MS 56, Codex 027.1 The merchant of Florence :
Title
The merchant of Florence :Authors
- Noah, M. M. 1785-1851
Other related names
- Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939-, donor
- Kaplan, Deanne, donor
Call number
MS 56, Codex 027.1(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9977558535603681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1129194663
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p30v89n78
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaOrigin
- Date
- New York, 1834
Summary
A ruled volume comprising the handwritten play The merchant of Florence performed at the Bowery Theatre in New York in 1834. The play is a tragedy as indicated on the title page in pencil. The play was written by an unknown author presumably a literati from New York. Following the title is written: by the author of the Venetian bride* , The mountain man ... copyright secured. The note for the asterisk is in pencil at the bottom of the title page reads: written expressly for and performed at the benefit of W. G. [J]ones of the Bowery Theatre. The text of the play is written in black and the characters and stage directions are written in red ink. Laid in the volume is a critique of The merchant of Florence written by Jewish-American playwright, diplomat, and journalist Mordecai Manuel Noah dated October 22, 1834. The review of the play considered dialogue, language, and stage craft. A small portion of the title page is torn.
Extent
1 volume +Provenance
- Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify accession no. 2006.12.26.02968).
Subjects topical
- Drama--New York (State)--New York--19th century
- Jews--New York (State)--New York--19th century
- Bowery Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Bowery Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Jews
- Drama
- New York (State)--New York
Genres
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Tragedies (Drama)
- Tragedies (Drama)
- Theater reviews
- Theater reviews
- Manuscripts, American--19th century
Licenses
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- Text
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Table of contents
- 1 — Title page
- 3 — Dramatis Personae
- 5 — Act 1st
- 5 — Scene 1st
- 11 — Scene 2nd
- 15 — Scene 3rd
- 22 — Act 2nd
- 22 — Scene 1st
- 27 — Scene 2nd
- 33 — Scene 3rd
- 38 — Scene 4th
- 43 — Act 3rd
- 43 — Scene 1st
- 50 — Scene 2nd
- 52 — Scene 3rd
- 55 — Act 4th
- 55 — Scene 1st
- 58 — Scene 2nd
- 66 — Scene 3rd
- 67 — Scene 4th
- 73 — Act 5th
- 73 — Scene 1st
- 78 — Scene 2nd
- 81 — Scene 3rd
- 84 — Scene 4th
- 95 — The following is omitted in 4th page of 4th scene in Act 4th
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