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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Tempest |
Document Type | Compilation |
Reference | Temp 4 |
Primary Association | Becks, George |
Associated Names | Davenport, Edward, Frank Mayo, William Charles Macready and Dutton Cook |
Theatre | Covent Garden; Boston; Grand Opera House; Broadway; Queen's; McVicker's |
Place of Production | Boston; Chicago; New York; London; Philadelphia; Baltimore |
Country of Production | United States; Great Britain |
Date of Production | c. 1890-1899 |
Description | Said to be the Davenport-Mayo prompt book of 1869, but George Becks made it into a composite of all the American Productions (New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago) he could find records of, plus Macready's Covent Garden production of 1839. Includes plots of scenes, properties and music, along with cuts, stage business and cues for effects. |
Genre | Romance; Comedy |
Theme(s) | Magic and Folklore; Religion, Culture and Society; Royalty, Aristocracy and Class |
Content Keywords | supernatural, revenge, sea, love, mischief, reconciliation, power, royalty, justice, identity |
Context Keywords | cast, character, scenery, music, cues, business, stage, blocking, lighting, sound effects |
Edition | Shakespeare edition |
Shattuck Code | TEM 31 |
Play | The Tempest |
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. |