Portmanteau adaptations / by Stuart Walker author of Portmanteau Plays and More Portmanteau Plays. Edited, and with an introduction, by Edward Hale Bierstadt. Illustrated.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Stuart, 1888-1941.

Contributor:

Bierstadt, Edward Hale, 1891-

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Stewart Kidd play series.

Stewart Kidd play series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--Collections.

Drama.

Genre:

Collections.

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Speiser, Maurice J. (Maurice Joseph), b. 1880 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Speiser, Mrs. (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

229 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati : Stewart Kidd Company Publishers, [1921]

Contents:

Introduction.

Gammer Gurton's needle.

The birthday of the infants [founded on Oscar Wilde's story]

Sir David wears a crown.

Nellijumbo.

Notes:

"Copyright, 1921 Stewart Kidd Company."

"First printing, November, 1921."

"'Gammer Gurton's Needle' was first produced by Mr. Walker at Boston, Massachusetts, on February 14, 1916. The first New York production was at the Princess Theatre in December of 1916."

"'The Birthday of Infanta' was first produced at Binghamton, New York, in November of 1916. The first New York production was at the Princess Theatre in December of 1916."

"'Sir David Wears a Crown' was first produced at the Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana on June 14, 1921. It has not yet had a New York production."

"'Nellijumbo' has not yet been played."

Publisher's advertisements: [3] p. at end.

Red textured cloth binding lettered and ruled in gilt.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket without lapels laid in.

OCLC:

1495098