Wooden pipe : (Used by Edwin Booth as Hamlet)

Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author)

Contributor:

Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 (actor)

Date:

1800s

Identifier:

(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_aha500_2_a

Subject:

Theatrical Paraphernalia; Hamlet (character)

Resource Type:

Physical Object

Form/Genre:

artifacts (object genre)

Physical Description:

31.5 x 8.0 cm.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Play: Hamlet; 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.; Identifying tag attached. Freestanding with solid circular base. Mouthpiece disattached.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, A/Ha500.2 A, Box

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)