Manuscript, in a single hand, of a promptbook of Macbeth, written in an interleaved copy of a printed edition of the play. The handwritten notes provide stage directions; scene descriptions; and sound and lighting directions; as well as directions for unnamed characters. The notes also provide explanations for dramatic choices, such as the comment concerning Banquo's murderers, "These are disbanded officers & must therefore be represented as gentlemen not common cutthroats." Occasionally the writer has drawn diagrams of actors' positions or images of scenery; and at the end of the volume, he provides several detailed directions for combat sequences, including one for the final fight between Macbeth and Macduff, involving shoulder blows, leg blows, head blows, groans, and lunges.
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Binding: machine-grain morocco. Pasted on front cover: a printed ticket which reads "Mr. Chas. Pitt Theatre Royal Sheffield. Machbeth." and On flyleaf: engraving of a scene from Macbeth.
Subject (Name):
Macbeth,--King of Scotland, 11th cent.--Drama, Pitt, Charles Dibdin, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Macbeth, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Dramatic production--History, and Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Stage history--Sources
Subject (Topic):
English drama--17th century, Promptbooks, Stage fighting, Theater--Production and direction--United States, and Theater--United States--19th century
Connecticut gazette (New Haven, Conn.) and Connecticut gazette; with the freshest advices foreign and domestick [i.e. domestic]
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"First newspaper published in Connecticut." Cf. LC 18th cent. newspapers (1936 ed.)., A prospectus for revival published June 18, 1764., Printers: James Parker & Co., 1755-1764; B. Mecom, 1765-1768., and Suspended Apr. 14, 1764-July 5, 1765. Cf. LC 18th cent. newspapers (1936 ed.).
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
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1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.