Twelfth night
Contributors: Corning, John Herbert, -approximately 1940, donor; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; New Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y. : 1909-1911); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1910
Language: eng
Other titles: New Theatre, New York.
Description: The New Theatre. "Twelfth Night," or What You Will, a comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, produced by Mr. Louis Calvert.
Notes: The New Theatre, New York, season 1909-1910, January 24 to February 5 [1910].

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Mr. Matheson Lang, Mr. Alexander Calvert, Mr. Lee Baker, Mr. Robert Homans, Mr. G.F. Hannam-Clark, Mr. Reginald Barlow, Mr. Louis Calvert, Mr. Ferdinand Gottschalk, Mr. Oswald Yorke, Mr. Henry Stanford, Mr. Jacob Wendell, Jr., Mr. Pedro De Cordoba, Mr. Robert Vivian, Miss Leah Bateman-Hunter, Miss Annie Russell, Miss Jessie Busley.

"In repetory: 'Twelfth Night,' a comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare ... 'Don,' a comedy in three acts by Rudolf Besier ... 'The School for Scandal,' a comedy Richard Brinsley Sheridan ... 'The Nigger,' a play in three acts by Edward Sheldon ... 'Strife,' a play in three acts by John Galsworthy ... current operatic productions given by the Metropolitan Opera Company, Tuesday evening, January 25, at 8 o'clock 'The Bartered Bride' Bohemain opera in three acts (in German) music Smetana, words by Sabina, trans. by Kalbeck, Wednesday afternoon, January 26, at 2 o'clock Leoncavallo's opera 'Pagliacci' (in Italian) ... followed by Mario Costa's pantomime 'Histoire d'un Pierrot'."

LC copy: Gift: Est. of J.H. Corning, June 20, 1940. Accompanied by illustrated brochure "The New Theatre, New York" with article: "Plays of the First Season" describing the New Theatre and its productions of "Twelfth Night," "The Nigger," "Don," "Sister Beatrice," "Strife," and "The School for Scandal".

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries. (Library of Congress).