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Box MS.2021.032

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Phil Cohen Collection on Oscar Wilde Performance History

 Collection — Box: MS.2021.032
Identifier: MS.2021.032
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a mixture of ephemera from theatrical productions, relating to the works of Oscar Wilde and photographs of actors associated with contemporary productions of Wilde's plays. The MS.2021.032 box also includes a provisional catalog from sellers describing contents' relation to Oscar Wilde.

Dates: 1887-1913

Program for the initial production of Lady Windermere's Fan (Deluxe Issue), 1892

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Deluxe issue includes full color illustration of Beefeater on recto of front panel, under "St. Jame's Theatre." Bottom text reads "Sole Lessee & Manger Mr. George Alexander" and "Copyright Eyre & Spottiswoode Lith."

Dates: 1892

Program for the initial production of Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Regular issue includes large brown text reading "St. Jame's Theatre" with the text "Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. George Alexander" underneath.

Dates: 1892

Program for A Woman of No Importance (Deluxe Issue), 1893

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Deluxe issue includes elaborate pictorial representation of "Theatre Royal Haymarket." Lower text reads "Lessee and Manager Mr. Herbert Beerbohm Tree."

Dates: 1893

Program for a Woman of No Importance, 1893

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Regular issue reads: "Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Herbert Beerbohm Tree" and includes play's title and Wilde's name.

Dates: 1893

Program for The Poet and the Puppets, 1892

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Program for The Comedy Theatre joint production of "The Grey Mare, A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts" by George R. Sims and Cecil Raleigh and parody play of Lady Windermere's Fan, entitled "The Poet and the Puppets" by Charles Brookfield with music by J.M. Glover.

Dates: 1892

Program for the first production of An Ideal Husband, 1895

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Matinee issue reads: "Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Sole Lessee - Mr. Tree. Managers - Mr. Lewis Waller & Mr. H.H. Morell." and includes play's title and Wilde's name.

Dates: 1895

Program for Mr. & Mrs. Daventry, 1900-01

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Souvenir copy for the 100th performance of "Mr. & Mrs. Daventry" at the Royalty Theatre. Wilde's name omitted from the program.

Dates: 1900-01

Lou-Tellegen, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1913

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Vaudeville Theatre production of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, dramatised by G[race] Constant Lounsbery. Photo of producer and star, Lou-Tellegen, on front panel recto.

Dates: 1913