Shelfmark
Kbb.4.11(01) (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.4.11(02) (copy 2)
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Kbb.4.11(03) (copy 3)
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Kbb.4.12 (copy 4)
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Kbb.4.13 (copy 5)
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Kbb.4.14 (copy 6)
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Kbb.4.15 (copy 7)
Author
Title
Bethlehem : a nativity play / by Laurence Housman ; performed with music by Joseph Moorat under the stage-direction of Edward Gordon Craig December MCMII.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : New York : Macmillan and Co., Limited ; The Macmillan Company, 1902.
Physical description
44 p. ; 21 cm.
Note
With half-title.
Note
Some copies (probably those sold at the time of the performance) have a printed note inserted before p. 5: "... several of the speeches written for Our Lady have been omitted, or transferred to St. Joseph. In the book of the words, however, the full text is retained." See Fletcher and Rood, D1(b).
Note
A programme card was issued (cf. Fletcher and Rood, J11(a)); a "Final announcement" was issued in connection with the private performance of the play in the Great Hall of the Imperial Institute, subscribers to which received "a bound volume of the words".
Note
Fletcher and Rood record an issue giving the date of performance as 1903, which was prepared for the actors.
Note
Publisher's dark grey paper boards with front cover printed in red to a design by Housman.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), D1(a)-(b)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Presentation copy "to W. J. Strang, member of the Bethlehem Company", signed by Laurence Housman, Gordon Craig and Martin Shaw, December 1902, with pencil sketch by Craig pasted in, and signed in the margins by members of the cast. Booklabels of Stanley Scott, Chard, Somerset [and] East Dulwich.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Bookplate of Clare Atwood, friend and neighbour of Ellen Terry at Smallhythe. Booklabels of Stanley Scott.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Inscribed "To dear Frank from the not quite so dear author, Laurence Housman, Feb: 1916". Booklabels of Stanley Scott.
Provenance
[Copy 5] Inscribed "To P. Rhodes member of the Bethlehem Company with sincere thanks from Laurence Housman, Dec: 1902" with unsigned sketch of "Abel" by Edward Gordon Craig pasted in.
Provenance
[Copy 6] Inscribed on half-title: "E. B. Higginbottam Xmas 1902 (Dec 17th)".
Provenance
[Copy 7] Bookplate of William S. Argent.
Binding
[Copies 1-3] Housed together in dark green cloth box with leather spine label "Bethlehem". Also in box is Christmas note to Stanley Scott from Peter Brooker enclosing printed card and dried flowers "Fleurs de Bethléem" [n.d.].
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] With printed note inserted at p. 5. Tipped-in ALS from Laurence Housman to Stanley Scott dated 19 June 1958 with memories of the production and of Craig. Note by Scott on tipped-in leaf at front dated August 1958 and loose ms. copy in his hand of extracts from Housman's obituaries in the press, 1962.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] With printed note inserted at p. 5 and programme card laid down inside back cover. Annotated with descriptive comments on the production in an unidentified hand. Loosely inserted correspondence dated June 1963 between Stanley Scott and Gilbert H. Fabes, bookseller, regarding the book's provenance.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3] With printed note inserted at p. 5
Copy-specific note
[Copy 4] Without the printed note.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 5] With printed note inserted at p. 5 and programme card tipped onto title page.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 6] With printed note inserted at p. 5.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 7] With printed note inserted at p. 5.
Subject
Christmas poetry.
Subject
Christmas plays.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Scott, Stanley former owner.
Added entry--name
Housman, Laurence, 1865 - 1959 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Atwood, Clare, 1866 - 1962 former owner.
Added entry--name
Argent, William S. former owner.
Added entry--name
Macmillan & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46487