| Description |
Original: 1 volume. |
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Copy: 1 microfilm reel. |
| Note |
Forms part of the Townsend Walsh collection. |
| Summary |
Scrapbook, predominately clippings, also programs and ephemera, documents a musical production of THE WIZARD OF OZ presented by Frederick R. Hamlin, staged by Julian Mitchell, with book and lyrics by L. Frank Baum and music by Paul Tietjens. The extravaganza, starring Anna Laughlin, Fred A. Stone and David C. Montgomery, played at the Grand Opera House in Chicago in the summer of 1902, then toured various cities including Memphis, St. Louis and Toronto, before serving as the opening production of the new Majestic Theatre in New York City in January 1903. |
| Form |
Scrapbook is also available on microfilm: The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; call number *ZC-539. |
| Biography |
Townsend Walsh (1872-1941) worked as a press agent for various theatrical companies beginning in 1898. He was also a drama critic, playwright, collector, theater and circus historian, and sometime actor. |
| Subject |
Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919. Wizard of Oz -- Adaptations.
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Hamlin, Frederick R.
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Laughlin, Anna, 1885-1937.
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Montgomery, David Craig, 1870-1917.
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Stone, Fred, 1873-1959.
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Grand Opera House (Chicago, Ill.).
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Majestic Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
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Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| Standard no. |
*ZZ-35766 |
| Call No. |
MWEZ +nc 4543
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| Research Call Number |
MWEZ +nc 4543
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