Found 2 collections related to Walsh, Townsend

Townsend Walsh (1872-1941) worked as a press agent for various theatrical companies beginning in 1898. He was also a drama critic, playwright, collector, theater and circus historian, and sometime actor. Scrapbook, predominately clippings, also programs and ephemera, documents a musical production of THE WIZARD OF OZ presented by Frederick R. Hamlin, staged by Julian Mitchell, with book and lyrics by L. Frank Baum and music by Paul Tietjens. The extravaganza, starring Anna Laughlin, Fred A. Stone and David C. Montgomery, played at the Grand Opera House in Chicago in the summer of 1902, then toured various cities including Memphis, St. Louis and Toronto, before serving as the opening production of the new Majestic Theatre in New York City in January 1903. less

Townsend Walsh (1872-1941), American theater press agent, business manager, drama critic, playwright and actor, was a collector of theatrical and circus memorabilia. Consists of two pencil portraits of Townsend Walsh; one portrait in watercolor and ink of Walsh in the role of Darby O'Hara in his play, The Boys of Kilkenny (1897); one handwritten poem "To the Players;" one small menu card showing a painted face and the words "Advocate" and "Townsend Walsh;" and three pieces of ephemera: some leaves, a menu and a card for Sir Frederick Pollock all pasted on one piece of cardboard, perhaps a souvenir from a dinner. less