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Hearne's hearts of oak

Description: Image of a family in a parlor with two old men playing with a baby before a fire in a fireplace while women set the dining room table for dinner, with a piano, grandfather clock, and hanging framed pictures on the wall in the background; fragment of a date sheet with show information for an October 27, [1882], performance at the Opera House, presumably in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; the poster advertises the domestic melodrama "Hearts of Oak" written by James A. Herne and David Belasco.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1882
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001875
Creator: Last, Jay T

Herne’s hearts of oak : J.A. Herne, proprietor

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Image of three men and a woman standing between large trees with a rowboat and ship in the water in the background and vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of characters from the play framed in the branches of the trees including images of two girls, a baby, an older sailor, an older man smoking a pike, and two young men; fragment of a date sheet with show information for a November show at the Worcester Theatre; the poster advertises the domestic melodrama "Hearts of Oak" written by James A. Herne and David Belasco.

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An idyl of the Arkansaw hills : human hearts

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Image of five head-and-shoulder portraits, in heart frames surrounded by flowers, for characters in the play the "Human Hearts" depicting a young man in a straw hat, captioned "Tom Logan with a human heart," at center; a hobo with a red-painted nose, captioned "Jem. Mason with an honest heart," at upper right; a girl, captioned, "Grace with an angel's heart," at lower right; a woman, captioned "Jeanette with a black heart," at lower left; and a boy wearing a cap, captioned "Limpy with a heart in the right place," at upper left; the poster advertises the melodrama the "Human Hearts" written by Hal Reid and later directed by William E. Nankeville.

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Hal. Reid’s beautiful play Human Hearts direction of Henry C. Miner : Bertha Belle Westbrooke

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Bertha Belle Westbrooke (also spelled Bertha Belle Westbrook); the poster advertises the melodrama "Human Hearts" written by Hal Reid.

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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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[Gussie Morris Company]

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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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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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