Booth Tarkington playbills collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6161

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This 10 item collection consists of playbills for productions of plays by, or adapted from stories by, Booth Tarkington. All productions were at theaters in New York City. Included is the Park Theatre's production of "Poldekin" starring Geroge Arliss, September 27, 1920; Henry Miller's Theatre, "The Intimate Strangers" starring Billie Burke, December 5, 1921; Maxine Elliott's Theatre, "Hello Lola!", based on Tarkington's novel and play "Seventeen", February 8, 1926; the Hudson Tehatre, "Clarence", March 22, 1920; the New Amsterdam Theatre, "Monsieur Beaucaire", based on Tarkington's story, February 2, 1920; the Park Theatre, "The Man From Home", starring William Hodge, February 14, 1910; the Liberty Theatre, "Magnolia", starring Leo Carillo, August 27, 1923; the Empire Theatre, "Rose Briar", starring Billie Burke, February 19, 1923; the Booth Theatre, "Seventeen", March 18, 1918; and the Frazee Theatre, "Tweedles", August 13, 1923.

Dates

Creation: 1910-1926

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical note

Booth Tarkington is best remembered for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams", and is only one of three American authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being William Faulkner and John Updike). Tarkington's work was immensely popular in the 1910s and 1920s.

Extent

0.9 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This 10 item collection consists of playbills for productions of plays by, or adapted from stories by, Booth Tarkington. Tarkington is best remembered for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams", and is only one of three American authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.