The merchant of Florence : a play in five acts, New York, 1834

Name:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939-; Kaplan, Deanne; Noah, M. M. (Mordecai Manuel), 1785-1851

Timespan:

19th century

Date:

1834

Description:

A ruled volume comprising the handwritten play The merchant of Florence performed at the Bowery Theatre in New York in 1834. The play is a tragedy as indicated on the title page in pencil. The play was written by an unknown author presumably a literati from New York. Following the title is written: by the author of the Venetian bride* , The mountain man ... copyright secured. The note for the asterisk is in pencil at the bottom of the title page reads: written expressly for and performed at the benefit of W. G. [J]ones of the Bowery Theatre. The text of the play is written in black and the characters and stage directions are written in red ink. Laid in the volume is a critique of The merchant of Florence written by Jewish-American playwright, diplomat, and journalist Mordecai Manuel Noah dated October 22, 1834. The review of the play considered dialogue, language, and stage craft. A small portion of the title page is torn.

Identifier:

2006.12.26.02968; UPENNLIB_9977558535603681; {38B87D0B-3E25-4269-AA4B-174310CC20C4}

Language:

English

Provenance:

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify accession no. 2006.12.26.02968).; Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- donor.; Kaplan, Deanne, donor.

Subject:

Theaters

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); Tragedies (Drama); Theater reviews; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 volume + 1 leaf

Geographic Subject:

New York (State) -- New York

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, MS 56, Codex 027.1

Collection:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)