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Box MS.2021.032

 Container

Contains 75 Results:

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

Brough, Fanny Whiteside. Postcard Photo, undated

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Unfilled postcard with caption, "Miss Fanny Brough at Home."

Dates: undated

Brough, Fanny Whiteside. Autograph Letter Signed, undated

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Letter to "Miss Gardiner" requesting a photographic portrait of "Miss Fanny Brough at Home." Dated February 2nd with no year.

Dates: undated

Campbell, Mrs. Patrick. Cabinet portrait photograph, 1895

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Inscription reads, "Yours truly, Beatrice Stella Campbell." Caption reads, "Mrs. Patrick Campbell as "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith"" from 1895 production at the Garrick. Depicts Campbell seated at knees, sewing, in the role of Mrs. Ebbsmith.

Dates: 1895

Elliott, Gertrude. Large cabinet portrait photograph, 1895

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Inscription reads, "Yours truly, Gertrude Elliott." Depicts Elliott mid-career, eyes slightly downcast and lips barely parted. J. Caswell Smith, Gainsborough Studio, London.

Dates: 1895

Goodwin, Nat. Cabinet portrait photograph, undated

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Depicts Goodwin standing to below the waist, in formal attire, of the American actor. Addressed Haymarket Theatre, Chicago. Morrison.

Dates: undated

Hanbury, Lily. Cabinet portrait photograph, undated

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Inscription reads, "Faithfully yours, Lily Hanbury." Depicts English actress, standing to the knees. Caption reads, "Miss Lily Hanbury." Window & Grove, London.

Dates: undated

Hanbury, Lily. Cabinet portrait photograph, undated

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Caption reads, "Miss Lily Hanbury in "Julius Caesar"." Depicts Hanbury to below the knees as the character of Calpurnia.

Dates: undated

Loftus, Cecilia "Cissie." Cabinet portrait photograph, undated

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Caption reads, "Miss Cissie Loftus." Depicts Loftus standing, to the knees, in her late twenties. Alfred Ellis, London

Dates: undated

Loftus, Cecilia "Cissie." Postcard portrait photograph, undated

 File — Box: MS.2021.032, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Caption reads, "Miss Cecila Loftus."Depicts Loftus, full-length in period costume, seated by a spinning wheel. Window & Grove, London.

Dates: undated