http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4g5004r9 No online items INVENTORY OF THE PLAYSCRIPTS COLLECTION Processed by Levi Damon Phillips; machine-readable finding aid created by Jim Sylva Department of Special Collections General Library University of California at Davis Davis, CA 95616-5292 Phone: (530) 752-1621 Fax: (530) 754-5758 Email: [email protected] © 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. INVENTORY OF THE PLAYSCRIPTS P-200 1 COLLECTION INVENTORY OF THE SCRIPTS COLLECTION Collection number: P-200 Department of Special Collections General Library University of California, Davis Davis, California Contact Information Department of Special Collections General Library University of California at Davis Davis, CA 95616-5292 Phone: (530) 752-1621 Fax: (530) 754-5758 Email: [email protected] Processed by: Levi Damon Phillips Date Completed: October 1993 Encoded by: Jim Sylva © 1993 Descriptive Summary Title: THE PLAYSCRIPTS COLLECTION Date (inclusive): 19th and early 20th centuries Collection number: P-200 Origination: Extent: 26 linear feet in 26 boxes Repository: University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections. Davis, California Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Department. Language: English. Provenance The Scripts Collection was created over more than twenty years through purchases from book dealers. The Department of Special Collections continues to add to this "open" collection. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights The library can only claim physical ownership of the Scripts Collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property. Preferred Citation [Identification of item] THE PLAYSCRIPTS COLLECTION, P-200, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis. Scope and Content INVENTORY OF THE PLAYSCRIPTS P-200 2 COLLECTION The Scripts Collection of the Department of Special Collections consists primarily of 19th and early 20th century American and British acting editions. Various genres are included-comedies, Ethiopian sketches, farces, melodramas, musical comedies, pantomimes, and tragedies, among others. The bulk of these items are in their original wrappers representing editions of many publishers including Baker, DeWitt, Dicks, French, Lacy, Lea, Penn, and Spencer. In addition, there are some 20th century anthologies and unpublished manuscripts. Although the vast majority of the scripts are clean copies, there are a few prompt copies and others that are inscribed with signatures, cast members' names, dates, and textual markings. These scripts are acquired to preserve an historical record, to provide samples of theatrical fare representative of the time and period covered, and to offer unique items which may be considered primary source material. The Scripts Collection is an "open" collection with additions sought from donors and sellers alike. The collection contains in excess of 1600 titles representing approximtely 850 authors. Authorities used for authors' names are: English Drama of the Nineteenth Century: An Index and Finding Guide , compiled and edited by James Ellis; Nineteenth-Century American Drama, by Donald L. Hixon and Don A. Hennessee; and English Drama 1900-1930, by Allardyce Nicoll. Related Material Other collections held in the Department of Special Collections that closely relate to the Scripts Collection are: Breese, Edmund (1871-1936). Papers. Ellsler, Effie (Euphemia) (1854-1942). Papers. Hanley, Joseph G. (1828-1869). Papers. Moffat, Margaret (1882-1942). Papers. Placide, Henry (c. 1750-1872). Papers. Smith, William Henry Sedley (1806-1872). Papers. Warde, Frederick Barkham (1851-1935). Papers. Wood, William Burke (1779-1861). Papers. Box 1 Box 1 , Folder 1 Jennings, Gertrude E Acid Drops London Samuel French Limited 1914 Box 1 , Folder 2 Burnand, Francis Cowley Acis and Galatea London Thomas Hailes Lacy n.d. Additional Note First performed 1863 Box 1 , Folder 3 Bolton, Guy and George Middleton Adam and Eva New York Samuel French 1923 Box 1 , Folder 3 Middleton, George and Guy Bolton Adam and Eva New York Samuel French 1923 Box 1 , Folder 4 Lewis, Matthew Gregory Adelgitha Boston William V. Spencer n.d. Additional Note "Catalogue of Acting Plays for sale by WM. V. Spencer" appended to script Box 1 , Folder 5 Birch, Samuel The Adopted Child Boston William V. Spencer n.d. Additional Note First performed 1795 Box 1 , Folder 6 Oxenford, John Adrienne, the Actress New York Samuel French and Son n.d. Additional Note First performed 1849 Box 1 , Folder 7 Leslie, Henry Adrienne New York Robert M. De Witt n.d. Additional Note First performed 1860 Box 1 , Folder 8 White, Charles The African Box Chicago The Dramatic Publishing Company 1873 INVENTORY OF THE PLAYSCRIPTS P-200 3 COLLECTION Container List Box 1 , Folder 9 Morton, John Maddison After a Storm Comes a Calm Chicago The Dramatic Publishing Company 1886 Box 1 , Folder 10 Boucicault, Dionysius Lardner After Dark New York The De Witt Publishing Company n.d. Additional Note First performed 1868 Box 1 , Folder 11 Saunders, James After Liverpool London Samuel French 1973 Box 1 , Folder 11 Saunders, James Games London Samuel French 1973 Box 1 , Folder 12 Mathews and Co Aggravating Sam London Samuel French n.d. Additional Note First performed 1854. Mathews and Co. is the pseudonym of Leicester Silk Buckingham. Property of Mr. Charles Mathews Box 1 , Folder 12 Buckingham, Leicester Silk Aggravating Sam London Samuel French n.d. Additional Note First performed 1854. Mathews and Co. is the pseudonym of Leicester Silk Buckingham. Property of Mr. Charles Mathews Box 1 , Folder 13 Buckstone, John Baldwin Agnes de Vere Boston William V. Spencer 1855 Additional Note First performed 1834 Box 1 , Folder 14 Byron, Henry James Aladdin London Thomas Hailes Lacy n.d. Additional Note First performed 1861 Box 1 , Folder 15 Saville, John Faucit Aldgate Pump London John Dicks n.d. Additional Note First performed 1841 Box 1 , Folder 15 Saville, John Faucit The Bump of Benevolence London John Dicks n.d. Additional Note First performed 1841 Box 1 , Folder 16 Brough, Robert Barnabas Alfred the Great London Thomas Hailes Lacy n.d. Additional Note First performed 1859 Box 1 , Folder 17 Smith, Albert Richard The Alhambra London Hailes Lacy n.d. Additional Note First performed 1851 Box 1 , Folder 18 Haines, John Thomas Alice Gray, the Suspected One London John Dicks n.d. Additional Note First performed 1839 Box 1 , Folder 19 Kidder, Edward E. and Augusta Raymond All by His Lonesome New York Samuel French 1917 Box 1 , Folder 19 Raymond, Augusta and Edward E. Kidder All by His Lonesome New York Samuel French 1917 Box 1 , Folder 20 Jackman, Isaac All the World's a Stage London Henry Lea n.d. Box 1 , Folder 21 Howard, Keble All through Martha London Samuel French Limited 1906 INVENTORY OF THE PLAYSCRIPTS P-200 4 COLLECTION Container List Box 1 , Folder 22 Brougham, John All's Fair in Love New York Samuel French n.d. Box 1 , Folder 23 Simpson, John Palgrave and Herman Charles Merivale Alone London Samuel French n.d. Additional Note First performed 1873 Box 1 , Folder 23 Merivale, Herman Charles and John Palgrave Simpson Alone London Samuel French n.d. Additional Note First performed 1873 Box 1 , Folder 24 Ulrich, Charles Kenmore The Altar of Riches Chicago T. S. Denison and Company 1909 Box 1 , Folder 25 Peake, Richard Brinsley Amateurs and Actors London John Dicks n.d. Additional Note First performed 1818 Box 1 , Folder 26 Williams, Tennessee American Blues: Five Short Plays New York Dramatists Play Service n.d. Additional Note Includes: The Dark Room; Ten Blocks on the Camino Real; The Case of the Crushed Petunias; The Unsatisfactory Supper ; and Moony's Kid Don't Cry Box 1 , Folder 27 Bradford, Anita The Americana Boston Walter H. Baker and Company 1917 Box 1 , Folder 28 Peake, Richard Brinsley Americans Abroad London John Dicks n.d. Additional Note First performed 1824 Box 1 , Folder 29 Hurlbert, William Henry Americans in Paris New York Samuel French and Son 1858 Box 1 , Folder 30 Erckmann-Chatrian Friend Fritz New York Fred Rullman Notes Bilingual edition. English version by Frederic Lyster. n.d. Box 1 , Folder 31 Racine, Jean Baptiste Andromache New York Darcie and Corbyn 1855 Additional Note First performed 1667. Bilingual edition. Box 1 , Folder 32 Rawley, Bert C Andy Freckles Clyde, Ohio Ames' Publishing Company 1808 Box 1 , Folder 33 Hugo, Victor Angelo London Hailes Lacy n.d. Additional Note First performed 1851 Box 1 , Folder 34 Hugo, Victor Angelo New York John Darcie and Wardle Corbyn 1855 Additional Note First performed 1835. Bilingual edition. Box 1 , Folder 35 Inchbald, Elizabeth Simpson, Mrs. Joseph Animal Magnetism London John Cumberland n.d. Box 1 , Folder 36 Inchbald, Elizabeth Simpson, Mrs. Joseph Animal Magnetism New York Samuel French n.d. Box 1 , Folder 37 Marston, John Westland Anne Blake Boston William V. Spencer n.d. Box 1 , Folder 38 Hare, Walter Ben Anne What's-Her-Name Boston Walter H. Baker and Company 1922 Box 1 , Folder 39 Sophocles Antigone New York Fred Rullman 1894 Additional Note Bilingual edition. English version by Elizabeth Beall Ginty INVENTORY OF THE PLAYSCRIPTS P-200 5 COLLECTION Container List Box 1 , Folder 40 Burnand, Francis Cowley Antony and Cleopatra London Strand Printing and Publishing Company Limited 1866 Additional Note First performed 1866 Box 1 , Folder 41 Brooks, Shirley Anything for a Change London Samuel French n.d. Additional Note First performed 1848 Box 1 , Folder 42 Pocock, Isaac Any Thing New New York The Longworths 1812 Box 1 , Folder 43 Sheil, Richard Lalor The Apostate New York Samuel French n.d. Box 1 , Folder 44 Grundy, Sydney The Arabian Nights Chicago The Dramatic Publishing Company n.d. Box 1 , Folder 45 Worms, Jeannine Archiflore London Davis-Poynter Limited 1973 Box 1 , Folder 46 Lillo, George Arden of Feversham London John Dicks n.d.