Mr. James E. Murdoch as Faulconbridge : I'll smoke your skin-coat, an I catch you right: Sirrah, look to't; I'faith, I will, I'faith.

Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author)

Contributor:

Johnson Fry & Company, (New York, United States) (publisher); Murdoch, James Edward (1811-1893) (actor)

Date:

1859

Description:

Play in Progress

Identifier:

(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_pmu450_1_ml

Subject:

Performance; Theater Biography; Faulconbridge (Philip the Bastard) (King John) (character); Constance (character); King John (King John) (character); Queen Elinor (King John) (character); King Philip (King John) (character); Blanch (King John) (character)

Resource Type:

Image

Form/Genre:

engravings (prints)

Physical Description:

37.5 x 28.5 cm.

Geographic Subject:

United States -- New York -- New York

Rights:

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

Notes:

Play: King John; Notes about James Edward Murdoch: Born in Philadelphia, Murdoch began his career at the Arch Street Theatre in 1829. Performed comic and tragic roles and played at a number of theatres throughout the United States as well as in England. Murdoch also gave lectures on "The Uses and Abuses of the Stage.".; Anon.; Two copies. Entered according to act of Congress, AD. 1859, by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of New York. Information regarding painter and engraver is derived from Lillian Hall's "Catalogue of Engraved Dramatic Portraits in the Theatre Collection of the Harvard College Library (Harvard Univ. Press, 1931--34).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Mu450.1 ML, Large Box

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)