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Hamlet: as performed by Edwin Booth

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Title
Hamlet: as performed by Edwin Booth
Additional title: Hamlet
Names
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author)
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 (Actor)
J.P. Davis & Speer (Firm) (Engraver)
Baker & Godwin (Printer)
Pope, John (American painter, 1821-1881) (Artist)
Collection

Billy Rose Theatre Collection scripts

Plays

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1866 (Inferred)
Place: New York
Publisher: Baker & Godwin Printers
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: NCOF+ 75-1025 [no. 4]
Topics
Drama
English drama
Promptbooks
Drama -- Promptbooks and typescripts
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Genres
Drama
Illustrations
Notes
Cover title.
Content: Includes cast list.
Content: Includes essay on Hamlet by Gervinus, translated from the German.
Ownership: Cover inscribed "Miss Cary [Emma] with kind regards of Edwin Booth."
Content: Portrait of Edwin Booth as Hamlet by Pope Inserted.
Content: Includes appendix "The representatives of Hamlet."
Physical Description
Extent: Vi, 40 p. illus. 24 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG754664932-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10277449
NYPL Exhibition ID: LPA 16.503.18
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5c949b80-7468-0134-d2bf-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1564: Creator Born
  • 1616: Creator Died
  • 1866: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Hamlet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70578fd0-987f-0134-b04b-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Hamlet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70578fd0-987f-0134-b04b-00505686a51c

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1866). Hamlet Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70578fd0-987f-0134-b04b-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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Hamlet