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Frederick Warde's superb production of Runnymede by William Greer Harrison.

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A249578 U.S. Copyright Office

Caption: Friar Tuck's love story.

Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith Co., Cin'ti & New York."

No. 6725.

Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

American Theatrical Posters: Tragedy and Drama

The collection includes posters advertising individual plays and operettas, burlesque, vaudeville, and specialty acts, dance companies, extravaganzas produced by the Kiralfy Brothers, portraits of entertainers, and stock posters. Featured performers include Julia Arthur, De Wolfe Hopper, Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co., Thomas W. Keene, Andrew Mack, Robert B. Mantell, Mathews & Bulger, Lewis Morrison, Phil Sheridan's New City Sports Co., Royal Lilliputians, and Jennie Yeamans. Directors, managers, and producers include Edward J. Abraham, Blaney, and Vance, William A. Brady, Sidney R. Ellis, W.J. Fielding, Charles Frohman, Hoyt & McKee, the Kiralfy Brothers, Jacob Litt, Rice & Burton, Rich & Harris, A.Q. Scammon, Sam S. Schubert, Thall & Kennedy, Fred E. Wright, Charles H. Yale, and others. Playwrights include David Belasco, George H. Broadhurst, Bartley Campbell, Charles Turner Dazey, Gilbert & Sullivan, William Gillette, Seymour Hicks, David Higgins, Bronson Howard, Cecil Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Sutton Vane, and others. Plays include such popular titles as Arizona, At Piney Ridge, By the sad sea waves, Devil's auction, Evangeline, Faust, Female drummer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The hidden hand, The last of the Rohans, Ole Olson, The Queen of Chinatown, Shenandoah, Siberia, The sporting life, Uncle Tom's cabin, Venice, The war of wealth, Way down East, Yon Yonson, and others. Images depicted include scenes from plays, portraits of performers, and performers performing. Featured entertainers are not always depicted in the image. Some posters are mainly textual with peripheral images.

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action and adventure dramas forests historical dramas monks storytelling lithographs color theatrical posters american frederick warde frederick warde production runnymede greer harrison greer harrison poster art posters prints 19th century posters william posters performing arts posters american variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920 wm greer william greer harrison strobridge and co lith performing arts posters advertisements free art posters library of congress
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01/01/1895
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Strobridge & Co. Lith.
Harrison, Wm. Greer (William Greer)
Warde, Frederick B., 1851-1935.
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action and adventure dramas forests historical dramas monks storytelling lithographs color theatrical posters american frederick warde frederick warde production runnymede greer harrison greer harrison poster art posters prints 19th century posters william posters performing arts posters american variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920 wm greer william greer harrison strobridge and co lith performing arts posters advertisements free art posters library of congress