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The beggar's opera (Ballad opera).
- Title
- The beggar's opera (Ballad opera).
- Publication
- 1920-1940.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 5725 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 bound volume of programs : illustrations; 24 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- In honor of George Freedley
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Theater programs
- Playbills
- Note
- Programs (1920 - 1940) for The beggar's opera by John Gay, with music by Frederic Austin, documenting productions in England and the United States, mainly by Nigel Playfair. Includes John Gielgud's 1940 version at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, for Glyndebourne Productions.
- Item 9, a program a 1928 production at the 48th Street Theatre (N.Y.), belongs to the George Freedley collection.
- Item 11, a program for a 1929 production at the Curran Theatre (San Francisco), contains advertising for Lupino Lane, with Doris Eaton, in The Music Box Review.
- Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 5725
- OCLC
- 1033692628
- Title
- The beggar's opera (Ballad opera).
- Publisher
- 1920-1940.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Some items within are fragile or have come loose from the library binding. Please handle with deliberate care.
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- Added Author
- Gay, John, 1685-1732, author.Austin, Frederic, composer.Playfair, Nigel, 1874-1934, producer.Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, director.Lane, Lupino, 1892-1959, performer.Travis, Doris Eaton, 1904-2010, performer.Freedley, George, 1904-1967, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 5725