Box MS.2021.032
Contains 75 Results:
Phil Cohen Collection on Oscar Wilde Performance History
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.
Program for the initial production of Lady Windermere's Fan (Deluxe Issue), 1892
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."
Program for the initial production of Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892
Regular issue includes large brown text reading "St. Jame's Theatre" with the text "Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. George Alexander" underneath.
Program for A Woman of No Importance (Deluxe Issue), 1893
Deluxe issue includes elaborate pictorial representation of "Theatre Royal Haymarket." Lower text reads "Lessee and Manager Mr. Herbert Beerbohm Tree."
Program for a Woman of No Importance, 1893
Regular issue reads: "Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Herbert Beerbohm Tree" and includes play's title and Wilde's name.
Program for The Poet and the Puppets, 1892
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.
Program for the first production of An Ideal Husband, 1895
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.
Program for Mr. & Mrs. Daventry, 1900-01
Souvenir copy for the 100th performance of "Mr. & Mrs. Daventry" at the Royalty Theatre. Wilde's name omitted from the program.
Lou-Tellegen, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1913
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.
Alexander, George. Cabinet portrait photograph, 1890
Langfier, Glasgow.