Log : From Shakespeare's mulberry tree.

Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author)

Contributor:

Garrick, David, 1717-1779 (actor); Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (former owner)

Identifier:

(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_ash200_13_a

Resource Type:

Physical Object

Form/Genre:

artifacts (object genre)

Physical Description:

40.0 x 20.0 cm.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Plays: Midsummer Night's Dream, A; Coriolanus; Caption reads: "planted by Shakespeare with his own hands, probably in 1609, at New Place . . . It was the first mulberry tree ever planted in Stratford. This log was once the property of David Garrick." Includes quotations from plays mentioning mulberry.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, A/Sh200.13 A, Box

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)