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Field name | Value |
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Title | Twelfth Night |
Document Type | Prompt Book |
Reference | TN 19 |
Primary Association | Burton, William E |
Associated Names | Moore, John; Neilson, Adelaide; Crane, Witt; Robson, Stuart; Modjeska, Helena |
Theatre | Covent Garden; Burton's |
Place of Production | London; New York |
Country of Production | Great Britain; United States |
Date of Production | c. 1840-1882 |
Description | Prompt book by John Moore, based mainly on the Burton production, with pencilled cuts and additions from Neilson's in 1878. Opening scenes have been reordered. Includes much stage business along with calls and cues for effects. |
Genre | Comedy; Romance |
Theme(s) | Love and Marriage; Women and Femininity; Religion, Culture and Society |
Roles | Mrs Barrow - Viola; Mr Rainford - Orsino; Ellen Tree - Viola; Mr Cooper - Orsino |
Content Keywords | identity, sea, love, gender, class, family, humour, mischief, disguise, misadventure, society, greed |
Context Keywords | review, property, business, cues, script, stage, scenery, programme, lighting, sound effects, music, blocking |
Additional Information | Contains part books for Sir Andrew, Roberto and the Friar, property manuscript for Sir Andrew's challenge and fight routine and playbills for Covent Garden (1840), Burton's (1857, 1858, 1859) and reviews of Robson and Crane (1881) and Modjeska (1882). |
Edition | Works, Vol I |
Shattuck Code | TN 18 |
Play | Twelfth Night |
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. |