Souvenirs of the Theatre - MSS 792.09421 S729

Souvenir given At which Name of Play, etc. & for which London Date of Principal What form does the Souvenir No. Author Performance Theatre Souvenir/Performance Actor/Actress take? Other Notes Shakespeare's Plays 1 Much Ado About Nothing Not Stated St. James 1898 ? Oldest Souvenir 2 King John 60th Consecutive Her Majesty's 13/11/1899 H. Beerbohm Tree Photos of Performance 3 Midsummer Night's 120 ? And 3rd Dream Anniversary of Opening Her Majesty's 28/04/1900 "" "" 4 Henry V Lewis Waller?, Lily 50th Performance Lyceum 20/02/1901 Hanbury 11 Photographs 5 Twelfth Night 50th Performance Her Majesty's 20/03/1901 H. B. Tree 6 Othello J. Forbes- Robertson.,Gertur Not Stated Lyric 15/12/1902 de Elliot Play and pictures of performance 7 King Richard II H.B. Tree, Oscar Scroll, in colour of all the performers 50th Performance His Majesty's 28/10/1903 Asche and copy of ? 8 The Tempest J.H. Leigh, Mrs. 50th Performance Royal Court 5/12/1903 J.H. Leigh Photos of personae and story 9 The Tempest Acting Edition for 50th Performance? His Majesty's 1904 H.B. Tree Play and photos 10 Hamlet H.B. Irving, Oscar Asche, Mrs. Tree, 4 very large photos (spoilt at edge of Stored in Map Not Stated Adelphi 23/05/1905 Lily Brayton mounting) - In map cabinet Cabinet 11 The Merchant of Venice Violet Vanbrugh, Pictures of personae and 100th Performance Garrick 11/10/1905 Arthur Bourchier Commentary 12 As You Like It Oscar Asche, Lily Leather bound book of play and 2 Autumn Season His Majesty's 7/10/1907 Brayton upper circle tickets 13 Romeo and Juliet Photos etc. and programme of 50th Matheson Lang, Performance and programme of 1st 50th Performance Lyceum 27/04/1908 Nora Kerin performance 14 March 1----? 14 Antony & Cleopatra H. Beerbohm Tree, 50th Performance His Majesty's 8/02/1907 Constance Collier Book of Plays and pictures 15 Hamlet H. B. Irving, Not Stated Shaftsbury 8/02/1909 Dorotea Baird Book of play 16 The taming of the shrew Oscar Asche, Lily Not Stated Adelphi ? Brayton Photos of personae Shakespeare - not souvenirs 17 2 Large Coloured Photographs of William Shakespeare's House and Ann Hathway's Cottage Not dated >1909 18 A folder of 8 photograph prints (black and white) of Stratford-on-Avon, with explanations Not dated >1909 Other 19 The Musketeers (founded on Dumas' tale) H.B. Tree, Mrs. Opening Her Majesty's 1/02/1899 Tree Pictures of personae and tableaux 20 The Prisoner of the Bastille (from Dumas' Matheson Lang, 1. Pictures of 50th performance, 2. book) 50th Performance Lyceum 29/06/1909 Dorothy Thomas programme of 1st performance 21 Oliver Twist by Dickens H.B. Tree, Re-opening of His Majesty's 12/10/1905 Constance Collier Pictures and programme 22 The Only Way (from Dickens' "Tale of Two a couple of big photos and Cities" programmes of the 100th performance, a programme of the 8th Anniversary + eighth anniversary on 16/02/1906 - 1,000th Kensington, Martin Harvey, first produced on 16/02/1899 at performance Adelph 16/02/1906, 29/06/1907 Miss. N. de Silva Lyceum. Lyceum Label 23 The Scarlet Pimpernel Julia Neilson, Fred (from Orosy's book) 100th Performance New Theatre 3/04/1905 Terry Story and pictures 24 Robesfierre Henry Irving, Ellen - Lyceum April 1899 Terry Programme 25 My Lady Molly (music Sidney Jones) Sybil Arundale and 200th Performance Terry's 1902 Decima Moore 1. Full musical score 2. programme 26 Blue-Bell (music S. Hicke) Seymour Hicks, Full musical score. Programme. 2 250th Performance Vaudeville 1902 Ellaline Terriss loose photographs with score 27 A Chinese Honeymoon Marie Dainton, (by George Dance) 700th Performance Strand 16/06/1903 Lionel Rignold Full Musical Score 28 Amsis (by P.M. Faraday) 158th Performance New Theatre 9/08/1906 Ruth Vincent Full Musical score 29 Lady Tatters (by Wm. Slaughter) Presentation copy New Shaftsbury 1/05/1907 Claudia Lasell Full musical score 30 Butterflies (by Wm. J. Locke) 200th Performance Apollo 29/10/1908 Ada Reeve Full musical score 31 The Dairymaids (by R. 1250th Courtneidge) Performance Queens First perf. April 1906 Phyllis Dare Story, lyrics, pictures 32 Peter's mother Transferring from A.E. Matthews, Complete book; story by Mrs. Henry Wyndham to Apollo Apollo 13/12/1906 Marion Terry De La Pasture 33 Idols 100th Performance Garrick 31/11/1908 Evelyn Millard Complete book; story by W. J. Locke 34 Dolly Reforming Herself Complete play; by Henry Arthur 100th Performance Royal, Haymarket 30/01/1909 Ethel Irving Jones 35 Herod (by Stephen H.B. Tree, Maud Phillips) 50th Performance Her Majesty's 19/12/1900 Jeffried Photos of personae and programme 36 A Country Girl - Daly's 1902 George Edwards Works of lyrics, price 6d 37 The George Alexander Birthday Book 200th Performance Birthday book with quotations from of "If I were King" St. James 26/02/1903 George Alexander plays he produced 38 Ulysses (by Stephen Programme of opening night and Phillips) - Her Majesty's February, 1902 H. Beerbohm Tree story of play 39 Cousin Kate Cyril Maude, Eillis - Royal 19/06/1903 Jeffreys Pictures and programme, price 6d 40 The Cardinal (by Louis N. E.S. Willard, Helen Parker) 100th Performance St. James 1/12/1903 Ferrers Pictures and programme 41 The Darling of the Gods (by David Belasco) H. Berrhohm Tree, Cast, story and beautiful coloured 100th Performance His Majesty's 23/03/1904 Lena Ashwell scenes in panorama 42 Sunday (by Thomas Julia Neilson, Fred Photos of personae and scenes from Raceward) 100th Performance Comedy 27/06/1904 Terry the play 43 Beauty and the Barge (by Louis N. parker) - New Theatre 17/09/1904 Cyril Maurde Programs only 44 The White Cat Harry Randall, Xmas pantomine Drury Lane 1904/05 Marie George Full play 45 When Knighthood was in Flower (by Paul Kester) E.H. Sothern, Julia - Waldorf May, 1905 Marlowe Programme Only 46 What the Butler Saw (by F. Mouillot) 100th Performance Savoy 31/10/1905 Mrs. Bouillot? Pictures from play 47 Ellaline Terriss Birthday Book + Programme of Birthday book; with photos, scenes "Blue-Bell" Ellaline Terriss, and quotation from plays in which For opening of Adldwych 23/12/1905 Seymour Hicks they had both acted 48 Captain Drew on leave (by Hubert H. Davies) 100th Performance Wyndham's 29/01/1906 Charles Wyndham Pictures and scenes 49 Nero (by Stephen Phillips) H.B. Tree, 50th Performance His Majesty's 9/03/1906 Dorothea Baird Pictures and programmes 50 Cyril Maude Souvenir for Pictures of personae and opening Opening of The playhouse 28/01/1907 various people night programme. Listing 3 plays 51 "Tom Jones" opera (by Book on life of Henry Fielding, to Henry Fielding) Apollo April, 1907 mark 200 years since his birth 52 A Woman of No Importance (by Oscar H. Beerbohm Tree, Programme only, opening night. 2 Wilde) - His Majesty's 22/05/1907 Marion Terry copies. 53 Hoo's Hoo at the Hook! G.P. Huntley, Elsie (by Paul A. Rubens) 300th Performance Prince of Wales 23/11/1907 Spain Photos and humerous rhymes 54 Miss Hook of Holland (by G.P. Huntley, Elsie Paul A Rubens) 1st Anniversary Prince of Wales 31/01/1908 Spain Photos + A small pair of dutch clogs 55 Irene Wycherley (by Lena Ashwell, 12 scenes from the pay + Ms. Letter Anthony P. Wharton) 122nd Performance Kingsway 24/01/1908 Dennis Eadie from Miss Lena Ashwell 56 When Knights were Bold (by Charles Marlowe) Probably Prince of Walesas Frank Buzon had that theatre by March James Welch, 1st Anniversary 1909 29/01/1908 Audrey Ford Pictures of personae + programme 57 The Merry Widow (by Frank Lehar) Lily Elsie, Joseph Book of complete words of operatta, 1st Anniversary Daly's 8/06/1908 Coyne pictures and programme 58 Lady Frederick (by Somerset Maughan) 415th Performance and Anniversary Performance Royal 26/10/1908 Ethel Irving Programme with sketches 59 Pete (from Hall Caine's Matheson Land, Scenes from play, and programme of "The Mansman") 50th Performance Lyceum 30/10/1908 Hutin Britten 1st performance 60 The Lyons Mail (by Charle H.B. Irving, Reade) 102nd Performance Shaftesbury 18/01/1909 Dorothea Baird Story and pictures of play 61 Diana of Dobsons Lena Ashwell, Souvenir, but? Kingsway 1/02/1909 Dennis Eadie Scenens from the play 62 King of Cadonia (by Huntley Wright, Frederick Lonsdale) 200th Performance Prince of Wales 19/03/1909 Isabel Jay Pictures of personae 63 Mr. Preedy & the Countess (by R.C. Carton) Humourus - "some scenes out of the 200th Performance Criterion 22/10/1909 ? play" 64 The Merry Peasant (by Stuart Alexander, Victor Leon) 50th Performance Strand ? Pearl Ladd Story and photos of play 65 A White Man (by Edwin Lewis Waller, Nora M. Royle) Souvenir? ? ? Lancaster Photos of personae 66 Ben-Hur Scenes of the play - really good. Theatre Royal, In England - Production by Lew Wallace. Souvenir Souvenir Album Drury Lane 3/04/1902 Players unknown produced in America 67 The Gay Gordons (by Betty Hicks) Aldwych, and on Ellaline Terriss, Scenes of plays in which these two - A Comic Souvenir Tour about 1909 Seymour Hicks parents of Betty Hicks acted. 68 "Keepsake" of Mrs. Lewis Waller - photographs of her in parts she has played 69 Souvenir of the visit of H. Beetbohn Tree and His Majesty's Theatre Company to Berlin, April 1907; including programmes presented 70 The "Arthurian Annual", being "Pen and Pictorial Peeps of Pantomimes, Players and Playhouses", both in London and all over England, in the Xmas Sseason, 1908/09. p, City Arcade, Victoria Square, price 1/- net, 71 Parts I have Played from 1889 -1909, being photographs and biographical sketches of Mr. H. B. Irving and Miss Dorothea Baird. Well Presented. Pt 4 (November 1909) 72 Hackney Carnival 73 "" In 'MSS Map Cabinet 10 Hamlet H.B. Irving, Oscar Asche, Mrs. Tree, 4 very large photos (spoilt at edge of Stored in Map Not Stated Adelphi 23/05/1905 Lily Brayton mounting) - In map cabinet Cabinet 74 Scrap Album 75 Wooden Fan 76 Bone or Ivory Fan 77-78 2 shawls, 1 with silver thread 79 Cape worn at the Theatre by Mrs. Pritchard's Mother 80-81 2 Palm leaf fans