- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5.25 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"11 boxes and 1 portfolio", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1998-047", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21804", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1812-1895", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1812/1895"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1812
- date_inclusive_end
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1895
- keydate
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1812
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Arthur Weyhe toy theatre collection"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Sheets of scenery, characters and wings, both colored and uncolored, used in toy theatres. Also published booklets of play scripts for the theatres."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p> Arthur Weyhe Toy Theatre Collection, *T-Vim 1998-047. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Arthur Weyhe", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Toy theatres were a popular English children's toy in the first half of the19th century. Many publishing houses were involved in printing engraved sheets depicting the prinicipal characters and scenery of current plays. The characters could be cut out and mounted on pasteboard and attached to sticks for performances in front of the scenery. The sheets came as penny plains that could be colored at home or as twopence coloured, already colored. The theatres themselves were made of card and fit on a table top. Scripts, condensed and adapted for children, were produced to be used with the theatres. Popular titles included <span class=\"title\">Aladdin</span>, <span class=\"title\">Black-Eyed Susan</span>, <span class=\"title\">Blue Beard</span>, <span class=\"title\">Cinderella</span>, <span class=\"title\">Forty Thieves</span>, <span class=\"title\">Hamlet</span>, <span class=\"title\">Macbeth</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Maid and the Magpie</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Miller and His Men</span>, <span class=\"title\">Richard the Third</span>, <span class=\"title\">Sleeping Beauty</span>, <span class=\"title\">Timour the Tartar</span>, <span class=\"title\">Uncle Tom's Cabin</span>and various harlequin tales. With the late 19th century rise of a more realistic theatre deemed less suitable as entertainment for children as well as the increase in illustrated journals, the publishing of toy theatres declined.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection is primarily sheets for toy theatres consisting of scenery, characters and wings, both colored and uncolored. Some sheets are still threaded together into booklets showing they were sold as sets. A few characters and wings have already been cut out. The sheets are mainly 1814-1832 or undated, with the exception of Green who published his prints from 1833-1857 and Mathews who published from 1886 to1895. The collection is particularly strong in the work of the publishing firms of Green, Hodgson, Pollock, Redington, Skelt, Webb and West. The collection also includes published booklets of the juvenile drama used with toy theatres.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Arthur Weyhe toy theatre collection is arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21804#c479449'>Series I. Toy Theatre Sheets</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1814-1895</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>7 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Scenery, characters and wings used in toy theatres.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21804#c479494'>Series II. Toy Theatre Oversize Sheets</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1812-1832</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Scenery, characters and wings used in toy theatres. Box 9 is almost entirely from the publishing house of W. West.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21804#c479519'>Series III. Printed scripts</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 boxes and 1 portfolio</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Plays in published booklets consist of juvenile drama to accompany toy theatre sets. Includes scripts as well as, in some cases, directions on how to cut out and place the scenery and characters. Most booklets are undated; some are illustrated.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I. Toy Theatre Sheets</li> <li>Series II. Toy Theatre Oversize Sheets</li> <li>Series III. Printed Scripts</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Received from Arthur Weyhe in December 1998.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>One box of oversized toy theatre sheets in very poor condition. Sheets have been folded, booklet covers have been pasted onto other sheets. Very fragile. Research use not recommended and only with special permission from the curator.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Pat Wise and Elisabeth Elkind; Machine-readable finding aid created by Elisabeth Elkind.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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5.25 linear feet (11 boxes and 1 portfolio)
- date_start
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1812
- date_end
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1895