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Book/Printed Material The black crook

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Title

  • The black crook

Summary

  • Grand Opera House, Edward H. Allen, manager. Eugene Tompkins' grand production of "The Black Crook," a spectacular romance in four acts and sixteen tableaux, written by the late Charles Barras, produced under the direction of Lawrence McCarty.

Names

  • Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873
  • McCarty, Lawrence
  • Tompkins, Eugene
  • Allen's Grand Opera House (Organization : Washington, D.C.)
  • Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1895.

Headings

  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Genre

  • Theater programs--1895
  • Theater programs--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Allen's Grand Opera House [Washington, D.C.], week commencing Monday, Feb'y 25, 1895. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
  • -  Cast: George Morton, John Page, E.S. Goodwin, Albert King, Henry Russell, Frank Gillette, Russell Hunting, Ed. Sanford, E.K. Blande, John Geary, John Hendricks, Samuel Holden, Letta Meridith, Gussie Cogan, Ella Craven, Fanny Gillette, Allie Gilbert.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: [2] p. only of program.
  • -  Title devised by Library staff.
  • -  In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
  • -  Converted from American Memory Variety Stage pseudomarc
  • -  LC copy found in Thr. E miscellany, unfiled.
  • -  Thr. E/B, Box 2, folder 16

Medium

  • 1 v. (theater program).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PN2093 .A44 1877 no. Thr. E/B

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012657843

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Barras, Charles M, Lawrence McCarty, Eugene Tompkins, Allen'S Grand Opera House, and Theater Playbills And Programs Collection. The Black Crook. 1895. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012657843/.

APA citation style:

Barras, C. M., McCarty, L., Tompkins, E., Allen'S Grand Opera House & Theater Playbills And Programs Collection. (1895) The Black Crook. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012657843/.

MLA citation style:

Barras, Charles M, et al. The Black Crook. 1895. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012657843/>.