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Field name | Value |
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Title | Richard III |
Document Type | Study Book |
Reference | Rich III 7 |
Primary Association | Roberts, James B. |
Associated Names | Booth, Edwin; Forrest, Edwin; Richmond, Bedelia Frank |
Theatre | Chatham |
Place of Production | New York |
Country of Production | United States |
Date of Production | 21 Feb 1847 |
Description | Autograph of J. B. Roberts throughout. Stresses marked for Richard, along with costume notes. Also contains a manuscript description of the fight scene as played by Forrest and Booth. Comments on the Cibber version, Gloster lines marked for stresses, note on elocutionary techniques and general stage business. Contains references to the acting of Anderson, Charles Kean, Lambert and Wallack. |
Genre | History; Crime/Mystery; Tragedy |
Theme(s) | Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; War, Empire and Colonialism |
Content Keywords | war, royalty, power, greed, love, death, crime, family |
Context Keywords | costume, cast, character, stage, cues, business, property, sound effects, music |
Visual Content | Contains an illustration of Act V, Scene 5. |
Additional Information | Contains cast lists for productions at Drury Lane and Covent Garden in 1827. |
Edition | Cumberland edition |
Shattuck Code | RIII 30 |
Play | Richard III |
Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Prompt books, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |