Much ado about nothing
Contributors: Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Corning, John Herbert, d. ca. 1940, donor; Belasco Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1912
Language: eng
Description: Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., David Belasco & Sam S. & Lee Shubert, proprietors and managers, direction of Sam S. & Lee Shubert (Inc.), L. Stoddard Taylor, manager. Combined stellar engagement of Mr. E.H. Sothern and Miss Julia Marlowe in Shakespearean repertoire. Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing." The music for the production specially composed. Scenery built by Joseph J. O'Brien, scenery painted by Unitt & Wickes.
Notes: Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., week of Monday, December 2, 1912. Saturday matinee only. Monday night, December 2.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Mr. Frederick Lewis, Mr. Sidney Mather, Mr. Walter Connolly, Mr. Sothern, Mr. J. Sayre Crawley, Mr. William Harris, Mr. Maurice Robinson, Mr. P.J. Kelly, Mr. Frank Betrand, Mr. Milano Tilden, Mr. J.P. Hagan, Mr. Rowland Buckstone, Mr. Malcolm Bradley, Mr. Thomas Coleman, Miss Eleanor Fralick, Miss Helen Singer, Miss Marlowe, Miss Lenore Chippendale, Miss Millicent McLaughlin.

"Belasco Theatre. Week Dec. 2, '12. Engagement of Sothern and Marlowe. Shakepearean Festival E.H. Sothern, Julia Marlowe. Next week Sothern and Marlowe. Season of 1212-1913, Volume 8, number 12. C.J. James, publisher, The Sudwarth Printing Co., printers."--Cover.

LC copy: Imperfect: p. [3]-[12] wanting.

LC copy shelved under: Much ado about nothing.

With: Taming of the shrew -- Romeo and Juliet -- Twelfth night -- The merchant of Venice -- As you like it -- Hamlet. Issued together.

LC copy: Gift: Est. of J.H. Corning, June 20, 1940.

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