TREASURE HUNT

 Once one person finds a particular item, it vanishes from the list.  You may find only one item on the list.  Once you have found it, please bring the item (or a copy) into class along the source of the information using the bibliographic form outline in A Manual for Writers by Kate Turabian. If you run into problems, Judy Markowitz, the reference librarian at the Performing Arts' Library, can be of help.

 

Picture of the playbill from the Hallams' production of the Merchant of Venice.
Picture of Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Picture of Booth brothers in Julius Caesar. Picture of Edmund Kean as Hamlet. Picture of George Frederick Cooke. Picture of Susanna Rowson Picture of Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle. Picture of the costume of the Yankee character. Picture of Charlotte Cushman and Edwin Forrest. Picture of Edwin Forrest as Metamora. Picture of Nancy Hallam as Imogen. Picture of Clara Morris.  Advertising poster from the 19C for P.T. Barnum's circus. Advertising woodcut of Under the Gaslight. Advertising poster from The Black Crook. Advertising poster from a Burlesque performance. An engraving of the Federal Street Theatre. (Can be found during office hours) A description of the Hippodrome Theatre. An account of the Richmond Theatre fire. An account of the Federal Street Theatre fire. (Can be found during office hours) Title page from William Dunlap's History of the American Theatre Sing a song from a Minstrel Show. Original sheet music from 1850s (Can be found during office hours) Picture of Anna Dickinson. (Can be found during office hours)
 
What interesting event occurred at the Hallam's first performance?Who was the first woman dramatist of the Revolutionary period?

What were moral dialogues?Describe the dangers of gas light. Charlotte Cushman wore the Hamlet costume of what famous actor? What two famous actors sparked the conflict that led to the Astor Place riot? What actress was on stage at the Ford’s Theatre the night Lincoln was assassinated? What happened to Edwin Booth’s career after the assassination of Lincoln? Who was William Winter and what was his significance to American theatre? Who sat in the third tier of early 19C theatre? Who was Mordecai  Noah? Who was Olive Logan and what was her stand on theatre? What did Ada Issacs Menken wear when she was on the famous horse?  A recipe from the 19th Century. A newspaper ad from 18thC Boston or Philadelphia  Information on the sale of Western Land Information on the Trail of Tears. A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. A Temperance document. An abolitionist document. An anti-theatrical tract from the 18th or 19th century.