Shelfmark
Krr.2.45
Title
A history of Shakespearean production : exhibited by the National Book League at 7 Albemarle Street, W.1 / arranged by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Society for Cultural Relations with the U.S.S.R.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : [National Book League], 1948.
Physical description
35, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Note
Booklet for an exhibition that run January 15 - February 28, 1948.
Note
Front cover includes engraving of Mrs. Hartley as Hermione in The Winter's Tale.
Summary, etc.
Scope and content: Inner front cover: "Plan of the exhibition. By way of introductiona small preliminary display presents a synopsis of the story--that is, of the tradition of the theatreuntil the advent of historical setting and costuming, giving us on the one hand 'Shakespeare in modern dress' and on the other, a few special traditional costumes. The rest of the material is arranged chronologically, save for one section devoted to a single play, Macbeth, which gives us, as it were, the whole exhibition in microcosm."
Subject
Theater History Exhibitions.
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England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51822