Visual Materials

Madison Square Theatre Company. : The professor

Description: Image of a full-length portrait of the character "The Professor" wearing a suit and a monocle and standing with one hand held out and holding his hat in the other; the poster advertises the comedy "The Professor" written by William H. Gillette.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1881
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001006
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Madison Square Theatre Co. : the professor

Visual Materials

Image of a central image of a full-length portrait of a man wearing glasses and holding one hand out towards the viewer and a hat in the other; surrounded by six vignettes of scenes consisting of a man standing on a chair about to hang himself with a noose; a man hitting another in a fist fight; a man falling out of a window; two women fighting each other; women attempting to restrain a violent man; and a man and a woman sitting on a bench and concealed by an umbrella who are presumably embracing; the poster advertises the comedy "The Professor" written by William Gillette.

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Madison Square Theatre : Esmeralda

Visual Materials

Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a farm girl wearing a bonnet and a red bandana around her neck, with a pail of corn and a rural country landscape in the background; the poster advertises the comedic drama "Esmeralda" written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and William H. Gillette.

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Arthur Rehan's Company : Augustin Daly’s latest and merriest success Nancy & Co

Visual Materials

Image of a woman with her hands clasped pleading with two men in suits, the man at center is dressed with a top hat, cane, and monocle; the poster advertises the comedy "Nancy and Company" adapted by John Augustin Daly from “Halbe Dichter” by Julius Rosen.

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A cold day when we get left

Visual Materials

Image of a head-and-shoulders caricature of an older man with a monocle, checkered suit jacket, and flower in his lapel; the poster advertises the comedy "A Cold Day When We Get Left" written by Joseph Arthur.

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Yer' 'and, yer' 'and

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Image of a couple, with the man wearing a monocle, walking arm-in-arm past an angry looking man in a bowler hat; the poster presumably advertises the farce comedy "The Guv'nor" written by E. G. Lankester.

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Broadway Theatre corner of Broadway & Broome St. : John E. Owens as "Paul Pry"

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Image of a full-length portrait of English-American comedic actor John Owens dressed as the character "Paul Pry" with rumpled clothing, a top hat, umbrella, eyeglasses, and boots; the poster advertises the comedy "Paul Pry" written by Douglas William Jerrold.

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