Theatre Production and Related Materials
This series includes materials used in the production and performance of plays, playbills, and materials relating to the theatre in general. Materials include printed and handwritten play scripts and prompt books, background research materials for...
Part of Theater Playbills Collection
This series contains playbills from theaters and concert halls in Boston, London and New York City ranging in dates from the mid-1800s to 1949.The bulk of the materials are from Boston theaters. Many plays made their premieres in Boston before jo...
This series consists of materials in periodical form, relating to the Boston theatre arts from 1857 – 1952. Also included in the series are materials relating to the function of the Boston Evening Transcript. Excerpts and full issues of periodical...
The bulk of this series is comprised of correspondence to and from Sigmund A. Lavine, regarding various Gilbert and Sullivan productions, exhibits, projects, and books. This series also contains a short note from W.S. Gilbert dated July 9th, 1904....
Lavine, Sigmund A.
This series contains a massive number of newspaper clippings related to Gilbert and Sullivan. Most items were been clipped out of newspaper or magazine pages, and pasted on to sheets of heavy paper. Many do not have a date or any identification, e...
Lavine, Sigmund A.
This series consists of items seemingly unrelated to Gilbert and Sullivan which were found within the collection. Items include flyers for upcoming non-G&S plays, fragments of sheet music, and unidentified ticket stubs. Also included is a scra...
Lavine, Sigmund A.
This series contains programs from a large range of productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operas, from professional theatres London to high school glee clubs. Some programs have been clipped from newspapers or magazines, and a number of productions ...
Lavine, Sigmund A.
This series contains scripts and librettos for Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Some scripts also contain the musical arrangements for the operas. A number of the librettos were published as “souvenir” librettos and contain photographs or drawing...
Lavine, Sigmund A.
This series contains 14 magazines, mostly theatre and entertainment-related, which contain articles about Gilbert and Sullivan. The majority of the early magazines are London-based, but the series also includes copies of LIFE and the Beanpot, BU’s...
Lavine, Sigmund A.
This series contains original photographs, reproduction photographs, and book plate images of actors and theatre productions from the 1870s through the 1930s. Included are individual portraits, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, theatre company phot...
This series contains musical scores for the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and consists of vocal, piano, pianoforte, and a variety of other arrangements. Some items are sheet music, and others are published books of music, either of all of the opera...
Lavine, Sigmund A.
Part of Jackson-Dowd Theater Collection
This series contains composition books, leather and cloth bound ledgers, paper folders, and three-ring binders with handwritten text. Some pages have been removed from their original binders for preservation purposes. Jackson used envelopes, recei...
This series contains programs from 21 theatres and/or companies between the dates 1881 and 1960. Included are performance programs, souvenir programs of specific performances, and souvenir programs of specific actors. The programs are in the form ...
Part of Sarah Moore Field Collection
This series contain playbills from theaters and concert halls outside of Boston. Locations include New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and various places in Massachusetts. The New York Programs folder includes performances from Sarah Berhardt &am...
Field, Sarah Moore
This is a small series consisting of souvenir Gilbert and Sullivan items. Most of the items are booklets of photographs, prints, and drawings from Gilbert and Sullivan tours. Also included are a ribbon banner from an 1877 performance of Ruddigore,...
Lavine, Sigmund A.