Promptbook for a production of Wild oats, marked for stage manager by John Moore(?) and checked for the roles of Waiter and Bob Johnson

Folger bibliographic ID: 66774
Folger call number: PROMPT W40
Folger holdings ID: 68259
Accession Number: cs28

General notes

Promptbook, interleaved with ruled pages. Playbills and newspaper clippings pasted in Title devised by cataloger

Item information about Folger PROMPT W40

Promptbook marked for stage manager by John Moore(?) and checked for the roles of Waiter (starting on page 28) and Bob Johnson (starting on page 31) in pencil. Publisher's original paper wrapper inside plain paper wrapper, interleaved with ruled pages. Pasted to outside front paper wrapper: portion of playbill with Moore as Ephraim Smooth and manuscript note added in ink: Bowery-New York; manuscript initials S [?] B at top. Pasted to 1st interleaf: portion of playbill with Moore as Ephraim Smooth. Pasted to verso of 1st interleaf: newspaper review of performance at Burton's and another review of performance at Wallack's Theatre. Pasted to 2nd interleaf: portion of playbill with Moore as Sim. Pasted to verso of 2nd interleaf: portion of playbill for Oct. 21, 1856 with Moore as Lamp. Pasted to 3rd interleaf: newspaper review of actor William Warren and a printed illustration of scene from play. Pasted to final leaf: portion of playbill for Oct. 17th with Moore as Landlord and manuscript note added in pencil: 1851. Includes loose: manuscript partbook, in ink, for Landlord and Waiter (6 unnumberd pages); manuscript partbook, in ink, for Sim (8 unnumbered pages, bound with string); manuscript partbook, in ink, for Ephraim Smooth, with costume list added to verso of final leaf (12 unnumbered pages, bound with string); manuscript partbook, in ink, for Farmer Gammon, with costume list added to page [12] (12 unnumbered pages, bound with string); manuscript partbook, in ink, for Twitch with added manuscript note, in pencil, on page [4]: "Gravesend Sep. 1839 Mrs. Lacy indisposed" (4 unnumbered pages); manuscript partbook, in ink, for Lamp with added manuscript note, in pencil, on page [4]: "Gravesend Sept 1839 change back to Twitch get on back board" (4 unnumbered pages); 1 leaf (folded) of music in manuscript ink

Extended title: Promptbook for a production of Wild oats, marked for stage manager by John Moore(?) and checked for the roles of Waiter and Bob Johnson, [between 1850 and 1856?]
Alternate titles: Wild oats

O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833

subject: O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833
annotator: Moore, John, 1814-1893