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Robert Benchley collection of programs
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- Robert Benchley collection of programs, 1896-1943.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8218 (November 1939 - June 1943) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8218 (November 1939 - June 1943) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8217 (November 1937 - March 1938) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8217 (November 1937 - March 1938) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8216 (January - June 1934) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8216 (January - June 1934) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8215 (January - December 1933) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8215 (January - December 1933) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8214 (March - December 1932) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8214 (March - December 1932) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8213 (January - February 1932) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8213 (January - February 1932) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8212 (September - December 1931) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8212 (September - December 1931) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8211 (January - August 1931) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8211 (January - August 1931) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8210 (August - December 1930) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8210 (August - December 1930) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8209 (January - August 1930) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8209 (January - August 1930) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8207 (1930-1941) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8207 (1930-1941) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8208 (August - December 1929) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8208 (August - December 1929) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8206 (1928-1930) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8206 (1928-1930) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8205 (1896-1897 Worecester, Mass. and Portland, Me.) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8205 (1896-1897 Worecester, Mass. and Portland, Me.) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8219 (souvenir programs) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8219 (souvenir programs) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ + n.c. 8204 (Paris, Berlin, London) | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219 MWEZ + n.c. 8204 (Paris, Berlin, London) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 15 bound volumes and 1 portfolio : illustrations, some in color; 36 cm or smaller
- Donor/Sponsor
- In honor of George Freedley
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Cards.
- Marginalia.
- Theater programs.
- Playbills.
- Note
- Fifteen library-bound volumes and one portfolio of programs annotated and kept by Robert Benchley, the bulk documenting his attendance at the theatre on Broadway and at a few regional performances, 1896 - 1943. MWEZ + n.c. 8204 documents performances Benchley attended in Paris, Berlin, and London in the late 1920s, notably several nightclub appearances by Josephine Baker. MWEZ + n.c. 8205 documents performances Benchley attended as a young man in Worcester, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine in 1896 and 1897. MWEZ + n.c. 8219 contains six larger format souvenir programs, notably the first United States tour of Mei Lan-Fang.
- Item 16 in MWEZ + n.c. 8204 is an official racing card from the 1928 Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, England, March 30, 1928.
- Item 9 in MWEZ + n.c. 8205, a program for an 1897 production of Jack and the beanstalk, music by A. Baldwin Sloane, book by R.A. Barnet, at the Worcester (Mass.) Theatre, is marked by Benchley, "The first show I ever saw."
- Item 17a in MWEZ + n.c. 8206 is a pamphlet for the New York Auxiliary of the American McCall Association, a branch of La Mission populaire évangélique de France begun by R.W. McAll.
- Item 24 in MWEZ + n.c. 8206 is a program for the American Laboratory Theatre's 1930 production of Jean Cocteau's Antigone and Le boeuf sur le toit.
- Item 2 in MWEZ + n.c. 8213, a program for a 1932 production of The lady remembers [no author cited] at the Provincetown Playhouse, contains a caricature sketch in pencil by Benchley.
- Item 1 in MWEZ + n.c. 8216, a program for a 1924 production of The drunkard by H.V. Smith at the American Music Hall, contains a sketch in pencil by Benchley.
- Item 1 in MWEZ + n.c. 8218 is a program for a reprisal performance by The Mercury Theatre of The cradle will rock by Marc Blitzstein, ca. 1938.
- Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
- Source (note)
- Each volume contains a library bookplate pasted to the front endpaper: "Presented by Mrs. Robert Benchley in memory of her husband Robert Benchley 1889-1945"
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- The Robert Benchley papers are held by The New York Public Library, The Billy Rose Theatre Division in *T-Mss 1946-001.
- Biography (note)
- Author, critic, and actor Robert Charles Benchley was born September 15, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts and died November 21, 1945 in New York City. He is best known for his humorous and satirical work in short film, as a columnist for The New Yorker and Vanity Fair magazines, among others, and as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the informal circle of writers, critics, and performers that was active socially between 1919 and 1929.
- Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219
- OCLC
- 1006513640
- Title
- Robert Benchley collection of programs, 1896-1943.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- The Robert Benchley papers are held by The New York Public Library, The Billy Rose Theatre Division in *T-Mss 1946-001.
- Biography
- Author, critic, and actor Robert Charles Benchley was born September 15, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts and died November 21, 1945 in New York City. He is best known for his humorous and satirical work in short film, as a columnist for The New Yorker and Vanity Fair magazines, among others, and as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the informal circle of writers, critics, and performers that was active socially between 1919 and 1929.
- Local Note
- The material within MWEZ + n.c. 8219 is in poor condition. Please handle with deliberate care.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945, annotator, former owner.Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975, performer.McAll, R. W. (Robert Whitaker), 1821-1893.Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.Mei, Lanfang, 1894-1961, performer.Sloane, A. Baldwin (Alfred Baldwin), 1872-1926, composer. Strange adventures of Jack and the beanstalk.Barnet, R. A. (Robert Ayres), 1850?-1933, director. Strange adventures of Jack and the beanstalk.Blitzstein, Marc, composer. Cradle will rock.
- Research Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 8204-8219