Ben Greet papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"1241", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 1241", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1845/1936", "value"=>"1845-1936"}

date_inclusive_start

1845

date_inclusive_end

1936

keydate

1845

date_start

1845

date_end

1936

unittitle

{"value"=>"Ben Greet papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.3 linear feet (3 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Philip Ben Greet (1857-1936) was an English actor and theater manager. Collection consists of papers reflecting Greet's career in the theater. Includes correspondence, 1881-1936, concerning his American productions of Shakespeare's plays; notes on Shakespeare and on Greet's lectures and stage productions; forewords by A.J. Lofvgren to various Shakespearean plays; a synopsis by Elma Dangerfield of a film version of Julius Caesar; records of the Shakespeare Film Society in London; accounts, tour lists and cue sheets; and other papers."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Ben Greet papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Greet, Ben, Sir, 1857-1936", "type"=>"persname"}

extent_statement

1.3 linear feet (3 boxes)

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1. Correspondence [3/1]
2. Writings of Sir Philip Ben Greet [4/1]
3. Writings by others [10/1]
4. Accounts
5. Annotated copies of printed plays [5/1]
6. Clippings and miscellaneous [11/1]