(Purse made from Modjeska's costume) : (The costume is supposedly the one Modjeska wore while playing Ophelia to Booth's Hamlet)

Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author)

Contributor:

Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909 (actor)

Name:

Booth, Mary, 1848-1881

Date:

1800s

Identifier:

(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_amo200_1_a

Subject:

Theatrical Paraphernalia; Hamlet (character); Ophelia (Hamlet) (character)

Resource Type:

Physical Object

Form/Genre:

artifacts (object genre)

Physical Description:

36.5 x 30.5 cm.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Play: Hamlet; Notes about Mary McVicker Booth: Actress and second wife of gifted American actor, Edwin Booth.; Purse is framed behind glass. It is white taffeta-type material with rope draw strings.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, A/Mo200.1 A, Box

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)