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- Description:
- Program for performance of "Merely Mary Ann" starring Eleanor Robson beginning January 15, 1906 at the Detroit Opera House; program features cast of characters, scene synopses, and musical program as well as advertisements for various Detroit-based companies; front cover is in color and features an illustration of a Classically dressed woman on the left side and a man in Renaissance-era costume on the right; between the two people are the masks of tragedy and comedy; "B. C. Whitney, Manager"; front cover also features an advertisement for "The House of George - Furs"
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Broadside program for performance of "The Newlyweds and their Baby" at the Lyceum Theatre beginning November 16, 1913; one-sided; program features cast of characters, scene synopses, musical program, and business staff list; bottom of program features an advertisement for the "Walk-Over Shoe Co."
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for a vaudeville performance at the Lyceum Theatre featuring the Refined Vaidis Sisters, scheduled for the week of Monday, December 1st; front cover is brown and yellow on white paper; illustration of a fairy seated in a toga by a tree; "Lyceum Theatre" at top next to illustration of someone blowing in to two bugles; "Charles Shaw and Orin DeLane, Lessees and Managers;" Winn and Hammond are credited as the binders, printers, and engravers, and E.C. Sullivan is listed as the publisher; in addition to the list of acts, the interior contains numerous advertisements including one for the dentist Dr. Bean promoting his use of cocaine as an anesthetic, and a "musical puzzle" advertising Harry R. Williams' musical instrument warerooms carrying a 1890 copyright.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "The Knife" at the Garrick Theatre starting December 3, 1917; front cover features an illustration of a woman wearing a white dress and black hat with two servants in waiting behind her; in oval below "Arriving at the play in the time of David Garrick;" "Direction of Lee and J.J. Shubert," Advertisements throughout including one promoting the tower expansion of the Book Building on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for a series of performance of "Too Many Husbands," at the Garrick Theatre beginning the week of April 4, 1920; color cover with illustration of a woman in period dress with two servants framed by an oval; in small oval underneath "Arriving at the play in the time of David Garrick"; "Direction of Lee and J.J. Shubert;" back cover: advertisement for Detroit Creamery; color illustration of family around table eating "special brick ice cream" with maid serving; other advertisements throughout.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for Garrick Theatre performance of "When all has Been Said"; Week of Nov. 21, 1910; front cover: green and white with Classical themes; "Garrick Theatre under the direction of Lee and J.J. Shubert"; profile of Classically dressed woman seated playing lyre above advertisement for Hotel Pontchartrain "Geo. H. Woolley & Wm. J. Chttenden Jr., Managers"; back cover: advertisement for Ph. Kling Brewing Co.; red and green text with Ph. Kling Brewing Co. logo; advertisements throughout
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for a performance of Richelieu at the Detroit Opera House on March 15, 1881 starring Edwin Booth; black and white featuring "Detroit Opera House" in large letters at top with advertisements and production information below; Joseph Brooks, Lesse & Manager; C.A. Shaw, Acting Manager
- Date Issued:
- 1881-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for performance of "The New Superba," described as "a unique, mechanical and pantomimic spectacle, invented and arranged by the Hanlon Brothers" at the Lyceum Theatre for the week of March 1, 1896; front cover is white with blue ink and features the name of the theatre in stylized text sorrounded by Acanthus leaves; below, "A Strictly First Class Family Theatre"; photograph of a woman in shorts and a blouse; "E.D. Stair, Mgr.;" numerous advertisements are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for a vaudeville performance at the Temple Theatre the week of April 24, 1911. The Temple Theatre Orchestra; Wills and Hassan, Master Equilibrists; "That Nifty Pair," Jennie Ward and Billie Cullen; Howard, the "premier ventriloquist of Scotland; "The Natural Irishman and the Lady Harpist and Vocalist," James Callahan and Jenny St. George; Gerald Griffin and Company; "Quartette of French Operatic Artists," Les Cades de Gascogne; Valerie Bergere and her Company; "The Original New York Rathskellar Trio," Stepp, Mehlinger, and King; "World Champion Trick Cyclists," the Great Kaufmann Troupe; and Mooreoscope Daylight Pictures are billed. The program also contains information about upcoming performances and numerous advertisements. An illustration of a woman holding a fan, and a minstrel playing a lute are on the cover, with an advertisement for the Traver-Bird Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Souvenir program, printed on pink ribbon, for the Chicago Stock Company in "A Daughter of the South,' on July 4, 1909, the final performance at the Whitney Theatre on Griswold Street and State Street, prior to its renaming to the Garrick Theatre. The ribbon lists the cast and scenes.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater