Image of six vignettes of theatrical scenes and characters consisting of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, captioned "Hazel," at top left; a parlor scene with an older man sleepwalking past a kneeling young woman captioned, "Seen & Unseen," at center left; a man with his arms folded, captioned "Squire Rodney," at lower left; a couple standing and embracing with the man smoking two cigarettes, captioned "May all our sorrows end like this 'in smoke,'" at lower left; a young man sitting and playing a penny whistle, captioned "Met," at bottom left; and a young woman wearing an apron and standing with a young man, with a basket of laundry and drying linens on racks before a fireplace, captioned "Dolly's Surprise," at bottom right; the poster advertises the comedy drama "Hazel Kirke" by Steele Mackaye. Probable date based on general show history and appearance of 1881 newspaper advertisement promoting the play as "Longest Run on Record." (Detroit Free Press, 20 March 1881, page 3); the play was first produced at the Madison Square Theatre in February 1880. "A / Comedy Drama / In / Four Acts / The Most / Successful / Play / Ever Produced / Having / Achieved / By Far / The Longest / Run / On Record / In / America"--text, right border of image. "Una & Sturn / Lith"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom left of image. "W. H. Cadwell, Lith. N.Y."--text, bottom right of image. "Worcester Theatre, Friday Jan. 27"--text, handwritten in pencil, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 101.28 x 35.24 cm (39 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
MacKaye, Steele, 1842-1894 Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Comedies Melodramas Theatrical productions Madison Square Theatre Company Worcester Theatre Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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