Mr. John Holloway, \"Bachelor of Arts\", \"Dombey and Son\".","Heron Children, \"A Kiss on the Neck\"-or-\"Can Borders have Pie for Luncheon\", programme of scenery, \"Irish Lion\", \"Waterman\", Miss Mary Ann Heron, Miss Fanny Herron, \"Richard the Third\", children under 12 admitted half price.","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, \"Delicate Ground\", Mrs. Barrow, Jacob Barrow, Henry Wallack, orchestral performance, John Holloway, \"Honey Moon\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Rivals\", \"Beatrice\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, Benefit for Mr. James Anderson, \"Civilization\", John Wilkins, Esq., \"Elder Brother\", Miss Fanny Morant, orchestral performance, Miss Davenport, G.K. Dickinson, \"Hotel Charges\", Notice: $25 reward for information about people throwing articles from gallery of theatre.","This series contains one broadside of performances at the Boston Academy of Music, 5 3/4\"x11 3/4\".","Italian opera \"Emani\", Sig. Muzio, new chandelier - largest in US or Europe - manufactured by Cornelius and Baker of Philadelphia, N.W. Turner and Co., Ms. Adelina Patti, \"Lucia Di Lammermoor\", grand orchestra and chorus, opera sheet music available for 25 cents, Sig. Amati Dubreul, Mme. Pauline Colson.","This series contains six broadsides of performances at St John's Dramatic Lyceum in Canada, Mechanic's Institute in New York, Wallack's Theatre in New York, Metropolitan Theatre in New York, Burton's in New York, and Lorimier Hall. Size of broadsides range from 7 1/2\"x16 1/2\" to 6 1/2\"x22 1/2\".","J.W. Longeran, \"Arrah-na-Pogue\"-or-\"The Wiclow Wedding\", Mr. Frank Roche, Shirley France, Miss Kennedy, the two back seats of the Dress Cirle are set apart for the exclusive use of colored people, ladies unaccompanied by gentlemen not admitted.","Three Nichts in Scotland, Mr. Kennedy - Scottish vocalist coming from performances in London, songs of Scotland, bagpipes, \"A crack wi' Jamie Hogg and Christopher North\", Ms. Kennedy.","\"Lavater\"-or-\"Not a Bad Judge\", \"500 (Pounds) reward\", \"How Stout you're Getting\", \"The Spitalfields Weaver\", \"A Lady in Difficulties\", \"Mrs. Johnston\"-or-\"What's in a Name?\", \"The Game of Love\".","Benefit of MLE Rachel, Mme. A. De La Grange, \"Le Depit Amoreux\", \"Joan of Arc\", French national hymn: \"La Marseillaise\", Rachel's plays and biographies on sale at Hall and Sons in New York, opera glasses lent on hire, \"Lady Tartuffe\", \"Adrienne Lecovreur\".","Mr. Burton, \"Serious Family\", \"Toodles\", \"Still Water Runs Deep\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"John of Paris\", G. Jordan, Miss Kate Reignolds.","Mr. H. Van Liew, Mr. W.S. Forrest, \"Maid of Crissey\"-or-\"Conscripts of 1812\", \"Perfection\"-or the-\"Maid of Munster\", \"Irish Tutor\"-or the-\"New Lights\", desiring to make theatre worthy of public patronage.","This series contains four broadsides of performances at City Hall in Boston, Niblo's Garden in New York, and performances by the Kimball Dramatic Association at City Hall in Boston. Size of broadsides range from 5\"x8 1/3\" to 6 1/2\"x14\".","Exhibition of the Kimball Dramatic Association, \"Golden Farmer\", \"Swiss Cottage\", L.T. Gardner, W.C. Berry, J.H. Brown.","Last night of \"Little Wonders\", Benefit of Little Ellen, \"Richard 3d\", Ellen Batemean, Kate Bateman, \"Napoleon's Old Guard\", Mr. Bateman, \"The FOx and the Wolf\", strict order will be observed.","Grand Festival, Benefit of Mr. Vincent, Kate and Ellen Bateman - the infant wonders, Miss Lucy Western, Miss Helen Western, \"Lady of Munster\", \"Macbeth\", \"Bombastes Furioso\", \"Loan of a Lover\".","G.F. Bristow, \"Rip Van Winkle\", Pyne and Harrison Opera Co., orchestral performance, scenery synopsis, books for sale in Garden, 20 minute intermission for promenade."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. 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","New York (N.Y.) ","Canada","Theater","Theater -- United States","Theater -- New York (State) -- New York","Performing arts","Broadsides -- 1850-1870","Theatrical posters","There are no access restrictions.","Arranged into seven series predominantly by venue. Some single broadsides grouped together.","Series Series 1: National Theatre of Boston, 1850-1857 (Box 1) Series 2: Boston Museum, 1852-1858 (Box 1) Series 3: Boston Theatre, 1854-1858 (Box 1) Series 4: Howard Anthenaeum, 1851-1857 (Box 1) Series 5: Boston Academy of Music, 1860 (Box 1) Series 6: Canada and New York City, 1855-1867 (Box 1) Series 7: Boston and New York City, 1850s-1860s (Box 1)"," Since the eighteenth century, theatre-going in Boston has been quite popular, even if not entirely legal. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Boston was in conflict between a Puritan history and artistic freedom. Theaters often used non-controversial or misleading names (such as the Boston Museum) to partially disguise their identity as a theatre. However, this struggle between religious and artistic ideas lasted into the 20th century. "," Theatre in Boston flourished throughout most of the nineteenth century despite this ongoing feud. Smaller playhouses led to more prominent theatres such as the Boston Theatre (1854-1925), Boston Museum (1841-1903), and the Howard Anthenaeum (1845-1953). These major theatres were generally located close to Boston's commercial center and the Beacon Hill residences of affluent theatre attendees. ","Processed by Kate Norman. EAD markup completed by Kate Norman in April 2010.","The Special Collections Research CEnter also holds many other  .","This collection contains around 100 theatre broadsides from the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly all of the broadsides were published in Boston, advertising theatre, opera, and lighter fare in various Boston venues. Other locations include venues in New York and Canada. The collection contains an estimated forty broadside bills for performances at the Boston Theatre between 1954-1958, thirty for performances at the Howard Anthenaeum between 1951-1957, twenty at the Boston Museum in 1952-1958, and others at the Boston National Theatre, the Boston Academy of Music, and City Hall. ","Most of the broadsides measure approximately 7\" x 19\", with some variation, and feature classic nineteenth-century typography with artful fonts and little pointing hands. Some of the broadsides are also accompanied by interesting graphics along the margins. The collection includes ads for such varied bills as Adelina Patti in Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor; G.G. Spear in the drama, Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller; a Pyne and Harrison Opera Company production of Rip Van Winkle; and a drama by Dion Boucicault and E. H. House titled Arrah-Na-Pogue! Or, the Wicklow Wedding, which advertises segregated seating for blacks and warns that women will not be admitted if unaccompanied by a man. ","This series contains six broadsides of performances at the National Theatre of Boston, ranging from 6\"x15\" to 7\"x21\".","\"Life of a Woman\", \"Child of the Regiment\", Mr. Murdoch performing.","Governor Boutwell and Lieut. Gov. Cushman visiting theatre, \"Henry VIII\", farewell engagement of Charlotte Cushman - impersonating Queen Katherine, Mrs. Simpson, and Meg Merriles - \"Simpson and Co.\", \"I've Swallowed a Policeman\".","French and Spanish Dancers, \"Naval Engagements\", \"The Omnibus\", \"The Phenomenon in a Smock Frock\".","Mr. James Anderson, Miss Agnes Elsworthy, \"Cloud and Sunshine\", \"Wandering Minstrel\".","\"Jack Cade\"-or-\"The Kentish Rebellion\", Mr. Neafie, \"Cousin Joe\", \"THe Corsican Brothers\", Judge Conrad.","G.G. Spear's first appearance since returning from California, \"Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller of Lynn\", Dr J.S. Jones, \"Paddy the Piper-or-The Cow that Eat him\", Miss Ann Bacon.","This series contains twenty broadsides of performances at the Boston Museum, ranging from 9\"x12\" to 7\"x20\".","Mrs. Farren, \"Griselda, The Forest Child\", \"The Milliners' Holiday\", \"Second Love\", Mr. W. Warren.","Mrs. Farren, \"Second Love\", Mrs. H. Eckhardt, \"Tit for Tat\"-or-\"The Double Strategem\", J. Palgrave Simpson.","Annual Benefit for Mr. J.H. Angier - treasurer of the museum, \"Paul Pry\"-or-\"I Hope I Don't Intrude\", John poole, Esq., \"Married Rake\", \"Two Bonnycastles\", \"Valentine and Orson\".","Benefit of W.H. Smith, \"The Cure for the Heart Ache\", \"Therese\"-or-\"The Orphan of Geneva\"","Last week of Chinese Pagent, \"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", \"My Husband's Mirror\".","Miss Julia Bennett, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", Mr. Warren, The Polka Quadrille, \"No Song, No Supper\", Gretna Green, Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw.","Miss Julia Bennett, \"Belle's Strategem\", Mr. Warren, \"Allow me to Apologize\", \"Farmer's Story\", \"Make Your Wills\".","Farewell Benefit of Mr. J.W. Wallack Jr., Me. Henry Wallack, \"Werner\"-or-\"The Inheritance\", \"Country Squire\"-or-\"Two Days at the Hall\", \"The Fairy Star\", Miss Agnes Robertson.","Benefit of Mr. W.H. Smith, Mrs. Annie Senter, Mr. J.W. Wallack, Jr., \"Lady of Lyons\"-or-\"Love and Pride\", \"How Stout You're Getting\".","\"Valentine and Orson\", \"Fire Eater\".","Declaring theatre's thirteenth season as individual enterprise amusement for the general public without the \"influence of a host of stockholders\", Mrs. Farren, \"Venice Preserved\", \"The Dead Shot\", Thomas otway, \"School for Scandal\".","\"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", Mr. W.H. Smith","Benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Hunchback\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Like as Two Peas\", Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake, \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\".","Benefit of Mr. J. Proctor, Mrs. J. Proctor, \"Nick of the Woods\"-or-\"The Jibbenainosay\", \"Dumb Belle\", \"Loan of a Lover\", Mr. James Bennett.","Image of the museum, declaring the theatre's thirteenth season, farewell benefit for Mrs. Ferren, \"Loving Woman\", \"Captive\"-or-\"Scenes in a Madhouse\", \"The Daughter of the Regiment\"-or-\"The Gallant 21st\", Mark Lemon, Esq., Mrs. Charles Howard,","Image of museum, declaration of 13th season, Mrs. Farren, \"The Love Chase\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Perfection\"-or-\"The Maid of Munster\", \"The Loving Woman\".","Thanksgiving Day, \"Talisman\"-or-\" The Fairy's Favor\".","\"The Magic Mirror\"-or-\"The Spirit of the Age\", H.J. Conway, Esq.","Farewell benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Wife\"-or-\"A Tale of Mantua\", \"Day After the Wedding\", Mrs. Charles Kemble, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", a new petit comedy in rehearsal from London.","Farewell benefit of Miss Fanny Vining and E.L. Davenport, \"Charity's Love\"-or-\"The Trials of a Heart\", \"Morning Call\", \"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady\", Benefit of Mr. J.H. Ring, Jefferson S. Batkins, \"The Silver Spoon, Mrs. H. Eckhardt, Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.","This series contains thirty-six broadsides of performances at the Boston Theatre, ranging from 7\"x18\" to 6\"x24\".","Mrs. C.N. Sinclair, Mrs. Forrest, \"Ingomar! The Barbarian\", Mr. George Vandenhoff, \"The Swiss Swains\", present demands against firm of WRIGHT, FENNO, and BIRD for liquidation, J.B. Wright, Ms. A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.","Benefit of Mrs. Barrow, \"Olympia\"-or-\"The Life of an Actress\", poem of \"Hiawatha\", Mr. T. Comer, \"Mr. and Mrs. Lilly W.\", orchestral performance, notice of a box in second tier assigned for the use of colored persons.","Benefit of Miss Julia Dean, \"Evadne\"-or-\"The Statue\", \"Honey Moon\", orchestral performance, Mr. T. Comer.","\"Invisible Prince\"-or-\"The Island of Tranquil Delights\" - produced at cost of several thousand dollars, \"Priestess\".","Shakespearean Pagent, \"Midsummer Night's Dream\", \"Pyramus and Thisbe\".","Great fairy opera produced at cost of several thousand dollars - \"Cinderella\" - full New York chorus joined to the Boston choristers, T. Comer, H.W. Du Lang, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. John Wood, W.H. Smith.","Mrs. Hudson Kirby, Mr. James Bennett, \"The Wife\", \"Young Widow\"-or-\" A Lesson for Lovers\", notice for a box for colored persons.","Mr. Forrest, \"Macbeth\", orchestral performance, \"Pleasant Neighbor\", beware of sparious tickets offered for sale in streets.","Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert, \"Town and Country\", \"Jenny Lind\", \"Uncle John\", Mrs. Julia Hayne/Miss Julia Dean.","The WOnderful Ravels, Mlle. Robert from the Academy of Paris, M. Leon Espinoza, \"School Master\", \"Festival Dansant\", \"Jocko-The Brazilian Ape\", \"La Esmerelda\", corps de ballet.","\"Merchant of Venice\", \"Sophia's Supper\", orchestral performances, Wanted: 100 auxiliares for \"Richard III\".","Miss Charlotte Cushman as \"Meg Merrilies\", Mr. E.L. Davenport, \"Guy Mannering\"-or-\"The Gipsey's Prophecy\", box reserved for colored persons on second tier.","Farewell benefit for Mrs. Barrow, Miss Rosa Bennett from Haymarket Theatre in London and Wallack's in New York, \"Mysterious Stranger\", \"London Assurance\".","Farewell benefit of Edwin Booth, \"The Robbers of the Black Forest of Bohemia\", orchestral piece, \"Katharine and Petruchio\"-or-\"The Taming of the Shrew\", \"Jessie Brown\"-or-\"The Relief of Lucknow\", Agnes RObertson, Dion Bourcicault, notice of seating for colored persons.","Matilda Herron, H.F. Daly, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Camille\" - translated from French, orchestral performance, \"Wanted, 1000 Milliners for the Gold Diggings!\".","Benefit of Mr. Charles Thorne, Mrs. Charles Thorne, notice of seating for colored persons, \"The Stranger\"-or-\"Misanthropy and Repentance\", \"The Avenger\"-or-\"The Moor of Sicily\".","Bonzani Ballet Troupe, Cesare Cecchetti, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Faust\", \"Biricchino Di. Parici (Le Gamin De. Paris)\", \"The Secret\", The Ronzani Ballet Troupe, \"Golden Horse\".","Benefit of Mr. G. Pauncefort, \"King John\", \"Used Up!\", Invisible Prince\", \"The Priestess\".","\"Richard III\"-or the-\"Battle of Bosworth Field\", \"Milliners' Holiday\"-or-\"Girls on a Frolic\", \"Money\".","Benefit of Mr. Barry, \"Rule a Wife and Have a Wife\", \"King and the Mimic\", \"Norma Trauestie\" from Adelphi Theatre in London, theatre closed one night for \"Cinderella\" rehearsal.","Mr. Hackett, Senorita Soto, Madame Ciocca, G.W. SMith, Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, a grand ballet divertisment, \"King Henry IV\", \"Loan of a Lover\", opera of \"Lucrezia Borgia\".","Miss Julia Dean, \"Love\", James Sheridan Knowles, orchestral performance, \"New Footman\", \"The Hunchback\", \"Romeo and Juliet\"."," Two copies of this broadside. ","Notice of seating for colored persons, \"Retribution\" from London, \"Exhibition Song of All Nations\" - sung by Mrs. John Wood during the Great Exhibition in London, \"Mischief Making\", \"Tempest\", ticket holder will be accepted any night due to a severe storm. ","\"Merry Wives of Windsor\"-or-\"Falstaff in Love\", orchestral performance, \"Sophia's Supper\", \"Richard III\", \"School for Scandal\".","\"Beggar's Opera\" - with songs, ballads, and duets - \"Postilion Polka\", \"Pleasant Neighbor\", \"Bohemian Girl\", \"La Sonnambula\", Books for opera on sale at theatre.","Mr. Forrest, \"Othello - The Moor of Venice\", orchestral performance, \"New Footman\".","Ravel Troupe, Francois Ravel, Yrca Mathias, \"Le Exercises de Corde\", \"Le Diable Amoureaux\", \"The Green Monster\".","Notice of seating for colored persons, \"Temprest\"-or-\"The Enchanted Island\"."," Two copies of this broadside. "," Mr. G. Vandenhoff from Europe, \"Money\", orchestral performance, \"Betty Martin\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Laughing Hyena\". "," Two copies of this broadside. "," \"Much Ado About Nothing\", orchestral performance, \"Game of Romps\", \"A Cure for the Heartache\", \"12th Night\". ","Miss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Devil's Bridge\" opera, song list from opera, \"Sketches in India\", \"The Duenna\", \"The Laughing Hyerna\".","Miss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Duenna\" opera, song list from opera, \"Laughing Hyena\".","Mr. Forrest, \"Gladiator\", orchestral performance, \"Swiss Cottage\"-or-\"Why Don't She Marry?\", \"Metamora! Metamora\".","This series contains nineteen broadsides of performances at the Howard Anthenauem in Boston, ranging from 7\"x12 1/2\" to 7 1/2\"x20\".","colored persons admitted to third circle only, auction for choice seats, Clark and Hatch auctioneers, \"The Black Domino\", Benefit of Mad. Anna Thillon, Miss Julia Daly, J.M. White, \"The Little Treasure\", \"Married Rake\", \"Day After the Wedding\", omnibus transport options.","\"Still Waters Run Deep\", \"The Little Treasure\", Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Charlotte Crampton, Mr. Henry Ferren, \"Belphegor the Mountebank\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.","colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Love\" with full orchestra, Sheridan Knowles, Mr. W. Marshall, \"French Spy\", \"Anne Blake\" from London, omnibus transport options.","Benefit for Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs. Shaw, Sheridan Knowles, \"Love\", Mr. A.W. Fenno, Mr. John Gilbert, Miss Lucille Western, \"Honesty the Best Policy\", \"Love Chase\", \"Douglas\", Mr. W. Marshall, comic vocalist Mr. Pete Morns, colored persons admitted to upper tier only."," Colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Winter's Tale\", \"Katharine and Petruchio\" - chorus line written for spectators to imagine a lapse of sixteen years, \"Ingomar\". "," On reverse of broadside: \"Opinions of the English Press of the celebrated tragic actress Mrs. Warner\". ","Colored persons admitted to third circle only, farewell engagement of Mr. Buchanan, \"Hamlet! Prince of Denmark\", orchestral performance, \"Artful Dodger\", \"Black Domino\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"Crown Diamonds\", Madame Anna Thillon, \"King Lear\", \"A New Way to Pay Old Debts\", omnibus transport options.","Pyne and Harrison English Opera Troupe, Benefit of Mr. W. Harrison, Miss Louisa pyne singing \"The Skylark\" and \"Rode's Celebrated Air and Variations\", Mr. W. Harrison singing \"Oh! Whisper What thou Feelist!\", \"Crown Diamonds\", \"Contentment Versus Riches\", \"The Beggar's Opera\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.","colored persons admitted to gallery only, farewell benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matthews, \"Handsome Husband\", \"Married for Money\", \"The Honeymoon\", \"Turning the Tables\", \"The Comical Countess\", \"The Gun Trick\", \"He Would be an Actor\", benefit of Mr. John E. Owens.","Mr. Wallack, \"Don Caesar De Bazan\", Miss Fanny Howard, orchestral performance, \"Old Oak Chest\"-or-\"The Smuggler's Son and the Robber's Daughter\", Wanted: ladies for the Corps de Ballet.","J.M. Field and T. Placide - Managers, \"Still Waters Run Deep\", Mr. J.S. Browne, \"Sketches in India\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, Miss Kimberly, \"Hamlet\", Mr. McDonough, \"Robert Macaire\", Benefit of Mrs. I.C. Frost, \"Clara\"-or-\"The Christian Heroine\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city!, Mr. W.R. Blake, Mr. George Jordan, \"Old Heads and Young Hearts\", Miss Charlotte Thompson, Mrs. Hudson Kirby, \"Speed the Plough\", \"The School for Scandal\".","\"Little Treasure\", \"Wandering Minstrel\", \"Antony and Cleopatra\", Miss H. Lang, \"Serious Family\", \"Strong Minded Woman\", \"Two Lovers and a Life\", \"he Sea of Ice\"-or-\"The Wild Flowers of Mexico\" - playing at all theatres in London.","Theatre re-opened for a short season before managers return south, Mr. J.S. Brown, \"My Aunt\", \"My Young Wife\", Old Umbrella\", \"Artful Dodger\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city, Mrs. Barrow, \"London Assurance\", \"Pleasant Neighbors\", \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" under direction of author Mr. John Brougham.","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, Mr. John Brougham, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Davenport, \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" - music re-set by James G. Meader, instrumentalist Mr. John Holloway, \"Bachelor of Arts\", \"Dombey and Son\".","Heron Children, \"A Kiss on the Neck\"-or-\"Can Borders have Pie for Luncheon\", programme of scenery, \"Irish Lion\", \"Waterman\", Miss Mary Ann Heron, Miss Fanny Herron, \"Richard the Third\", children under 12 admitted half price.","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, \"Delicate Ground\", Mrs. Barrow, Jacob Barrow, Henry Wallack, orchestral performance, John Holloway, \"Honey Moon\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Rivals\", \"Beatrice\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, Benefit for Mr. James Anderson, \"Civilization\", John Wilkins, Esq., \"Elder Brother\", Miss Fanny Morant, orchestral performance, Miss Davenport, G.K. Dickinson, \"Hotel Charges\", Notice: $25 reward for information about people throwing articles from gallery of theatre.","This series contains one broadside of performances at the Boston Academy of Music, 5 3/4\"x11 3/4\".","Italian opera \"Emani\", Sig. Muzio, new chandelier - largest in US or Europe - manufactured by Cornelius and Baker of Philadelphia, N.W. Turner and Co., Ms. Adelina Patti, \"Lucia Di Lammermoor\", grand orchestra and chorus, opera sheet music available for 25 cents, Sig. Amati Dubreul, Mme. Pauline Colson.","This series contains six broadsides of performances at St John's Dramatic Lyceum in Canada, Mechanic's Institute in New York, Wallack's Theatre in New York, Metropolitan Theatre in New York, Burton's in New York, and Lorimier Hall. Size of broadsides range from 7 1/2\"x16 1/2\" to 6 1/2\"x22 1/2\".","J.W. Longeran, \"Arrah-na-Pogue\"-or-\"The Wiclow Wedding\", Mr. Frank Roche, Shirley France, Miss Kennedy, the two back seats of the Dress Cirle are set apart for the exclusive use of colored people, ladies unaccompanied by gentlemen not admitted.","Three Nichts in Scotland, Mr. Kennedy - Scottish vocalist coming from performances in London, songs of Scotland, bagpipes, \"A crack wi' Jamie Hogg and Christopher North\", Ms. Kennedy.","\"Lavater\"-or-\"Not a Bad Judge\", \"500 (Pounds) reward\", \"How Stout you're Getting\", \"The Spitalfields Weaver\", \"A Lady in Difficulties\", \"Mrs. Johnston\"-or-\"What's in a Name?\", \"The Game of Love\".","Benefit of MLE Rachel, Mme. A. De La Grange, \"Le Depit Amoreux\", \"Joan of Arc\", French national hymn: \"La Marseillaise\", Rachel's plays and biographies on sale at Hall and Sons in New York, opera glasses lent on hire, \"Lady Tartuffe\", \"Adrienne Lecovreur\".","Mr. Burton, \"Serious Family\", \"Toodles\", \"Still Water Runs Deep\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"John of Paris\", G. Jordan, Miss Kate Reignolds.","Mr. H. Van Liew, Mr. W.S. Forrest, \"Maid of Crissey\"-or-\"Conscripts of 1812\", \"Perfection\"-or the-\"Maid of Munster\", \"Irish Tutor\"-or the-\"New Lights\", desiring to make theatre worthy of public patronage.","This series contains four broadsides of performances at City Hall in Boston, Niblo's Garden in New York, and performances by the Kimball Dramatic Association at City Hall in Boston. Size of broadsides range from 5\"x8 1/3\" to 6 1/2\"x14\".","Exhibition of the Kimball Dramatic Association, \"Golden Farmer\", \"Swiss Cottage\", L.T. Gardner, W.C. Berry, J.H. Brown.","Last night of \"Little Wonders\", Benefit of Little Ellen, \"Richard 3d\", Ellen Batemean, Kate Bateman, \"Napoleon's Old Guard\", Mr. Bateman, \"The FOx and the Wolf\", strict order will be observed.","Grand Festival, Benefit of Mr. Vincent, Kate and Ellen Bateman - the infant wonders, Miss Lucy Western, Miss Helen Western, \"Lady of Munster\", \"Macbeth\", \"Bombastes Furioso\", \"Loan of a Lover\".","G.F. Bristow, \"Rip Van Winkle\", Pyne and Harrison Opera Co., orchestral performance, scenery synopsis, books for sale in Garden, 20 minute intermission for promenade.","No known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)","This collection contains around 100 theatre broadsides from the mid-nineteenth century. 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The collection contains an estimated forty broadside bills for performances at the Boston Theatre between 1954-1958, thirty for performances at the Howard Anthenaeum between 1951-1957, twenty at the Boston Museum in 1952-1958, and others at the Boston National Theatre, the Boston Academy of Music, and City Hall. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMost of the broadsides measure approximately 7\" x 19\", with some variation, and feature classic nineteenth-century typography with artful fonts and little pointing hands. Some of the broadsides are also accompanied by interesting graphics along the margins. The collection includes ads for such varied bills as Adelina Patti in Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor; G.G. Spear in the drama, Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller; a Pyne and Harrison Opera Company production of Rip Van Winkle; and a drama by Dion Boucicault and E. H. House titled Arrah-Na-Pogue! 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Jones, \"Paddy the Piper-or-The Cow that Eat him\", Miss Ann Bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains twenty broadsides of performances at the Boston Museum, ranging from 9\"x12\" to 7\"x20\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Farren, \"Griselda, The Forest Child\", \"The Milliners' Holiday\", \"Second Love\", Mr. W. Warren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Farren, \"Second Love\", Mrs. H. Eckhardt, \"Tit for Tat\"-or-\"The Double Strategem\", J. Palgrave Simpson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnual Benefit for Mr. J.H. Angier - treasurer of the museum, \"Paul Pry\"-or-\"I Hope I Don't Intrude\", John poole, Esq., \"Married Rake\", \"Two Bonnycastles\", \"Valentine and Orson\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of W.H. Smith, \"The Cure for the Heart Ache\", \"Therese\"-or-\"The Orphan of Geneva\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLast week of Chinese Pagent, \"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", \"My Husband's Mirror\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Julia Bennett, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", Mr. Warren, The Polka Quadrille, \"No Song, No Supper\", Gretna Green, Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Julia Bennett, \"Belle's Strategem\", Mr. Warren, \"Allow me to Apologize\", \"Farmer's Story\", \"Make Your Wills\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell Benefit of Mr. J.W. Wallack Jr., Me. Henry Wallack, \"Werner\"-or-\"The Inheritance\", \"Country Squire\"-or-\"Two Days at the Hall\", \"The Fairy Star\", Miss Agnes Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. W.H. Smith, Mrs. Annie Senter, Mr. J.W. Wallack, Jr., \"Lady of Lyons\"-or-\"Love and Pride\", \"How Stout You're Getting\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Valentine and Orson\", \"Fire Eater\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclaring theatre's thirteenth season as individual enterprise amusement for the general public without the \"influence of a host of stockholders\", Mrs. Farren, \"Venice Preserved\", \"The Dead Shot\", Thomas otway, \"School for Scandal\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", Mr. W.H. Smith\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Hunchback\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Like as Two Peas\", Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake, \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. J. Proctor, Mrs. J. Proctor, \"Nick of the Woods\"-or-\"The Jibbenainosay\", \"Dumb Belle\", \"Loan of a Lover\", Mr. James Bennett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of the museum, declaring the theatre's thirteenth season, farewell benefit for Mrs. Ferren, \"Loving Woman\", \"Captive\"-or-\"Scenes in a Madhouse\", \"The Daughter of the Regiment\"-or-\"The Gallant 21st\", Mark Lemon, Esq., Mrs. Charles Howard,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of museum, declaration of 13th season, Mrs. Farren, \"The Love Chase\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Perfection\"-or-\"The Maid of Munster\", \"The Loving Woman\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanksgiving Day, \"Talisman\"-or-\" The Fairy's Favor\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Magic Mirror\"-or-\"The Spirit of the Age\", H.J. Conway, Esq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Wife\"-or-\"A Tale of Mantua\", \"Day After the Wedding\", Mrs. Charles Kemble, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", a new petit comedy in rehearsal from London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell benefit of Miss Fanny Vining and E.L. Davenport, \"Charity's Love\"-or-\"The Trials of a Heart\", \"Morning Call\", \"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady\", Benefit of Mr. J.H. Ring, Jefferson S. Batkins, \"The Silver Spoon, Mrs. H. Eckhardt, Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains thirty-six broadsides of performances at the Boston Theatre, ranging from 7\"x18\" to 6\"x24\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. C.N. Sinclair, Mrs. Forrest, \"Ingomar! The Barbarian\", Mr. George Vandenhoff, \"The Swiss Swains\", present demands against firm of WRIGHT, FENNO, and BIRD for liquidation, J.B. Wright, Ms. A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mrs. Barrow, \"Olympia\"-or-\"The Life of an Actress\", poem of \"Hiawatha\", Mr. T. Comer, \"Mr. and Mrs. Lilly W.\", orchestral performance, notice of a box in second tier assigned for the use of colored persons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Miss Julia Dean, \"Evadne\"-or-\"The Statue\", \"Honey Moon\", orchestral performance, Mr. T. Comer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Invisible Prince\"-or-\"The Island of Tranquil Delights\" - produced at cost of several thousand dollars, \"Priestess\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShakespearean Pagent, \"Midsummer Night's Dream\", \"Pyramus and Thisbe\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGreat fairy opera produced at cost of several thousand dollars - \"Cinderella\" - full New York chorus joined to the Boston choristers, T. Comer, H.W. Du Lang, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. John Wood, W.H. Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Hudson Kirby, Mr. James Bennett, \"The Wife\", \"Young Widow\"-or-\" A Lesson for Lovers\", notice for a box for colored persons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Forrest, \"Macbeth\", orchestral performance, \"Pleasant Neighbor\", beware of sparious tickets offered for sale in streets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert, \"Town and Country\", \"Jenny Lind\", \"Uncle John\", Mrs. Julia Hayne/Miss Julia Dean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe WOnderful Ravels, Mlle. Robert from the Academy of Paris, M. Leon Espinoza, \"School Master\", \"Festival Dansant\", \"Jocko-The Brazilian Ape\", \"La Esmerelda\", corps de ballet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Merchant of Venice\", \"Sophia's Supper\", orchestral performances, Wanted: 100 auxiliares for \"Richard III\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Charlotte Cushman as \"Meg Merrilies\", Mr. E.L. Davenport, \"Guy Mannering\"-or-\"The Gipsey's Prophecy\", box reserved for colored persons on second tier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell benefit for Mrs. Barrow, Miss Rosa Bennett from Haymarket Theatre in London and Wallack's in New York, \"Mysterious Stranger\", \"London Assurance\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarewell benefit of Edwin Booth, \"The Robbers of the Black Forest of Bohemia\", orchestral piece, \"Katharine and Petruchio\"-or-\"The Taming of the Shrew\", \"Jessie Brown\"-or-\"The Relief of Lucknow\", Agnes RObertson, Dion Bourcicault, notice of seating for colored persons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatilda Herron, H.F. Daly, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Camille\" - translated from French, orchestral performance, \"Wanted, 1000 Milliners for the Gold Diggings!\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. Charles Thorne, Mrs. Charles Thorne, notice of seating for colored persons, \"The Stranger\"-or-\"Misanthropy and Repentance\", \"The Avenger\"-or-\"The Moor of Sicily\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBonzani Ballet Troupe, Cesare Cecchetti, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Faust\", \"Biricchino Di. Parici (Le Gamin De. Paris)\", \"The Secret\", The Ronzani Ballet Troupe, \"Golden Horse\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. G. Pauncefort, \"King John\", \"Used Up!\", Invisible Prince\", \"The Priestess\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Richard III\"-or the-\"Battle of Bosworth Field\", \"Milliners' Holiday\"-or-\"Girls on a Frolic\", \"Money\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of Mr. Barry, \"Rule a Wife and Have a Wife\", \"King and the Mimic\", \"Norma Trauestie\" from Adelphi Theatre in London, theatre closed one night for \"Cinderella\" rehearsal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Hackett, Senorita Soto, Madame Ciocca, G.W. SMith, Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, a grand ballet divertisment, \"King Henry IV\", \"Loan of a Lover\", opera of \"Lucrezia Borgia\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Julia Dean, \"Love\", James Sheridan Knowles, orchestral performance, \"New Footman\", \"The Hunchback\", \"Romeo and Juliet\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Two copies of this broadside. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNotice of seating for colored persons, \"Retribution\" from London, \"Exhibition Song of All Nations\" - sung by Mrs. John Wood during the Great Exhibition in London, \"Mischief Making\", \"Tempest\", ticket holder will be accepted any night due to a severe storm. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Merry Wives of Windsor\"-or-\"Falstaff in Love\", orchestral performance, \"Sophia's Supper\", \"Richard III\", \"School for Scandal\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Beggar's Opera\" - with songs, ballads, and duets - \"Postilion Polka\", \"Pleasant Neighbor\", \"Bohemian Girl\", \"La Sonnambula\", Books for opera on sale at theatre.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Forrest, \"Othello - The Moor of Venice\", orchestral performance, \"New Footman\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRavel Troupe, Francois Ravel, Yrca Mathias, \"Le Exercises de Corde\", \"Le Diable Amoureaux\", \"The Green Monster\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of seating for colored persons, \"Temprest\"-or-\"The Enchanted Island\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Two copies of this broadside. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Mr. G. Vandenhoff from Europe, \"Money\", orchestral performance, \"Betty Martin\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Laughing Hyena\". \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Two copies of this broadside. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \"Much Ado About Nothing\", orchestral performance, \"Game of Romps\", \"A Cure for the Heartache\", \"12th Night\". \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Devil's Bridge\" opera, song list from opera, \"Sketches in India\", \"The Duenna\", \"The Laughing Hyerna\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Duenna\" opera, song list from opera, \"Laughing Hyena\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Forrest, \"Gladiator\", orchestral performance, \"Swiss Cottage\"-or-\"Why Don't She Marry?\", \"Metamora! Metamora\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains nineteen broadsides of performances at the Howard Anthenauem in Boston, ranging from 7\"x12 1/2\" to 7 1/2\"x20\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecolored persons admitted to third circle only, auction for choice seats, Clark and Hatch auctioneers, \"The Black Domino\", Benefit of Mad. Anna Thillon, Miss Julia Daly, J.M. White, \"The Little Treasure\", \"Married Rake\", \"Day After the Wedding\", omnibus transport options.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Still Waters Run Deep\", \"The Little Treasure\", Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Charlotte Crampton, Mr. Henry Ferren, \"Belphegor the Mountebank\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecolored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Love\" with full orchestra, Sheridan Knowles, Mr. W. Marshall, \"French Spy\", \"Anne Blake\" from London, omnibus transport options.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit for Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs. Shaw, Sheridan Knowles, \"Love\", Mr. A.W. Fenno, Mr. John Gilbert, Miss Lucille Western, \"Honesty the Best Policy\", \"Love Chase\", \"Douglas\", Mr. W. Marshall, comic vocalist Mr. Pete Morns, colored persons admitted to upper tier only.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Winter's Tale\", \"Katharine and Petruchio\" - chorus line written for spectators to imagine a lapse of sixteen years, \"Ingomar\". \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e On reverse of broadside: \"Opinions of the English Press of the celebrated tragic actress Mrs. Warner\". \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to third circle only, farewell engagement of Mr. Buchanan, \"Hamlet! Prince of Denmark\", orchestral performance, \"Artful Dodger\", \"Black Domino\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"Crown Diamonds\", Madame Anna Thillon, \"King Lear\", \"A New Way to Pay Old Debts\", omnibus transport options.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePyne and Harrison English Opera Troupe, Benefit of Mr. W. Harrison, Miss Louisa pyne singing \"The Skylark\" and \"Rode's Celebrated Air and Variations\", Mr. W. Harrison singing \"Oh! Whisper What thou Feelist!\", \"Crown Diamonds\", \"Contentment Versus Riches\", \"The Beggar's Opera\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecolored persons admitted to gallery only, farewell benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matthews, \"Handsome Husband\", \"Married for Money\", \"The Honeymoon\", \"Turning the Tables\", \"The Comical Countess\", \"The Gun Trick\", \"He Would be an Actor\", benefit of Mr. John E. Owens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Wallack, \"Don Caesar De Bazan\", Miss Fanny Howard, orchestral performance, \"Old Oak Chest\"-or-\"The Smuggler's Son and the Robber's Daughter\", Wanted: ladies for the Corps de Ballet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Field and T. Placide - Managers, \"Still Waters Run Deep\", Mr. J.S. Browne, \"Sketches in India\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only, Miss Kimberly, \"Hamlet\", Mr. McDonough, \"Robert Macaire\", Benefit of Mrs. I.C. Frost, \"Clara\"-or-\"The Christian Heroine\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city!, Mr. W.R. Blake, Mr. George Jordan, \"Old Heads and Young Hearts\", Miss Charlotte Thompson, Mrs. Hudson Kirby, \"Speed the Plough\", \"The School for Scandal\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Little Treasure\", \"Wandering Minstrel\", \"Antony and Cleopatra\", Miss H. Lang, \"Serious Family\", \"Strong Minded Woman\", \"Two Lovers and a Life\", \"he Sea of Ice\"-or-\"The Wild Flowers of Mexico\" - playing at all theatres in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheatre re-opened for a short season before managers return south, Mr. J.S. Brown, \"My Aunt\", \"My Young Wife\", Old Umbrella\", \"Artful Dodger\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city, Mrs. Barrow, \"London Assurance\", \"Pleasant Neighbors\", \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" under direction of author Mr. John Brougham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, Mr. John Brougham, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Davenport, \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" - music re-set by James G. Meader, instrumentalist Mr. John Holloway, \"Bachelor of Arts\", \"Dombey and Son\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHeron Children, \"A Kiss on the Neck\"-or-\"Can Borders have Pie for Luncheon\", programme of scenery, \"Irish Lion\", \"Waterman\", Miss Mary Ann Heron, Miss Fanny Herron, \"Richard the Third\", children under 12 admitted half price.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only, \"Delicate Ground\", Mrs. Barrow, Jacob Barrow, Henry Wallack, orchestral performance, John Holloway, \"Honey Moon\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Rivals\", \"Beatrice\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColored persons admitted to gallery only, Benefit for Mr. James Anderson, \"Civilization\", John Wilkins, Esq., \"Elder Brother\", Miss Fanny Morant, orchestral performance, Miss Davenport, G.K. Dickinson, \"Hotel Charges\", Notice: $25 reward for information about people throwing articles from gallery of theatre.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains one broadside of performances at the Boston Academy of Music, 5 3/4\"x11 3/4\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItalian opera \"Emani\", Sig. Muzio, new chandelier - largest in US or Europe - manufactured by Cornelius and Baker of Philadelphia, N.W. Turner and Co., Ms. Adelina Patti, \"Lucia Di Lammermoor\", grand orchestra and chorus, opera sheet music available for 25 cents, Sig. Amati Dubreul, Mme. Pauline Colson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains six broadsides of performances at St John's Dramatic Lyceum in Canada, Mechanic's Institute in New York, Wallack's Theatre in New York, Metropolitan Theatre in New York, Burton's in New York, and Lorimier Hall. Size of broadsides range from 7 1/2\"x16 1/2\" to 6 1/2\"x22 1/2\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Longeran, \"Arrah-na-Pogue\"-or-\"The Wiclow Wedding\", Mr. Frank Roche, Shirley France, Miss Kennedy, the two back seats of the Dress Cirle are set apart for the exclusive use of colored people, ladies unaccompanied by gentlemen not admitted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree Nichts in Scotland, Mr. Kennedy - Scottish vocalist coming from performances in London, songs of Scotland, bagpipes, \"A crack wi' Jamie Hogg and Christopher North\", Ms. Kennedy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Lavater\"-or-\"Not a Bad Judge\", \"500 (Pounds) reward\", \"How Stout you're Getting\", \"The Spitalfields Weaver\", \"A Lady in Difficulties\", \"Mrs. Johnston\"-or-\"What's in a Name?\", \"The Game of Love\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenefit of MLE Rachel, Mme. A. De La Grange, \"Le Depit Amoreux\", \"Joan of Arc\", French national hymn: \"La Marseillaise\", Rachel's plays and biographies on sale at Hall and Sons in New York, opera glasses lent on hire, \"Lady Tartuffe\", \"Adrienne Lecovreur\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Burton, \"Serious Family\", \"Toodles\", \"Still Water Runs Deep\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"John of Paris\", G. Jordan, Miss Kate Reignolds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. H. Van Liew, Mr. W.S. Forrest, \"Maid of Crissey\"-or-\"Conscripts of 1812\", \"Perfection\"-or the-\"Maid of Munster\", \"Irish Tutor\"-or the-\"New Lights\", desiring to make theatre worthy of public patronage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains four broadsides of performances at City Hall in Boston, Niblo's Garden in New York, and performances by the Kimball Dramatic Association at City Hall in Boston. Size of broadsides range from 5\"x8 1/3\" to 6 1/2\"x14\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExhibition of the Kimball Dramatic Association, \"Golden Farmer\", \"Swiss Cottage\", L.T. Gardner, W.C. Berry, J.H. Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLast night of \"Little Wonders\", Benefit of Little Ellen, \"Richard 3d\", Ellen Batemean, Kate Bateman, \"Napoleon's Old Guard\", Mr. Bateman, \"The FOx and the Wolf\", strict order will be observed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGrand Festival, Benefit of Mr. Vincent, Kate and Ellen Bateman - the infant wonders, Miss Lucy Western, Miss Helen Western, \"Lady of Munster\", \"Macbeth\", \"Bombastes Furioso\", \"Loan of a Lover\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.F. Bristow, \"Rip Van Winkle\", Pyne and Harrison Opera Co., orchestral performance, scenery synopsis, books for sale in Garden, 20 minute intermission for promenade.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains around 100 theatre broadsides from the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly all of the broadsides were published in Boston, advertising theatre, opera, and lighter fare in various Boston venues. Other locations include venues in New York and Canada. The collection contains an estimated forty broadside bills for performances at the Boston Theatre between 1954-1958, thirty for performances at the Howard Anthenaeum between 1951-1957, twenty at the Boston Museum in 1952-1958, and others at the Boston National Theatre, the Boston Academy of Music, and City Hall. ","Most of the broadsides measure approximately 7\" x 19\", with some variation, and feature classic nineteenth-century typography with artful fonts and little pointing hands. Some of the broadsides are also accompanied by interesting graphics along the margins. The collection includes ads for such varied bills as Adelina Patti in Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor; G.G. Spear in the drama, Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller; a Pyne and Harrison Opera Company production of Rip Van Winkle; and a drama by Dion Boucicault and E. H. House titled Arrah-Na-Pogue! Or, the Wicklow Wedding, which advertises segregated seating for blacks and warns that women will not be admitted if unaccompanied by a man. ","This series contains six broadsides of performances at the National Theatre of Boston, ranging from 6\"x15\" to 7\"x21\".","\"Life of a Woman\", \"Child of the Regiment\", Mr. Murdoch performing.","Governor Boutwell and Lieut. Gov. Cushman visiting theatre, \"Henry VIII\", farewell engagement of Charlotte Cushman - impersonating Queen Katherine, Mrs. Simpson, and Meg Merriles - \"Simpson and Co.\", \"I've Swallowed a Policeman\".","French and Spanish Dancers, \"Naval Engagements\", \"The Omnibus\", \"The Phenomenon in a Smock Frock\".","Mr. James Anderson, Miss Agnes Elsworthy, \"Cloud and Sunshine\", \"Wandering Minstrel\".","\"Jack Cade\"-or-\"The Kentish Rebellion\", Mr. Neafie, \"Cousin Joe\", \"THe Corsican Brothers\", Judge Conrad.","G.G. Spear's first appearance since returning from California, \"Moll Pitcher! The Fortune Teller of Lynn\", Dr J.S. Jones, \"Paddy the Piper-or-The Cow that Eat him\", Miss Ann Bacon.","This series contains twenty broadsides of performances at the Boston Museum, ranging from 9\"x12\" to 7\"x20\".","Mrs. Farren, \"Griselda, The Forest Child\", \"The Milliners' Holiday\", \"Second Love\", Mr. W. Warren.","Mrs. Farren, \"Second Love\", Mrs. H. Eckhardt, \"Tit for Tat\"-or-\"The Double Strategem\", J. Palgrave Simpson.","Annual Benefit for Mr. J.H. Angier - treasurer of the museum, \"Paul Pry\"-or-\"I Hope I Don't Intrude\", John poole, Esq., \"Married Rake\", \"Two Bonnycastles\", \"Valentine and Orson\".","Benefit of W.H. Smith, \"The Cure for the Heart Ache\", \"Therese\"-or-\"The Orphan of Geneva\"","Last week of Chinese Pagent, \"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", \"My Husband's Mirror\".","Miss Julia Bennett, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", Mr. Warren, The Polka Quadrille, \"No Song, No Supper\", Gretna Green, Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw.","Miss Julia Bennett, \"Belle's Strategem\", Mr. Warren, \"Allow me to Apologize\", \"Farmer's Story\", \"Make Your Wills\".","Farewell Benefit of Mr. J.W. Wallack Jr., Me. Henry Wallack, \"Werner\"-or-\"The Inheritance\", \"Country Squire\"-or-\"Two Days at the Hall\", \"The Fairy Star\", Miss Agnes Robertson.","Benefit of Mr. W.H. Smith, Mrs. Annie Senter, Mr. J.W. Wallack, Jr., \"Lady of Lyons\"-or-\"Love and Pride\", \"How Stout You're Getting\".","\"Valentine and Orson\", \"Fire Eater\".","Declaring theatre's thirteenth season as individual enterprise amusement for the general public without the \"influence of a host of stockholders\", Mrs. Farren, \"Venice Preserved\", \"The Dead Shot\", Thomas otway, \"School for Scandal\".","\"Aladdin\"-or-\"The Wonderful Lamp\", Mr. W.H. Smith","Benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Hunchback\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Like as Two Peas\", Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake, \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\".","Benefit of Mr. J. Proctor, Mrs. J. Proctor, \"Nick of the Woods\"-or-\"The Jibbenainosay\", \"Dumb Belle\", \"Loan of a Lover\", Mr. James Bennett.","Image of the museum, declaring the theatre's thirteenth season, farewell benefit for Mrs. Ferren, \"Loving Woman\", \"Captive\"-or-\"Scenes in a Madhouse\", \"The Daughter of the Regiment\"-or-\"The Gallant 21st\", Mark Lemon, Esq., Mrs. Charles Howard,","Image of museum, declaration of 13th season, Mrs. Farren, \"The Love Chase\", James Sheridan Knowles, \"Perfection\"-or-\"The Maid of Munster\", \"The Loving Woman\".","Thanksgiving Day, \"Talisman\"-or-\" The Fairy's Favor\".","\"The Magic Mirror\"-or-\"The Spirit of the Age\", H.J. Conway, Esq.","Farewell benefit of Mrs. Annie Senter, \"The Wife\"-or-\"A Tale of Mantua\", \"Day After the Wedding\", Mrs. Charles Kemble, \"The Mysterious Stranger\", a new petit comedy in rehearsal from London.","Farewell benefit of Miss Fanny Vining and E.L. Davenport, \"Charity's Love\"-or-\"The Trials of a Heart\", \"Morning Call\", \"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady\", Benefit of Mr. J.H. Ring, Jefferson S. Batkins, \"The Silver Spoon, Mrs. H. Eckhardt, Miss A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.","This series contains thirty-six broadsides of performances at the Boston Theatre, ranging from 7\"x18\" to 6\"x24\".","Mrs. C.N. Sinclair, Mrs. Forrest, \"Ingomar! The Barbarian\", Mr. George Vandenhoff, \"The Swiss Swains\", present demands against firm of WRIGHT, FENNO, and BIRD for liquidation, J.B. Wright, Ms. A. Raymond, Mr. S. Lake.","Benefit of Mrs. Barrow, \"Olympia\"-or-\"The Life of an Actress\", poem of \"Hiawatha\", Mr. T. Comer, \"Mr. and Mrs. Lilly W.\", orchestral performance, notice of a box in second tier assigned for the use of colored persons.","Benefit of Miss Julia Dean, \"Evadne\"-or-\"The Statue\", \"Honey Moon\", orchestral performance, Mr. T. Comer.","\"Invisible Prince\"-or-\"The Island of Tranquil Delights\" - produced at cost of several thousand dollars, \"Priestess\".","Shakespearean Pagent, \"Midsummer Night's Dream\", \"Pyramus and Thisbe\".","Great fairy opera produced at cost of several thousand dollars - \"Cinderella\" - full New York chorus joined to the Boston choristers, T. Comer, H.W. Du Lang, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. John Wood, W.H. Smith.","Mrs. Hudson Kirby, Mr. James Bennett, \"The Wife\", \"Young Widow\"-or-\" A Lesson for Lovers\", notice for a box for colored persons.","Mr. Forrest, \"Macbeth\", orchestral performance, \"Pleasant Neighbor\", beware of sparious tickets offered for sale in streets.","Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert, \"Town and Country\", \"Jenny Lind\", \"Uncle John\", Mrs. Julia Hayne/Miss Julia Dean.","The WOnderful Ravels, Mlle. Robert from the Academy of Paris, M. Leon Espinoza, \"School Master\", \"Festival Dansant\", \"Jocko-The Brazilian Ape\", \"La Esmerelda\", corps de ballet.","\"Merchant of Venice\", \"Sophia's Supper\", orchestral performances, Wanted: 100 auxiliares for \"Richard III\".","Miss Charlotte Cushman as \"Meg Merrilies\", Mr. E.L. Davenport, \"Guy Mannering\"-or-\"The Gipsey's Prophecy\", box reserved for colored persons on second tier.","Farewell benefit for Mrs. Barrow, Miss Rosa Bennett from Haymarket Theatre in London and Wallack's in New York, \"Mysterious Stranger\", \"London Assurance\".","Farewell benefit of Edwin Booth, \"The Robbers of the Black Forest of Bohemia\", orchestral piece, \"Katharine and Petruchio\"-or-\"The Taming of the Shrew\", \"Jessie Brown\"-or-\"The Relief of Lucknow\", Agnes RObertson, Dion Bourcicault, notice of seating for colored persons.","Matilda Herron, H.F. Daly, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Camille\" - translated from French, orchestral performance, \"Wanted, 1000 Milliners for the Gold Diggings!\".","Benefit of Mr. Charles Thorne, Mrs. Charles Thorne, notice of seating for colored persons, \"The Stranger\"-or-\"Misanthropy and Repentance\", \"The Avenger\"-or-\"The Moor of Sicily\".","Bonzani Ballet Troupe, Cesare Cecchetti, notice of seating for colored persons, \"Faust\", \"Biricchino Di. Parici (Le Gamin De. Paris)\", \"The Secret\", The Ronzani Ballet Troupe, \"Golden Horse\".","Benefit of Mr. G. Pauncefort, \"King John\", \"Used Up!\", Invisible Prince\", \"The Priestess\".","\"Richard III\"-or the-\"Battle of Bosworth Field\", \"Milliners' Holiday\"-or-\"Girls on a Frolic\", \"Money\".","Benefit of Mr. Barry, \"Rule a Wife and Have a Wife\", \"King and the Mimic\", \"Norma Trauestie\" from Adelphi Theatre in London, theatre closed one night for \"Cinderella\" rehearsal.","Mr. Hackett, Senorita Soto, Madame Ciocca, G.W. SMith, Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, a grand ballet divertisment, \"King Henry IV\", \"Loan of a Lover\", opera of \"Lucrezia Borgia\".","Miss Julia Dean, \"Love\", James Sheridan Knowles, orchestral performance, \"New Footman\", \"The Hunchback\", \"Romeo and Juliet\"."," Two copies of this broadside. ","Notice of seating for colored persons, \"Retribution\" from London, \"Exhibition Song of All Nations\" - sung by Mrs. John Wood during the Great Exhibition in London, \"Mischief Making\", \"Tempest\", ticket holder will be accepted any night due to a severe storm. ","\"Merry Wives of Windsor\"-or-\"Falstaff in Love\", orchestral performance, \"Sophia's Supper\", \"Richard III\", \"School for Scandal\".","\"Beggar's Opera\" - with songs, ballads, and duets - \"Postilion Polka\", \"Pleasant Neighbor\", \"Bohemian Girl\", \"La Sonnambula\", Books for opera on sale at theatre.","Mr. Forrest, \"Othello - The Moor of Venice\", orchestral performance, \"New Footman\".","Ravel Troupe, Francois Ravel, Yrca Mathias, \"Le Exercises de Corde\", \"Le Diable Amoureaux\", \"The Green Monster\".","Notice of seating for colored persons, \"Temprest\"-or-\"The Enchanted Island\"."," Two copies of this broadside. "," Mr. G. Vandenhoff from Europe, \"Money\", orchestral performance, \"Betty Martin\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Laughing Hyena\". "," Two copies of this broadside. "," \"Much Ado About Nothing\", orchestral performance, \"Game of Romps\", \"A Cure for the Heartache\", \"12th Night\". ","Miss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Devil's Bridge\" opera, song list from opera, \"Sketches in India\", \"The Duenna\", \"The Laughing Hyerna\".","Miss Adelaide Phillipps, \"Duenna\" opera, song list from opera, \"Laughing Hyena\".","Mr. Forrest, \"Gladiator\", orchestral performance, \"Swiss Cottage\"-or-\"Why Don't She Marry?\", \"Metamora! Metamora\".","This series contains nineteen broadsides of performances at the Howard Anthenauem in Boston, ranging from 7\"x12 1/2\" to 7 1/2\"x20\".","colored persons admitted to third circle only, auction for choice seats, Clark and Hatch auctioneers, \"The Black Domino\", Benefit of Mad. Anna Thillon, Miss Julia Daly, J.M. White, \"The Little Treasure\", \"Married Rake\", \"Day After the Wedding\", omnibus transport options.","\"Still Waters Run Deep\", \"The Little Treasure\", Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Charlotte Crampton, Mr. Henry Ferren, \"Belphegor the Mountebank\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.","colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Love\" with full orchestra, Sheridan Knowles, Mr. W. Marshall, \"French Spy\", \"Anne Blake\" from London, omnibus transport options.","Benefit for Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs. Shaw, Sheridan Knowles, \"Love\", Mr. A.W. Fenno, Mr. John Gilbert, Miss Lucille Western, \"Honesty the Best Policy\", \"Love Chase\", \"Douglas\", Mr. W. Marshall, comic vocalist Mr. Pete Morns, colored persons admitted to upper tier only."," Colored persons admitted to third circle only, Mrs. Warner, \"Winter's Tale\", \"Katharine and Petruchio\" - chorus line written for spectators to imagine a lapse of sixteen years, \"Ingomar\". "," On reverse of broadside: \"Opinions of the English Press of the celebrated tragic actress Mrs. Warner\". ","Colored persons admitted to third circle only, farewell engagement of Mr. Buchanan, \"Hamlet! Prince of Denmark\", orchestral performance, \"Artful Dodger\", \"Black Domino\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"Crown Diamonds\", Madame Anna Thillon, \"King Lear\", \"A New Way to Pay Old Debts\", omnibus transport options.","Pyne and Harrison English Opera Troupe, Benefit of Mr. W. Harrison, Miss Louisa pyne singing \"The Skylark\" and \"Rode's Celebrated Air and Variations\", Mr. W. Harrison singing \"Oh! Whisper What thou Feelist!\", \"Crown Diamonds\", \"Contentment Versus Riches\", \"The Beggar's Opera\", colored persons admitted to the gallery only.","colored persons admitted to gallery only, farewell benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matthews, \"Handsome Husband\", \"Married for Money\", \"The Honeymoon\", \"Turning the Tables\", \"The Comical Countess\", \"The Gun Trick\", \"He Would be an Actor\", benefit of Mr. John E. Owens.","Mr. Wallack, \"Don Caesar De Bazan\", Miss Fanny Howard, orchestral performance, \"Old Oak Chest\"-or-\"The Smuggler's Son and the Robber's Daughter\", Wanted: ladies for the Corps de Ballet.","J.M. Field and T. Placide - Managers, \"Still Waters Run Deep\", Mr. J.S. Browne, \"Sketches in India\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, Miss Kimberly, \"Hamlet\", Mr. McDonough, \"Robert Macaire\", Benefit of Mrs. I.C. Frost, \"Clara\"-or-\"The Christian Heroine\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city!, Mr. W.R. Blake, Mr. George Jordan, \"Old Heads and Young Hearts\", Miss Charlotte Thompson, Mrs. Hudson Kirby, \"Speed the Plough\", \"The School for Scandal\".","\"Little Treasure\", \"Wandering Minstrel\", \"Antony and Cleopatra\", Miss H. Lang, \"Serious Family\", \"Strong Minded Woman\", \"Two Lovers and a Life\", \"he Sea of Ice\"-or-\"The Wild Flowers of Mexico\" - playing at all theatres in London.","Theatre re-opened for a short season before managers return south, Mr. J.S. Brown, \"My Aunt\", \"My Young Wife\", Old Umbrella\", \"Artful Dodger\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, coolest theatre in the city, Mrs. Barrow, \"London Assurance\", \"Pleasant Neighbors\", \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" under direction of author Mr. John Brougham.","Colored persons admitted to gallery only - no free list, Mr. John Brougham, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Davenport, \"Po-Ca-Hon-Tas\" - music re-set by James G. Meader, instrumentalist Mr. John Holloway, \"Bachelor of Arts\", \"Dombey and Son\".","Heron Children, \"A Kiss on the Neck\"-or-\"Can Borders have Pie for Luncheon\", programme of scenery, \"Irish Lion\", \"Waterman\", Miss Mary Ann Heron, Miss Fanny Herron, \"Richard the Third\", children under 12 admitted half price.","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, \"Delicate Ground\", Mrs. Barrow, Jacob Barrow, Henry Wallack, orchestral performance, John Holloway, \"Honey Moon\", \"School for Scandal\", \"The Rivals\", \"Beatrice\".","Colored persons admitted to gallery only, Benefit for Mr. James Anderson, \"Civilization\", John Wilkins, Esq., \"Elder Brother\", Miss Fanny Morant, orchestral performance, Miss Davenport, G.K. Dickinson, \"Hotel Charges\", Notice: $25 reward for information about people throwing articles from gallery of theatre.","This series contains one broadside of performances at the Boston Academy of Music, 5 3/4\"x11 3/4\".","Italian opera \"Emani\", Sig. Muzio, new chandelier - largest in US or Europe - manufactured by Cornelius and Baker of Philadelphia, N.W. Turner and Co., Ms. Adelina Patti, \"Lucia Di Lammermoor\", grand orchestra and chorus, opera sheet music available for 25 cents, Sig. Amati Dubreul, Mme. Pauline Colson.","This series contains six broadsides of performances at St John's Dramatic Lyceum in Canada, Mechanic's Institute in New York, Wallack's Theatre in New York, Metropolitan Theatre in New York, Burton's in New York, and Lorimier Hall. Size of broadsides range from 7 1/2\"x16 1/2\" to 6 1/2\"x22 1/2\".","J.W. Longeran, \"Arrah-na-Pogue\"-or-\"The Wiclow Wedding\", Mr. Frank Roche, Shirley France, Miss Kennedy, the two back seats of the Dress Cirle are set apart for the exclusive use of colored people, ladies unaccompanied by gentlemen not admitted.","Three Nichts in Scotland, Mr. Kennedy - Scottish vocalist coming from performances in London, songs of Scotland, bagpipes, \"A crack wi' Jamie Hogg and Christopher North\", Ms. Kennedy.","\"Lavater\"-or-\"Not a Bad Judge\", \"500 (Pounds) reward\", \"How Stout you're Getting\", \"The Spitalfields Weaver\", \"A Lady in Difficulties\", \"Mrs. Johnston\"-or-\"What's in a Name?\", \"The Game of Love\".","Benefit of MLE Rachel, Mme. A. De La Grange, \"Le Depit Amoreux\", \"Joan of Arc\", French national hymn: \"La Marseillaise\", Rachel's plays and biographies on sale at Hall and Sons in New York, opera glasses lent on hire, \"Lady Tartuffe\", \"Adrienne Lecovreur\".","Mr. Burton, \"Serious Family\", \"Toodles\", \"Still Water Runs Deep\", \"Daughter of the Regiment\", \"John of Paris\", G. Jordan, Miss Kate Reignolds.","Mr. H. Van Liew, Mr. W.S. Forrest, \"Maid of Crissey\"-or-\"Conscripts of 1812\", \"Perfection\"-or the-\"Maid of Munster\", \"Irish Tutor\"-or the-\"New Lights\", desiring to make theatre worthy of public patronage.","This series contains four broadsides of performances at City Hall in Boston, Niblo's Garden in New York, and performances by the Kimball Dramatic Association at City Hall in Boston. Size of broadsides range from 5\"x8 1/3\" to 6 1/2\"x14\".","Exhibition of the Kimball Dramatic Association, \"Golden Farmer\", \"Swiss Cottage\", L.T. Gardner, W.C. Berry, J.H. Brown.","Last night of \"Little Wonders\", Benefit of Little Ellen, \"Richard 3d\", Ellen Batemean, Kate Bateman, \"Napoleon's Old Guard\", Mr. Bateman, \"The FOx and the Wolf\", strict order will be observed.","Grand Festival, Benefit of Mr. Vincent, Kate and Ellen Bateman - the infant wonders, Miss Lucy Western, Miss Helen Western, \"Lady of Munster\", \"Macbeth\", \"Bombastes Furioso\", \"Loan of a Lover\".","G.F. Bristow, \"Rip Van Winkle\", Pyne and Harrison Opera Co., orchestral performance, scenery synopsis, books for sale in Garden, 20 minute intermission for promenade."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. 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Additional accessions were added and arranged in the order they arrived in Special Collections Research Center.","Strom, Stephanie. \"Robert Breen, 80, Arts Executive And Theatrical Producer, Is Dead.\" Nytimes.com.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","Oliver, Myrna. \"Robert Breen; Initiated Cultural Exchanges.\" Articles.latimes.com.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","Riedel, Michael. \"This theater's chaotic history includes a Titanic survivor, the 'Tonight' show and porn.\" Nypost.com.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","ANTA West records (Collection 1965). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","Robert Breen, born December 26, 1909 in Hibbing, Minnesota, served as the Executive Secretary of the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) from 1946-1952, and was instrumental in much of the organization's success, both domestically and internationally. In addition to serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Breen had an extensive background in theater. Prior to joining ANTA, Breen founded a theater program at the College of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as well as established the Chicago unit for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project with his wife, Wilva Davis Breen. Wilva herself was instrumental in promoting and guiding ANTA's many and varied operations, and getting the organization off the ground. The Breens' apartment home - situated above the Hudson Theatre in New York City, NY - served as ANTA's early headquarters. Davis Breen served as Breen's constant support and collaborator until he passed away on March 31, 1990."," The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) was the United States' first national theater and dance organization, in the tradition of European national theaters. Originating in 1935 with a charter from the U.S. Congress, ANTA continued until 1966 when the National Endowment for the Arts came into being. ANTA was responsible for both the presentation of American theater in the U.S. and abroad."," Although officially formed in 1935, ANTA did not begin actual operation until 1946 due to a variety of factors, including the Great Depression and World War II. During the depression, federal funding was funnelled towards the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project, another national performing arts program. In addition to these setbacks, the ANTA board, comprised of prominent citizens and business leaders from outside the theater community, could not agree on the goals of ANTA. Eventually, Robert Breen and Robert Porterfield, two men with Army and theater backgrounds, took the reins of ANTA and initiated its revitalization. Porterfield and Breen developed ANTA's \"Foundation Plan,\" with the intention of having ANTA become the foundation for and driving force behind the stimulation of growth of American theater. The plan, successfully undertaken by Breen, Porterfield, and Breen's wife Wilva Davis Breen, called for a National Foundation to make loans and grants, insure theater projects against loss, as well as a National Service Bureau to provide technical assistance for acting companies, as well as a national clearing house for theater information. The plan was adopted by the ANTA Board in 1946."," Under the guidance of Breen, ANTA produced several projects in the U.S. with successful results during the postwar years. From 1946 - 1948, ANTA sponsored a series of plays called the Experimental Theatre. Its goal was to \"present new, interesting plays which would not see production on Broadway due to present high costs.\" Admittedly, the plays were \"not necessarily perfect\" but \"worthy of a trial production in a simplified fashion\" according to an ANTA letter offering subscription to the series, which included high profile playwrights and actors. During the late 1940s and early 1950s ANTA sponsored a number of drama festivals across the U.S., featuring well-known actors. ANTA also featured a televised production of short plays for NBC television. With the intention of promoting theater growth in the U.S. and showcasing new talent, ANTA produced, supported, and promoted theater projects all across the United States."," Internationally, ANTA promoted artistic exchange between the U.S. and Europe, and entertained American troops there. This was initiated with a 1949 tour of William Shakespeare's \"Hamlet\" throughout Europe, produced by and starring Breen in the titular role. This tour famously culminated in a performance at Elsinore Castle in Denmark - the actual setting of the play. Perhaps ANTA's, as well as Breen's, greatest success came with the international tour of George Gershwin's \"Porgy and Bess\" (produced with Blevins Davis), which toured from 1952-1956, visiting 89 cities and 29 countries. The opera's performance in the Soviet Union was considered the first cultural exchange post-World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. ANTA also sponsored the American National Ballet Theatre's tour of Europe in 1950, performing in eighteen cities and eight countries. The tour lasted from August to December of 1950 and played to an audience of over 150,000, and was the first international tour of any American ballet company."," ANTA also produced a number of Broadway plays and musicals out of the formerly named Guild Hall Theatre, renamed the ANTA Theatre in the 1960s and 1970s. ANTA West, which grew out of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of ANTA in 1957, promoted and facilitated the growth of theater in the Southern California region.","Part of the Robert and Wilva Breen papers was donated to The Ohio State University.","The Special Collections Research Center does not have the equipment necessary to play  obsolete audiovisual material found in the found in the Robert and Wilva Breen papers. Additional time and money may be required to digitize this material for access.","Processed by Special Collections Research Center Staff. EAD markup completed in February 2009 by Jordan Patty. Reprocessed by Amanda Brent from 2017-2018. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in December 2018.","Special Collections Research Center also holds the  , the  , the  , and many other "," The Ohio State University Libraries' Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute holds the "," The UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library holds the ","The Robert and Wilva Breen papers consists of correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, photographs, notebooks, and audiovisual materials largely related to the creation and running of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), as well as Robert and Wilva Breen's long-term involvement with the organization from 1944 through the 1950s. The collection also contains many photographs of theaters and theatrical performances from across the United States, including from Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters and shows, as well as numerous colleges, universities, high schools, and local children's theaters. The bulk of the collection originates from the 1940s - 2000s, with an outlier date of 1834 from an antique newspaper.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/).","The Robert and Wilva Breen papers consists of correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, photographs, notebooks, and audiovisual materials largely related to the creation and running of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), as well as Robert and Wilva Breen's long-term involvement with the organization. The bulk of the collection originates from 1933 - 2000s, with an outlier date of 1834 from an antique newspaper.","R2, C9, S3- C11, S7\nR3 C1 S1 - C2, S5\nOSR3, C4, S4\nMap Case 8.1-8.2, 9.1","George Mason University. Libraries. 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Additional accessions were added and arranged in the order they arrived in Special Collections Research Center."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eStrom, Stephanie. \"Robert Breen, 80, Arts Executive And Theatrical Producer, Is Dead.\" Nytimes.com. \u003cbibref\u003e\u003cextptr href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/02/obituaries/robert-breen-80-arts-executive-and-theatrical-producer-is-dead.html\" title=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/02/obituaries/robert-breen-80-arts-executive-and-theatrical-producer-is-dead.html\" show=\"new\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e (accessed December 12, 2018).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOliver, Myrna. \"Robert Breen; Initiated Cultural Exchanges.\" Articles.latimes.com. \u003cbibref\u003e\u003cextptr href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-05/news/mn-617_1_robert-breen\" title=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-05/news/mn-617_1_robert-breen\" show=\"new\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e (accessed December 12, 2018).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRiedel, Michael. \"This theater's chaotic history includes a Titanic survivor, the 'Tonight' show and porn.\" Nypost.com. \u003cbibref\u003e\u003cextptr href=\"https://nypost.com/2017/03/28/this-theaters-chaotic-history-includes-a-titanic-survivor-the-tonight-show-and-porn/\" title=\"https://nypost.com/2017/03/28/this-theaters-chaotic-history-includes-a-titanic-survivor-the-tonight-show-and-porn/\" show=\"new\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e (accessed December 12, 2018).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eANTA West records (Collection 1965). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. \u003cbibref\u003e\u003cextptr href=\"https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8fn1762/\" title=\"https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8fn1762/\" show=\"new\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e (accessed December 12, 2018).\u003c/p\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Strom, Stephanie. \"Robert Breen, 80, Arts Executive And Theatrical Producer, Is Dead.\" Nytimes.com.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","Oliver, Myrna. \"Robert Breen; Initiated Cultural Exchanges.\" Articles.latimes.com.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","Riedel, Michael. \"This theater's chaotic history includes a Titanic survivor, the 'Tonight' show and porn.\" Nypost.com.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","ANTA West records (Collection 1965). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.   (accessed December 12, 2018)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Breen, born December 26, 1909 in Hibbing, Minnesota, served as the Executive Secretary of the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) from 1946-1952, and was instrumental in much of the organization's success, both domestically and internationally. In addition to serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Breen had an extensive background in theater. Prior to joining ANTA, Breen founded a theater program at the College of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as well as established the Chicago unit for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project with his wife, Wilva Davis Breen. Wilva herself was instrumental in promoting and guiding ANTA's many and varied operations, and getting the organization off the ground. The Breens' apartment home - situated above the Hudson Theatre in New York City, NY - served as ANTA's early headquarters. Davis Breen served as Breen's constant support and collaborator until he passed away on March 31, 1990.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) was the United States' first national theater and dance organization, in the tradition of European national theaters. Originating in 1935 with a charter from the U.S. Congress, ANTA continued until 1966 when the National Endowment for the Arts came into being. ANTA was responsible for both the presentation of American theater in the U.S. and abroad.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Although officially formed in 1935, ANTA did not begin actual operation until 1946 due to a variety of factors, including the Great Depression and World War II. During the depression, federal funding was funnelled towards the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project, another national performing arts program. In addition to these setbacks, the ANTA board, comprised of prominent citizens and business leaders from outside the theater community, could not agree on the goals of ANTA. Eventually, Robert Breen and Robert Porterfield, two men with Army and theater backgrounds, took the reins of ANTA and initiated its revitalization. Porterfield and Breen developed ANTA's \"Foundation Plan,\" with the intention of having ANTA become the foundation for and driving force behind the stimulation of growth of American theater. The plan, successfully undertaken by Breen, Porterfield, and Breen's wife Wilva Davis Breen, called for a National Foundation to make loans and grants, insure theater projects against loss, as well as a National Service Bureau to provide technical assistance for acting companies, as well as a national clearing house for theater information. The plan was adopted by the ANTA Board in 1946.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Under the guidance of Breen, ANTA produced several projects in the U.S. with successful results during the postwar years. From 1946 - 1948, ANTA sponsored a series of plays called the Experimental Theatre. Its goal was to \"present new, interesting plays which would not see production on Broadway due to present high costs.\" Admittedly, the plays were \"not necessarily perfect\" but \"worthy of a trial production in a simplified fashion\" according to an ANTA letter offering subscription to the series, which included high profile playwrights and actors. During the late 1940s and early 1950s ANTA sponsored a number of drama festivals across the U.S., featuring well-known actors. ANTA also featured a televised production of short plays for NBC television. With the intention of promoting theater growth in the U.S. and showcasing new talent, ANTA produced, supported, and promoted theater projects all across the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Internationally, ANTA promoted artistic exchange between the U.S. and Europe, and entertained American troops there. This was initiated with a 1949 tour of William Shakespeare's \"Hamlet\" throughout Europe, produced by and starring Breen in the titular role. This tour famously culminated in a performance at Elsinore Castle in Denmark - the actual setting of the play. Perhaps ANTA's, as well as Breen's, greatest success came with the international tour of George Gershwin's \"Porgy and Bess\" (produced with Blevins Davis), which toured from 1952-1956, visiting 89 cities and 29 countries. The opera's performance in the Soviet Union was considered the first cultural exchange post-World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. ANTA also sponsored the American National Ballet Theatre's tour of Europe in 1950, performing in eighteen cities and eight countries. The tour lasted from August to December of 1950 and played to an audience of over 150,000, and was the first international tour of any American ballet company.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e ANTA also produced a number of Broadway plays and musicals out of the formerly named Guild Hall Theatre, renamed the ANTA Theatre in the 1960s and 1970s. ANTA West, which grew out of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of ANTA in 1957, promoted and facilitated the growth of theater in the Southern California region.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical and Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Breen, born December 26, 1909 in Hibbing, Minnesota, served as the Executive Secretary of the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) from 1946-1952, and was instrumental in much of the organization's success, both domestically and internationally. In addition to serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Breen had an extensive background in theater. Prior to joining ANTA, Breen founded a theater program at the College of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as well as established the Chicago unit for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project with his wife, Wilva Davis Breen. Wilva herself was instrumental in promoting and guiding ANTA's many and varied operations, and getting the organization off the ground. The Breens' apartment home - situated above the Hudson Theatre in New York City, NY - served as ANTA's early headquarters. Davis Breen served as Breen's constant support and collaborator until he passed away on March 31, 1990."," The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) was the United States' first national theater and dance organization, in the tradition of European national theaters. Originating in 1935 with a charter from the U.S. Congress, ANTA continued until 1966 when the National Endowment for the Arts came into being. ANTA was responsible for both the presentation of American theater in the U.S. and abroad."," Although officially formed in 1935, ANTA did not begin actual operation until 1946 due to a variety of factors, including the Great Depression and World War II. During the depression, federal funding was funnelled towards the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project, another national performing arts program. In addition to these setbacks, the ANTA board, comprised of prominent citizens and business leaders from outside the theater community, could not agree on the goals of ANTA. Eventually, Robert Breen and Robert Porterfield, two men with Army and theater backgrounds, took the reins of ANTA and initiated its revitalization. Porterfield and Breen developed ANTA's \"Foundation Plan,\" with the intention of having ANTA become the foundation for and driving force behind the stimulation of growth of American theater. The plan, successfully undertaken by Breen, Porterfield, and Breen's wife Wilva Davis Breen, called for a National Foundation to make loans and grants, insure theater projects against loss, as well as a National Service Bureau to provide technical assistance for acting companies, as well as a national clearing house for theater information. The plan was adopted by the ANTA Board in 1946."," Under the guidance of Breen, ANTA produced several projects in the U.S. with successful results during the postwar years. From 1946 - 1948, ANTA sponsored a series of plays called the Experimental Theatre. Its goal was to \"present new, interesting plays which would not see production on Broadway due to present high costs.\" Admittedly, the plays were \"not necessarily perfect\" but \"worthy of a trial production in a simplified fashion\" according to an ANTA letter offering subscription to the series, which included high profile playwrights and actors. During the late 1940s and early 1950s ANTA sponsored a number of drama festivals across the U.S., featuring well-known actors. ANTA also featured a televised production of short plays for NBC television. With the intention of promoting theater growth in the U.S. and showcasing new talent, ANTA produced, supported, and promoted theater projects all across the United States."," Internationally, ANTA promoted artistic exchange between the U.S. and Europe, and entertained American troops there. This was initiated with a 1949 tour of William Shakespeare's \"Hamlet\" throughout Europe, produced by and starring Breen in the titular role. This tour famously culminated in a performance at Elsinore Castle in Denmark - the actual setting of the play. Perhaps ANTA's, as well as Breen's, greatest success came with the international tour of George Gershwin's \"Porgy and Bess\" (produced with Blevins Davis), which toured from 1952-1956, visiting 89 cities and 29 countries. The opera's performance in the Soviet Union was considered the first cultural exchange post-World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. ANTA also sponsored the American National Ballet Theatre's tour of Europe in 1950, performing in eighteen cities and eight countries. The tour lasted from August to December of 1950 and played to an audience of over 150,000, and was the first international tour of any American ballet company."," ANTA also produced a number of Broadway plays and musicals out of the formerly named Guild Hall Theatre, renamed the ANTA Theatre in the 1960s and 1970s. 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The collection also contains many photographs of theaters and theatrical performances from across the United States, including from Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters and shows, as well as numerous colleges, universities, high schools, and local children's theaters. The bulk of the collection originates from the 1940s - 2000s, with an outlier date of 1834 from an antique newspaper.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Robert and Wilva Breen papers consists of correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, photographs, notebooks, and audiovisual materials largely related to the creation and running of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), as well as Robert and Wilva Breen's long-term involvement with the organization from 1944 through the 1950s. The collection also contains many photographs of theaters and theatrical performances from across the United States, including from Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters and shows, as well as numerous colleges, universities, high schools, and local children's theaters. 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In addition to serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Breen had an extensive background in theater. Prior to joining ANTA, Breen founded a theater program at the College of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as well as established the Chicago unit for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project with his wife, Wilva Davis Breen. Wilva herself was instrumental in promoting and guiding ANTA's many and varied operations, and getting the organization off the ground. The Breens' apartment home - situated above the Hudson Theatre in New York City, NY - served as ANTA's early headquarters. Davis Breen served as Breen's constant support and collaborator until he passed away on March 31, 1990."," The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) was the United States' first national theater and dance organization, in the tradition of European national theaters. Originating in 1935 with a charter from the U.S. Congress, ANTA continued until 1966 when the National Endowment for the Arts came into being. ANTA was responsible for both the presentation of American theater in the U.S. and abroad."," Although officially formed in 1935, ANTA did not begin actual operation until 1946 due to a variety of factors, including the Great Depression and World War II. During the depression, federal funding was funnelled towards the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project, another national performing arts program. In addition to these setbacks, the ANTA board, comprised of prominent citizens and business leaders from outside the theater community, could not agree on the goals of ANTA. Eventually, Robert Breen and Robert Porterfield, two men with Army and theater backgrounds, took the reins of ANTA and initiated its revitalization. Porterfield and Breen developed ANTA's \"Foundation Plan,\" with the intention of having ANTA become the foundation for and driving force behind the stimulation of growth of American theater. The plan, successfully undertaken by Breen, Porterfield, and Breen's wife Wilva Davis Breen, called for a National Foundation to make loans and grants, insure theater projects against loss, as well as a National Service Bureau to provide technical assistance for acting companies, as well as a national clearing house for theater information. The plan was adopted by the ANTA Board in 1946."," Under the guidance of Breen, ANTA produced several projects in the U.S. with successful results during the postwar years. From 1946 - 1948, ANTA sponsored a series of plays called the Experimental Theatre. Its goal was to \"present new, interesting plays which would not see production on Broadway due to present high costs.\" Admittedly, the plays were \"not necessarily perfect\" but \"worthy of a trial production in a simplified fashion\" according to an ANTA letter offering subscription to the series, which included high profile playwrights and actors. During the late 1940s and early 1950s ANTA sponsored a number of drama festivals across the U.S., featuring well-known actors. ANTA also featured a televised production of short plays for NBC television. With the intention of promoting theater growth in the U.S. and showcasing new talent, ANTA produced, supported, and promoted theater projects all across the United States."," Internationally, ANTA promoted artistic exchange between the U.S. and Europe, and entertained American troops there. This was initiated with a 1949 tour of William Shakespeare's \"Hamlet\" throughout Europe, produced by and starring Breen in the titular role. This tour famously culminated in a performance at Elsinore Castle in Denmark - the actual setting of the play. Perhaps ANTA's, as well as Breen's, greatest success came with the international tour of George Gershwin's \"Porgy and Bess\" (produced with Blevins Davis), which toured from 1952-1956, visiting 89 cities and 29 countries. The opera's performance in the Soviet Union was considered the first cultural exchange post-World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. ANTA also sponsored the American National Ballet Theatre's tour of Europe in 1950, performing in eighteen cities and eight countries. The tour lasted from August to December of 1950 and played to an audience of over 150,000, and was the first international tour of any American ballet company."," ANTA also produced a number of Broadway plays and musicals out of the formerly named Guild Hall Theatre, renamed the ANTA Theatre in the 1960s and 1970s. ANTA West, which grew out of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of ANTA in 1957, promoted and facilitated the growth of theater in the Southern California region.","Part of the Robert and Wilva Breen papers was donated to The Ohio State University.","The Special Collections Research Center does not have the equipment necessary to play  obsolete audiovisual material found in the found in the Robert and Wilva Breen papers. Additional time and money may be required to digitize this material for access.","Processed by Special Collections Research Center Staff. EAD markup completed in February 2009 by Jordan Patty. Reprocessed by Amanda Brent from 2017-2018. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in December 2018.","Special Collections Research Center also holds the  , the  , the  , and many other "," The Ohio State University Libraries' Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute holds the "," The UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library holds the ","The Robert and Wilva Breen papers consists of correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, photographs, notebooks, and audiovisual materials largely related to the creation and running of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), as well as Robert and Wilva Breen's long-term involvement with the organization from 1944 through the 1950s. The collection also contains many photographs of theaters and theatrical performances from across the United States, including from Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters and shows, as well as numerous colleges, universities, high schools, and local children's theaters. The bulk of the collection originates from the 1940s - 2000s, with an outlier date of 1834 from an antique newspaper.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/).","The Robert and Wilva Breen papers consists of correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, photographs, notebooks, and audiovisual materials largely related to the creation and running of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), as well as Robert and Wilva Breen's long-term involvement with the organization. The bulk of the collection originates from 1933 - 2000s, with an outlier date of 1834 from an antique newspaper.","R2, C9, S3- C11, S7\nR3 C1 S1 - C2, S5\nOSR3, C4, S4\nMap Case 8.1-8.2, 9.1","George Mason University. Libraries. 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Additional accessions were added and arranged in the order they arrived in Special Collections Research Center."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eStrom, Stephanie. \"Robert Breen, 80, Arts Executive And Theatrical Producer, Is Dead.\" Nytimes.com. \u003cbibref\u003e\u003cextptr href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/02/obituaries/robert-breen-80-arts-executive-and-theatrical-producer-is-dead.html\" title=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/02/obituaries/robert-breen-80-arts-executive-and-theatrical-producer-is-dead.html\" show=\"new\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e (accessed December 12, 2018).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOliver, Myrna. \"Robert Breen; Initiated Cultural Exchanges.\" Articles.latimes.com. \u003cbibref\u003e\u003cextptr href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-05/news/mn-617_1_robert-breen\" title=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-05/news/mn-617_1_robert-breen\" show=\"new\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e (accessed December 12, 2018).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRiedel, Michael. \"This theater's chaotic history includes a Titanic survivor, the 'Tonight' show and porn.\" Nypost.com. \u003cbibref\u003e\u003cextptr href=\"https://nypost.com/2017/03/28/this-theaters-chaotic-history-includes-a-titanic-survivor-the-tonight-show-and-porn/\" title=\"https://nypost.com/2017/03/28/this-theaters-chaotic-history-includes-a-titanic-survivor-the-tonight-show-and-porn/\" show=\"new\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e (accessed December 12, 2018).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eANTA West records (Collection 1965). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. \u003cbibref\u003e\u003cextptr href=\"https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8fn1762/\" title=\"https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8fn1762/\" show=\"new\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e (accessed December 12, 2018).\u003c/p\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Strom, Stephanie. \"Robert Breen, 80, Arts Executive And Theatrical Producer, Is Dead.\" Nytimes.com.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","Oliver, Myrna. \"Robert Breen; Initiated Cultural Exchanges.\" Articles.latimes.com.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","Riedel, Michael. \"This theater's chaotic history includes a Titanic survivor, the 'Tonight' show and porn.\" Nypost.com.   (accessed December 12, 2018).","ANTA West records (Collection 1965). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.   (accessed December 12, 2018)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Breen, born December 26, 1909 in Hibbing, Minnesota, served as the Executive Secretary of the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) from 1946-1952, and was instrumental in much of the organization's success, both domestically and internationally. In addition to serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Breen had an extensive background in theater. Prior to joining ANTA, Breen founded a theater program at the College of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as well as established the Chicago unit for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project with his wife, Wilva Davis Breen. Wilva herself was instrumental in promoting and guiding ANTA's many and varied operations, and getting the organization off the ground. The Breens' apartment home - situated above the Hudson Theatre in New York City, NY - served as ANTA's early headquarters. Davis Breen served as Breen's constant support and collaborator until he passed away on March 31, 1990.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) was the United States' first national theater and dance organization, in the tradition of European national theaters. Originating in 1935 with a charter from the U.S. Congress, ANTA continued until 1966 when the National Endowment for the Arts came into being. ANTA was responsible for both the presentation of American theater in the U.S. and abroad.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Although officially formed in 1935, ANTA did not begin actual operation until 1946 due to a variety of factors, including the Great Depression and World War II. During the depression, federal funding was funnelled towards the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project, another national performing arts program. In addition to these setbacks, the ANTA board, comprised of prominent citizens and business leaders from outside the theater community, could not agree on the goals of ANTA. Eventually, Robert Breen and Robert Porterfield, two men with Army and theater backgrounds, took the reins of ANTA and initiated its revitalization. Porterfield and Breen developed ANTA's \"Foundation Plan,\" with the intention of having ANTA become the foundation for and driving force behind the stimulation of growth of American theater. The plan, successfully undertaken by Breen, Porterfield, and Breen's wife Wilva Davis Breen, called for a National Foundation to make loans and grants, insure theater projects against loss, as well as a National Service Bureau to provide technical assistance for acting companies, as well as a national clearing house for theater information. The plan was adopted by the ANTA Board in 1946.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Under the guidance of Breen, ANTA produced several projects in the U.S. with successful results during the postwar years. From 1946 - 1948, ANTA sponsored a series of plays called the Experimental Theatre. Its goal was to \"present new, interesting plays which would not see production on Broadway due to present high costs.\" Admittedly, the plays were \"not necessarily perfect\" but \"worthy of a trial production in a simplified fashion\" according to an ANTA letter offering subscription to the series, which included high profile playwrights and actors. During the late 1940s and early 1950s ANTA sponsored a number of drama festivals across the U.S., featuring well-known actors. ANTA also featured a televised production of short plays for NBC television. With the intention of promoting theater growth in the U.S. and showcasing new talent, ANTA produced, supported, and promoted theater projects all across the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Internationally, ANTA promoted artistic exchange between the U.S. and Europe, and entertained American troops there. This was initiated with a 1949 tour of William Shakespeare's \"Hamlet\" throughout Europe, produced by and starring Breen in the titular role. This tour famously culminated in a performance at Elsinore Castle in Denmark - the actual setting of the play. Perhaps ANTA's, as well as Breen's, greatest success came with the international tour of George Gershwin's \"Porgy and Bess\" (produced with Blevins Davis), which toured from 1952-1956, visiting 89 cities and 29 countries. The opera's performance in the Soviet Union was considered the first cultural exchange post-World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. ANTA also sponsored the American National Ballet Theatre's tour of Europe in 1950, performing in eighteen cities and eight countries. The tour lasted from August to December of 1950 and played to an audience of over 150,000, and was the first international tour of any American ballet company.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e ANTA also produced a number of Broadway plays and musicals out of the formerly named Guild Hall Theatre, renamed the ANTA Theatre in the 1960s and 1970s. ANTA West, which grew out of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of ANTA in 1957, promoted and facilitated the growth of theater in the Southern California region.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical and Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Breen, born December 26, 1909 in Hibbing, Minnesota, served as the Executive Secretary of the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) from 1946-1952, and was instrumental in much of the organization's success, both domestically and internationally. In addition to serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Breen had an extensive background in theater. Prior to joining ANTA, Breen founded a theater program at the College of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as well as established the Chicago unit for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project with his wife, Wilva Davis Breen. Wilva herself was instrumental in promoting and guiding ANTA's many and varied operations, and getting the organization off the ground. The Breens' apartment home - situated above the Hudson Theatre in New York City, NY - served as ANTA's early headquarters. Davis Breen served as Breen's constant support and collaborator until he passed away on March 31, 1990."," The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) was the United States' first national theater and dance organization, in the tradition of European national theaters. Originating in 1935 with a charter from the U.S. Congress, ANTA continued until 1966 when the National Endowment for the Arts came into being. ANTA was responsible for both the presentation of American theater in the U.S. and abroad."," Although officially formed in 1935, ANTA did not begin actual operation until 1946 due to a variety of factors, including the Great Depression and World War II. During the depression, federal funding was funnelled towards the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project, another national performing arts program. In addition to these setbacks, the ANTA board, comprised of prominent citizens and business leaders from outside the theater community, could not agree on the goals of ANTA. Eventually, Robert Breen and Robert Porterfield, two men with Army and theater backgrounds, took the reins of ANTA and initiated its revitalization. Porterfield and Breen developed ANTA's \"Foundation Plan,\" with the intention of having ANTA become the foundation for and driving force behind the stimulation of growth of American theater. The plan, successfully undertaken by Breen, Porterfield, and Breen's wife Wilva Davis Breen, called for a National Foundation to make loans and grants, insure theater projects against loss, as well as a National Service Bureau to provide technical assistance for acting companies, as well as a national clearing house for theater information. The plan was adopted by the ANTA Board in 1946."," Under the guidance of Breen, ANTA produced several projects in the U.S. with successful results during the postwar years. From 1946 - 1948, ANTA sponsored a series of plays called the Experimental Theatre. Its goal was to \"present new, interesting plays which would not see production on Broadway due to present high costs.\" Admittedly, the plays were \"not necessarily perfect\" but \"worthy of a trial production in a simplified fashion\" according to an ANTA letter offering subscription to the series, which included high profile playwrights and actors. During the late 1940s and early 1950s ANTA sponsored a number of drama festivals across the U.S., featuring well-known actors. ANTA also featured a televised production of short plays for NBC television. With the intention of promoting theater growth in the U.S. and showcasing new talent, ANTA produced, supported, and promoted theater projects all across the United States."," Internationally, ANTA promoted artistic exchange between the U.S. and Europe, and entertained American troops there. This was initiated with a 1949 tour of William Shakespeare's \"Hamlet\" throughout Europe, produced by and starring Breen in the titular role. This tour famously culminated in a performance at Elsinore Castle in Denmark - the actual setting of the play. Perhaps ANTA's, as well as Breen's, greatest success came with the international tour of George Gershwin's \"Porgy and Bess\" (produced with Blevins Davis), which toured from 1952-1956, visiting 89 cities and 29 countries. The opera's performance in the Soviet Union was considered the first cultural exchange post-World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. ANTA also sponsored the American National Ballet Theatre's tour of Europe in 1950, performing in eighteen cities and eight countries. The tour lasted from August to December of 1950 and played to an audience of over 150,000, and was the first international tour of any American ballet company."," ANTA also produced a number of Broadway plays and musicals out of the formerly named Guild Hall Theatre, renamed the ANTA Theatre in the 1960s and 1970s. 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The collection also contains many photographs of theaters and theatrical performances from across the United States, including from Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters and shows, as well as numerous colleges, universities, high schools, and local children's theaters. The bulk of the collection originates from the 1940s - 2000s, with an outlier date of 1834 from an antique newspaper.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Robert and Wilva Breen papers consists of correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, photographs, notebooks, and audiovisual materials largely related to the creation and running of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), as well as Robert and Wilva Breen's long-term involvement with the organization from 1944 through the 1950s. The collection also contains many photographs of theaters and theatrical performances from across the United States, including from Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters and shows, as well as numerous colleges, universities, high schools, and local children's theaters. 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