Edward Harrigan papers

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physdesc

{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"11.1 linear feet (29 boxes)"}

{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"7 boxes and 3 vols."}

unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1327", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1327", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1870-1908", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1870/1908"}

date_inclusive_start

1870

date_inclusive_end

1908

keydate

1870

unittitle

{"value"=>"Edward Harrigan papers"}

repository

{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York 10018-2788</span></div>"}

{"value"=>"The New York Public Library Billy Rose Theatre Collection"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Collection consists of manuscripts, script materials and other items pertaining to Harrigan's plays. Manuscripts include holograph and typescript versions (some with manuscript revisions), carbons and fragments of plays. Also, programs, costume lists, stage designs, and printed songs."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Edward Harrigan Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Edward Harrigan (1845-1911) was a playwright, actor and producer. A native New Yorker, Harrigan wrote plays about the various ethnic groups of New York at that time, particularly the Irish, Germans and African-Americans. His plays grew out of his early career in vaudeville, and he developed them into complete three act plays in all of which he performed the lead role.</p> <p> Early in his career, he was an actor in California. In 1870 he formed a partnership with another comedian, Sam Rickey, and returned to New York to play in <span class=\"emph\">A Little Fraud.</span> However, his partnership with Anthony Cannon or “Tony Hart” (stage name) in 1872 is what Harrigan is remembered for. In 1876, they became managers of Theatre Comique, 514 Broadway, New York City and remained there until 1881, when the theatre was torn down.</p> <p>Harrigan opened up the New Theatre Comique at 728 Broadway, Aug. 29, 1881 with the play <span class=\"emph\">The Major</span>with him in the lead as “Major Gilfeather”. The New Theatre Comique was destroyed by fire Dec. 23, 1884. Harrigan then leased the Park Theatre at Thirty-fifth Street and Broadway, which he conducted as Harrigan Theatre, with slight interruptions, until April 13, 1891. In 1890, he built a theatre on Thirty-fifth Street near Sixth Avenue, which is now known as Garrick Theatre. His last appearance in the legitimate drama was in <span class=\"emph\">His Wife's Family,</span>at Wallack's Theatre, Oct. 6, 1908.</p> <p> <span class=\"persname\">Edward Harrigan</span> married <span class=\"persname\">Annie T. Braham</span>, daughter of the composer, and was the father of 10 children. He died in New York City <date>Sept. 9, 1909</date>.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p> This collection of Harrigans's plays includes 63 original holograph manuscripts, and farces and sketches in over one hundred different versions. Many have extensive revisions, and a few have the final version in typescript. Among the plays in the collection are <span class=\"title\">Cordelia's Aspirations <date>(1883),</date></span> <span class=\"title\">Dan's Tribulations <date>(1884),</date></span> <span class=\"title\">In the North Wood's,</span><span class=\"title\">The Mulligan Guards Ball <date>(1879),</date></span> <span class=\"title\">The Mulligan Surprise Party,</span><span class=\"title\">Reilly and the Four Hundred <date>(1890),</date></span> and <span class=\"title\">Under Cover <date>(1903).</date></span></p> <p>The collection also contains parts of various plays. Harrigan wrote thirty-nine principle plays and of these only two survive in print, according to the <span class=\"title\">Dictionary of American Biography.</span>The remainder of Harrigan's plays exist only in manuscript form.</p> <p>The collection holds two thousand pages of script material, and much of the material remains unidentified.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Nedda Harrigan (Logan), <date>1941,</date> <date>1949,</date><date>1961</date></p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>See also the following collection of materials:</p> <span class=\"archref\"> Edward Harrigan Papers, 1871-1984. *T-Mss 1941-003 7 boxes and 3 vols. The New York Public Library Billy Rose Theatre Collection View finding aid.</span>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Harrigan, Edward, 1845-1911", "type"=>"persname"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Selected manuscripts available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Related materials can be found in the Edward Harrigan Papers, 1871-1984, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Valerie Wingfield; machine readable finding aid created by APEX data services and revised by Chatham Ewing.</p>"}

date_start

1870

date_end

1908

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1. April Fool. [1/1]
2. The Ba-Ba-Ons. [1/1]
3. Bad Example. [1/1]
4. Barney Brogan. [2/1]
5. Bunch of Berries. (originally named A Muddy Day) [1/1]
6. Christmas Joys and Sorrows see No. 31, The Leather Patch.
7. The Compact. [1/1]
8. Cordelia's Aspirations. [5/1]
9. Dan's Tribulations. [3/1]
10. Darcy McGlone, Author. [1/1]
11. The Day We Celebrate. [1/1]
12. Black Cinders. [1/1]
13. Down Broadway, a Local Panoramic Extravagance. [1/1]
14. Doyle Brothers. [2/1]
15. Eureka. [2/1]
16. The Fee-Gees. [1/1]
17. Four One Act plays by Harrigan, bound. [4/1]
18. Four One Act plays by Harrigan, bound. [4/1]
19. The Grip. [1/1]
20. In the North Woods. [1/2]
21. Investigation. [2/1]
22. The Irish Cousin (remaking of Barney Brogan). [3/1]
23. Jascaire. [1/1]
24. The Lady of Lyons. [1/1]
25. The Last of the Hogans. [1/1]
26. The Leather Patch (also called Christmas Joys and Sorrows) [5/1]
27. The Lord Mayor of Dublin. [2/1]
28. The Lorgaire. [5/1]
29. The Maguires. [1/1]
30. Malone's Night Off. [1/1]
31. McNoony's Visit. [5/1]
32. McSorley's Inflation. [4/1]
33. The Major. [2/1]
34. Marty Malone. [1/1]
35. Mordecai Lyons. [2/1]
36. A Muddy Day see Bunch of Berries.
37. Muldoon. [1/1]
38. The Mulligan Guard's Ball. [8/1]
39. The Mulligan Guard Nominee. [4/1]
40. The Mulligan Guard Picnic. [2/1]
41. The Mulligan Guard's Christmas. [1/1]
42. The Mulligan Surprise Party (also called: The Mulligan Guard's Surprise) [2/1]
43. The Mulligan's Silver Wedding. [3/1]
44. The New Butler. [1/1]
45. No Irish Wanted Here. [1/1]
46. Notoriety. [1/1]
47. Nugent and Rubber. [1/1]
48. Old Lavender. [7/1]
49. The O'Reagans. [1/1]
50. Papa Dan. [1/1]
51. Pete. [1/1]
52. Reilly and the Four Hundred. [6/1]
53. The Simple Life. [1/1]
54. Songs, Gags and farces. [1/1]
55. Squatter Sovereignty. [3/1]
56. The Terrible Example. [1/1]
57. Under Cover. [1/1]
58. Waddy Googan. [4/1]
59. The Woolen Stocking. [1/1]
60. Mulligan Guard Chowder. [1/1]
61. Shamus O'Brien. [1/1]
62. McAllister Legacy [1/1]
63. Mulligan Guard's Picnic (?) [4/1]
64. Unidentified fragments of plays [2/2]
65. [No unit title or unit date] [2/1]
66. Original of Marty Malone