Fifty years of an actor's work, 1871-1921 : typescript
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Description
- Title
- Fifty years of an actor's work, 1871-1921 : typescript
- Creator
- Wells, Charles B., 1851-1924
- Published / Created
- 1921.
- Publication Place
- New York, New York
- Abstract
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Record of the acting career of Charles B. Wells, typescript carbon copy, bound, dated 1921. Dates, cities, theaters, plays, and roles played by Wells, salaries he received, and names of acting companies and actors with whom he worked are listed in a tabular format. Volume includes a foreword, indexes of plays and persons, and a transcript of an address given by Wells on Founder's Night at the Players Club, New York, on New Year's Eve, 1919. Circa sixty black-and-white photographs of Wells (including frontispiece) and fellow actors, playbills, and letters are mounted on pages throughout the volume
- Description
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Charles B. Wells (1851-1924) was an American actor who performed throughout the continental United States and Hawaii Territory.
In English.
Title from title page. - Provenance
- Ex libris Charles B. Wells. Purchased from Natch Taylor on the Adele Gutman Nathan Theatrical Collection Fund, 2018.
- Extent
- 1 volume (circa 200 pages) : 22 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- YCAL MSS 1187
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Photographic prints
- Material
- illustrations (photographs) ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
- United States.
- Subject (Name)
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Wells, Charles B., 1851-1924.
Players (Club) - Subject (Topic)
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Actors
Theater
Theatrical companies - Subjects
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Wells, Charles B., 1851-1924
Players (Club)
Actors > United States
Theater > United States
Theatrical companies > United States
United States > 19th century
United States > 20th century
Wells, Charles B., 1851-1924 > Bookplate
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Charles B. Wells, Fifty Years of An Actor's Work. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 13721474
- Object ID (OID)
- 16695920
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