My hundred Hamlets by George C. Warren.

Creator:

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) (author)

Contributor:

Macready, William Charles (1793-1873) (actor); Couldock, Charles Walter (1815-1898) (actor); Belmont, Eleanor Robson (1879-1979) (actor); Kean, Charles, Mrs. (1805-1880) (actor); Terry, Ellen, Dame (1847-1928) (actor); Marlowe, Julia (1865-1950) (actor); Anderson, Mary (1859-1940) (actor); Adams, Maude (1872-1953) (actor); Young, Charles Mayne (1777-1856) (actor); Benson, F. R. (actor); Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir (1853-1917) (actor); Warren, George C (actor); Leiber, Fritz (1882-1949) (actor); Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823) (actor); Irving, Henry, Sir (1838-1905) (actor); Garrick, David (1717-1779) (actor); Forrest, Edwin (1806-1872) (actor); Fechter, Charles Albert (1824-1879) (actor); Davenport, Edward Loomis (1815-1877) (actor); Booth, Edwin Thomas (1833-1893) (actor); Kean, Edmund (1787-1833) (actor)

Description:

Portraits

Provenance:

Gift of Frank McGlinn

Resource Type:

Image

Form/Genre:

photomechanical prints

Physical Description:

21.5 x 15.5 cm.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Play: Hamlet; Notes about Ellen Terry: Performed with Henry Irving from 1878 to 1902 and made several U.S. tours beginning in 1883.; Notes about Julia Marlowe: Born in England, Marlowe came to America in 1870 and became a star when she appeared as Juliet in New York in 1887. Edward H. Sothern and Marlowe began a collaboration in Romeo and Juliet at the Illinois Theatre, Chicago, 1904, and eventually married. They played together as Beatrice and Benedick, Ophelia and Hamlet, Katherine and Petruchio, Viola and Malvolio, Portia and Shylock, and the Macbeths. Both were good friends of Horace Howard Furness.; Notes about Mary Anderson: Late 19th century Shakespearean actress; performed transatlantically.; Notes about Henry Irving: Acted with Ellen Terry from 1878 to 1902. Two of Irving's most successful roles were Shakespeare's Hamlet and Mathias in the Lewis-Chatrian play The Bells.; Notes about Edwin Forrest: American tragic actor, born in Philadelphia, made his New York debut in Othello in 1826. He developed a violent rivalry with the English tragic actor, Macready.; Notes about Charles Albert Fechter: Anglo-French actor; achieved prominence first in France and England; then made successful debut in New York City; famous for his portrayal of Hamlet; also an accomplished sculptor.; Notes about Edward Loomis Davenport: Celebrated American Shakespearean actor.; Notes about Edwin Thomas Booth: A successful American tragic actor. Son of the actor Junius Brutus Booth and brother of the infamous John Wilkes Booth. Booth performed as Sir Giles Overreach in 1857 and acted Hamlet during the 1864-65 season for one hundred nights. Other successful Shakespearean roles included Othello, Romeo, and Macbeth. Booth arranged for the publication of acting editions of fifteen plays.; MS pencil note on front: "A few from" My hundred Hamlets [clipping of type]. Text of article and reproduced portraits of actors pasted to pages with decorative borders.

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)