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A great wrong righted : John A. Stevens

Description: Image of a parlor with a man and woman fighting across a writing table while a woman holds a letter in her hand and another man enters the room through curtains; with a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of actor and dramatist John A. Stevens at top right; a printed date sheet advertising performances beginning on September 27, [1886], at the Grand Opera House in Brooklyn, New York, is pasted to the bottom of poster; the poster advertises the melodrama "A Great Wrong Righted" (also titled "A Great Wrong") written by Stevens.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1886
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000448
Creator: Last, Jay T

The marvelous melo-dramatic success. : "A great wrong" written by John A. Stevens

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Image of a military officer in uniform embracing a woman, with a clock and palm tree fronds visible in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "A Great Wrong" (also titled "A Great Wrong Righted") written by John Stevens.

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Augustin Daly’s great play under the gaslight : under the management of P.T. Turner

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Image of a parlor with a young woman, portraying the character Laura Courtland, in a formal dress sitting in a chair holding an open book while a man, the character Ray Trafford, in a tuxedo stands behind, with a table, framed picture, vase and flowers, and curtains in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Under the Gaslight" by Augustin Daly.

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John A. Stevens in his renowned creation the new unknown

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Image of an outdoor scene with a woman lying dead on the ground as a man mourns over her body and a man in a sailor suit points at another man, presumably the murderer, while a group of onlookers watch; the poster advertises a rewritten version of the melodrama "The Unknown" by John A. Stevens.

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Held by the enemy

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Image of a young woman holding curtains together while gesturing to an amputee with one arm to be quiet in a parlor, with an upper right vignette of the woman sitting on the floor before an armchair with a strewn pile of love letters before her; the poster advertises the Civil War historical drama "Held By the Enemy" written by William Gillette.

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John A. Stevens - the only - the original. : The new unknown a river mystery

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Image of a central image of a man with torn clothing lying face down in the bushes before a mansion with the caption "Uncared for, Unpitied, He Wanders Alone, A Creature of God, Forsaken, Unknown," with an image at left of a man in a rowboat rescuing a drowning man from the water with a bridge barely visible in the background, and an image at right of a man standing on a rock with waves crashing around him while holding a lifeless woman over his shoulder; the poster advertises a rewritten version of the melodrama "The Unknown" by John A. Stevens.

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Image of three dramatic scenes consisting of a central image of a man holding a woman on a tree-lined path while pointing at a couple in the distance; a woman playing a piano in a parlor while a man looks on, a woman stands in the doorway, and a maid reaches to pick up a young boy; and a woman sitting in a chair in a parlor while holding her head, with a baby in a crib in the background; the poster may advertse

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A great wrong righted : John A. Stevens

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