- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".25 linear feet (1 box)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1993-013", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21301", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Papers, *T-Mss 1993-013, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Novelist, playwright, and lecturer Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (nee Richards) was born in Boston in 1867 and raised in England. She studied music in London and Paris and the classics at University College, London. At the age of nineteen she married Reginald Walpole Craigie. Their marriage was an unhappy one and in the end she sued for divorce, retaining custody of their five-year old son. Although an accomplished pianist, Mrs. Craigie turned to writing. Using the pen name <span class=\"name\">John Oliver Hobbes</span>, she wrote novels and then plays. Her best known books were <span class=\"title\">The School for Saints</span> and <span class=\"title\">Robert Orange</span>. Her first play, <span class=\"title\">Journeys End in Lovers' Meeting</span>, was performed in 1894 and starred Ellen Terry. Her most successful play was <span class=\"title\">The Ambassador</span> which opened in 1898 and featured Sir George Alexander, H.B. Irving, Violet Vanbrugh, Fay Davis and Kate Sargeantson. She was praised for her remarkable dialogue and her ability to satirize the social mores of the time.</p> <p>Mrs. Craigie was also a well-known lecturer in both America and England. Her subjects were the arts, literature and the advancement of women.</p> <p>She died quite suddenly of heart failure on August 13, 1906.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The source of the Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Papers is unknown.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of correspondence documenting Mrs. Craigie's career. It includes letters discussing productions of some of her plays, mainly <span class=\"title\">The Ambassador</span> (1898); book publications; and plans for future productions as well as personal thank you notes. The correspondents, representing a cross-section of writers, actors, critics and nobility of the time, include <span class=\"persname\">F. C. Burnand</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Edmund Gosse</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Henry Arthur Jones</span>, <span class=\"persname\">George Moore</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Arthur Symonds</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Henry James</span>, <span class=\"persname\">J. M. Barrie</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Henry Irving</span>, <span class=\"persname\">H.B. Irving</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ellen Terry</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Olga Nethersole</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Violet Vanbrugh</span>, <span class=\"persname\">George Alexander</span>, members of the <span class=\"famname\">Churchill family</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Queen Mary</span>, among others.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Susan McArthur.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Mrs. Craigie's papers have been part of the Theatre Collection for some time. They were rehoused and recataloged in 1993. The letters, in excellent condition, appear to have been removed from a scrapbook.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1894-1909", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1894/1909"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1894
- date_inclusive_end
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1909
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Alphabetical arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1993-013"}
{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1993-013"}
{"date"=>"01/01/1992", "source"=>"Unknown", "method"=>"Unknown", "extent"=>".25 o", "value"=>"Unknown, Unknown, 01/01/1992"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Correspondence to Ms. Craigie documenting the production of some of her plays, most notably The Ambassador. Included as well are personal correspondence and business correspondence dealing with the publication of her books as well as theatrical productions of her work. The correspondence includes letters from many notable Victorians, including George Alexander, her producer, Henry James, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry."}
- keydate
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1894
- date_start
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1894
- date_end
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1909