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| Title: | Chicago Drama Performances. Index |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1839-1955 |
| Size: | 29.5 linear feet (59 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Compiled by University of Chicago Professor Napier Wilt. Primarily index cards with information on theatrical performances in Chicago theaters, 1839-1955. Cards include title of play, dates of performances, author, theater where play was performed, actors, and sometimes comments on the play. Also includes scripts, playbills, reviews, and some information on New York theaters in the 20th century. |
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The Chicago Drama Performances Index represents a record of theatrical performance in the Chicago theaters from 1839-1955. There is also some information on New York theaters in the twentieth century. The Chicago Drama Performances Index is the result of theater history projects conducted by Napier Wilt, a faculty member in the University of Chicago's Department of English who specialized in the study of theater. The index was developed over a period of time by Wilt, with contributions from his students and colleagues.
The material is collected in multiple index files, as well as on unindexed cards. The largest and most cohesive files are an author index, title index, chronological index, index of plays performed annually, indexes of German plays, and an actor index.
Napier Wilt. Papers
| Box 1 | Author Index, à Beckett -- Oxenford |
| Box 2 | Author Index, Pacaud -- Zangwill |
| Box 2 | Author Index, Anonymous authors |
| Box 2 | Alphabetical list of plays, Abadella -- Bertha; or, The Sewing Machine Girl |
| Box 2 | Alphabetical list of and notes on plays, Chatterton -- A Trip to Chinatown |
| Box 2 | Reviews of plays |
| Box 2 | Miscellaneous cards of theater reviews and play lists |
| Box 3 | Title Index, A.D. 1900 (What Are We Coming To?) -- Ballet Russe |
| Box 4 | Title Index, Ballet Theater -- Broken Wing |
| Box 5 | Title Index, Brollopet pa Ulfasa -- The Clockmaker's Troubles |
| Box 6 | Title Index, The Clod - Divorçons, 1826-1952 |
| Box 7 | Title Index, Dixie -- Father Malachy's Miracle |
| Box 8 | Title Index, Fatinitza -- The Gipsy Trail |
| Box 9 | Title Index, Giralda -- His Grace the Duke |
| Box 10 | Title Index, His Grace of Grammont -- Joshua Whitcomb |
| Box 11 | Title Index, Josie, The Little Madcap -- Living Mask |
| Box 12 | Title Index, Living on Air -- Mary Stuart |
| Box 13 | Title Index, Mary Tudor -- Mutt and Jeff's Wedding |
| Box 14 | Title Index, The Mutton Trial -- The Organ Grinder |
| Box 15 | Title Index, Oriana -- Pousse Café |
| Box 16 | Title Index, Pouter’s Wedding -- Romeo and Juliet |
| Box 17 | Title Index, Romeo Jaffer Jenkins -- Sleep No More |
| Box 18 | Title Index, A Sleep of Prisoners -- Three’s a Crowd |
| Box 19 | Title Index, Thrice Married -- The Usurper |
| Box 20 | Title Index, V.V.V. -- The Wyoming Whoop |
| Box 21 | Title Index, Yacup (The Peddler’s Story) -- Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 |
| Box 21 | German plays, notes and indexes, 1834-1928 |
| Box 21 | German and Swedish plays, alphabetical index, 1834-1928 |
| Box 22 | German language theater, chronological index, 1876-1897 |
| Box 22 | German language theater, drama titles, 1861-1871 |
| Box 22 | German language theater, play titles, 1859-1922 |
| Box 22 | Chronological Index, 1872-1878 |
| Box 23 | Chronological Index, 1879-1889 |
| Box 24 | Chronological Index, 1889-1894 |
| Box 25 | Chronological Index, 1894-1908 |
| Box 26 | Chronological Index, 1902-1905 |
| Box 27 | Chronological Index, May 1905-August 1907 |
| Box 28 | Chronological Index, September 1907-1913 |
| Box 29 | Chronological Index, 1914-1920 |
| Box 30 | Chronological Index, 1921-1929 |
| Box 31 | Chronological Index, 1930-1955 |
| Box 31 | Plays annually by title, A-Z, 1902 |
| Box 32 | Plays annually by title, A-Z, 1903 |
| Box 32 | Plays annually by title, A-Z, 1904-1905 |
| Box 33 | Plays annually by title, A-Z, 1906 |
| Box 33 | Plays annually by title, A-Z, 1907 |
| Box 33 | Plays annually by title, A-Q, 1908 |
| Box 34 | Plays annually by title, R-Z, 1908 |
| Box 34 | Plays annually by title, A-Z, 1914 |
| Box 34 | Dictionary of critical terms of Chicago and New York theaters for 1873-1874 |
| Box 34 | Book reviews, A.E., Voices of the Stones – Stefan Zweig, Passion and Pain, 1924-1925 |
| Box 34 | Calendar of book releases, 1924-1925 |
| Box 34 | Play reviews, 1920-1931 |
| Box 34 | Play reviews, 1921-1922 |
| Box 34 | Play reviews, 1876-1877 |
| Box 34 | Unfiled chronological index sheets, 1855-1867 |
| Box 35 | Unfiled chronological index sheets, 1868-1871 |
| Box 35 | Unfiled actor index sheets, 1837-1881 |
| Box 35 | Play sheets, 1857-1862 |
| Box 36 | Play sheets, 1863-1865 |
| Box 36 | Bound play sheets, 1860-1877 |
| Box 37 | Bound play sheets, 1885 |
| Box 37 | Actor index, Abbey -- Gutherie |
| Box 38 | Actor index, by name, Habelman -- Waverly |
| Box 39 | Actor index, by name, Weatherman – Zorete, 1858-1890 |
| Box 39 | Actor index, Barili – Zoe, 1863 |
| Box 39 | Star index, actors before the Chicago Fire, 1839-1871 |
| Box 40 | Reviews by source, circa 1873-1889 |
| Box 40 | Notes on theatres and theatre managers, by year, 1873-1945 |
| Box 40 | Notes on censorship, ticket pricing, audience behavior, circa 1874-1889 |
| Box 41 | Bibliography by author, American drama, plays, criticism, and theory |
| Box 41 | Art, music, literary, and political events, together with reviews and comments, 1922- |
| Box 41 | 1923 |
| Box 41 | New York theater listings by date with reviews and comments, 1924-1925 |
| Box 41 | Chicago theater listings by date with reviews and comments, 1924-1925 |
| Box 41 | Headings from the New York Times, 1924-1925 |
| Box 41 | Theater, poetry, and book reviews, 1925-1926 |
| Box 41 | Notes on William Byrd, Histories of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North |
| Box 41 | Carolina, ed. William K. Boyd, 1929 |
| Box 41 | Bibliography, drama and literature |
| Box 41 | English plays performed at McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, June 1860 |
| Box 41 | Plays performed at McVicker’s Theater, with review notes, 1882-1884 |
| Box 41 | Notes on Studebaker, 1897-1907 |
| Box 41 | Notes on theaters, circa 1842-1903 |
| Box 41 | Notes on the National Theater Company and the People’s Theater, 1846 |
| Box 41 | Performances by theater, 1955 |
| Box 41 | Plays by title, L, undated |
| Box 41 | Performances of "Gamecock of the Wilderness," 1842-1861 |
| Box 41 | Plays performed by genre, 1860-1925 |
| Box 41 | Notes from the Tribune, 1880 |
| Box 41 | Notes from the Record-Herald, 1909 |
| Box 41 | Performances by date, 1870 |
| Box 41 | Plays by title, undated |
| Box 41 | Playwrights by name, undated |
| Box 41 | Notes on casting, undated |
| Box 41 | Reviews from the Washington, New York, and Chicago papers, 1887-1906 |
| Box 41 | Performances by theater, 1910 |
| Box 41 | Performances by date, 1924 |
| Box 41 | French plays given in English, undated |
| Box 41 | Matinee days for minor theaters, undated |
| Box 41 | Notes on actors and reviews, circa 1860s |
| Box 41 | Performances, 1839 |
| Box 41 | Reviews of the Irish Players, 1933 |
| Box 41 | Performances by the Playwrights Company, 1954 |
| Box 41 | Performances by date, 1857-1858 |
| Box 42 | Actors and directors by name, circa 1830s-1870s |
| Box 42 | Performances by play, with review notes, 1871-1880 |
| Box 42 | Norwegian plays performed in Chicago by name, 1866-1872 |
| Box 42 | Norwegian Drama Societies in Chicago, by Napier Wilt, 1938 |
| Box 42 | Notes on performances of "Backwoodsmen," 1849 |
| Box 42 | Actors, A-G, circa 1860s |
| Box 43 | Index corrections, circa 1899-1902 |
| Box 43 | Performances by play and date, 1874-1908 |
| Box 43 | Notes on "Adelphi" and "Hoodman Blind," circa 1880s |
| Box 43 | Postcard of Coimbra University, Portugal, undated |
| Box 43 | Newspaper clippings, circa 1903-1940 |
| Box 43 | Plays by title, 1886-1908 |
| Box 43 | Notes on plays, 1935 |
| Box 43 | Performances by theater, 1800-1861 |
| Box 43 | Notes on Arlington, Kelly, Leon, and Donniker’s Minstrels, circa 1860s |
| Box 43 | Performances by date, 1886 |
| Box 43 | Notes on drama |
| Box 43 | Plays, undated |
| Box 43 | Performances by city, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries |
| Box 43 | Narratives of early Virginia |
| Box 43 | Play abstracts, undated |
| Box 43 | Performances by play, undated |
| Box 43 | Performances by theater, 1874 |
| Box 43 | Performances by genre, 1875-1917 |
| Box 43 | Plays at the Grand Theater, circa 1914-1923 |
| Box 43 | Unsorted indexes |
| Box 44 | Plays by title, starting at C, circa 1756-1858 |
| Box 44 | Play abstracts, John Maddison Morton |
| Box 44 | Actors, plays, and playwrights, with notes on performances, undated |
| Box 45 | Performances by play, circa 1830s-1880s |
| Box 45 | Performances by play, with comments 1858-1864 |
| Box 45 | Performances by play, undated |
| Box 45 | Performances by theater, circa 1839-1873 |
| Box 45 | Performances by theater, 1856 |
| Box 45 | Performances in Chicago, June 1876 |
| Box 45 | British and Irish playwrights and theater managers by name, circa 1750-1850 |
| Box 45 | Bibliography, Herman Melville |
| Box 45 | Authors and playwrights by name, 1920-1931 |
| Box 45 | Notes on filing and organization, undated |
| Box 45 | Performances with review notes, 1859 |
| Box 45 | Notes on Jewish, French, and German plays, undated |
| Box 45 | Performances in Chicago, January 1873 |
| Box 45 | Notes on plays by name, undated |
| Box 45 | Performances by play, 1827-1828 |
| Box 45 | Performances in London with reviews, circa 1764 |
| Box 45 | Performances in London, circa 1750s |
| Box 46 | Performances by date, 1942-1943 |
| Box 46 | Performances by play, playwright, and director, circa 1942-1944 |
| Box 46 | Bibliographic information for books on drama, circa 1943 |
| Box 47 | Performances in New York by theater, circa 1943 |
| Box 47 | Performances by date, 1886 |
| Box 48 | Plays, 1901-1917 |
| Box 48 | Plays, 1903-1907 |
| Box 49 | Plays, 1908 |
| Box 49 | Bibliography by subject |
| Box 49 | Bibliography by genre |
| Box 49 | Plays by author and title, undated |
| Box 50 | Plays by title, undated |
| Box 51 | Performances by actor, 1941 |
| Box 51 | Performances by author, 1941 |
| Box 51 | Performances by city, 1941 |
| Box 52 | Performances by theater, 1941 |
| Box 52 | Performances by director, circa 1940-1942 |
| Box 52 | Performances by city, A-N, 1942 |
| Box 53 | Performances by city, O-W, 1942 |
| Box 53 | Performances by title, circa 1938-1944 |
| Box 54 | Performances by playwright, 1847-1857 |
| Box 54 | Play abstracts by genre, undated |
| Box 55 | General notes by topic, undated |
| Box 55 | Plays by title, A-B |
| Box 56 | Plays by title, B-G |
| Box 57 | Plays by title, G-H |
| Box 57 | Plays by title A, with notes on reviews, circa 1805-1936 |
| Box 57 | Library call slip, undated |
| Box 58 | Performances, 1866-1877 |
| Box 59 | Performances, 1885 |
| Box 59 | Plays by title, with notes on performances, circa nineteenth century |