The misanthrope
Contributors: Bagby, Albert Morris, 1859-1941; Physioc, Joseph A.; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott; Molière, 1622-1673; New Amsterdam Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.); Matthews-Northrup Company; Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1905
Language: eng
Description: "The Misanthrope," a comedy in five acts by Molière, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley and played for the first time in English at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York by Richard Mansfield and his company on Monday 10th of April MCMV. The music of the period has been kindly arranged by Mr. A.M. Bagby. The scene after drawings by Meissonier 1669 painted by Mr. Joseph A. Physioc. Note: The first performance of this comedy was given by the Troupe du Roi at Paris on the fourth of June 1666 with Molière in the role of Alceste and his wife as Cèliméne.
Notes: New Amsterdam Theater in New York, Monday, 10th of April 1905.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Mr. Richard Mansfield, Mr. A.G. Andrews, Mr. Leslie Kenyon, Miss Eleanor Barry, Miss Irene Prahar, Miss Gertrude Gheen, Mr. Morton Selten, Mr. Arthur Berthelet, Mr. Hamilton Coleman, Mr. Henry Wenman, Mr. Francis D. McGinn, Miss Mildred Morris.

Printed on handmade paper by the Matthews-Northrup works, Buffalo and New York.

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