Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet as presented by Edwin Booth, [Copy 1]

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Title
Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet as presented by Edwin Booth, [Copy 1]
Additional title: Edwin Booth's prompt-book of Hamlet
Names
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author)
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 (Performer)
Mason, Edward T. (Edward Tuckerman), 1847-1911 (Annotator)
Winter, William, 1836-1917 (Editor)
Collection

Billy Rose Theatre Collection scripts

Plays

Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet as presented by Edwin Booth

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1909
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: Penn Publishing
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *NCP (Shakespeare, W. Hamlet. Philadelphia, 1909 (Mason)) copy 1
Topics
Drama
Drama -- Promptbooks and typescripts -- Shakespeare, William
Genres
Drama
Promptbooks
Notes
Acquisition: Probable gift: Estate of Edward Tuckerman Mason.
Content: Cover title: Edwin Booth's prompt-book of Hamlet. Edited by William Winter.
Physical Description
Extent: 136 p. ; 17.5 cm.
Inscribed on front flyleaf "Some of Edwin Booth's business in Hamlet, observed and noted by Edward Tuckerman Mason, from 1862 to 1891." Contains numerous manuscript annotations and ammendations by Mason, including cast lists and tipped in pages.
Description
Includes additional cast lists of various productions, 1862-1891, handwritten on pages near front of volume, which are omitted from Copy 2.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 9867248
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14744979
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 16262940-b272-0133-ad82-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1564: Creator Born
  • 1616: Creator Died
  • 1909: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet as presented by Edwin Booth" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/46c0fa80-c15d-0133-48d5-00505686d14e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet as presented by Edwin Booth" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/46c0fa80-c15d-0133-48d5-00505686d14e

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1909). Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet as presented by Edwin Booth Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/46c0fa80-c15d-0133-48d5-00505686d14e

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Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet as presented by Edwin Booth