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The Heart of Maryland and Other Plays, by David Belasco

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Belasco, David, 1853-1931.

David Belasco was an American playwright, impresario, director and theatrical producer. He wrote, directed, or produced over 100 Broadway plays. He is recognized for bringing a new standard of naturalism to the stage, as well as advanced lighting techniques and use of color.

The collection consists of the manuscript, marked for typesetting, of Belasco's The Heart of Maryland and Other Plays (1941), edited by Glenn Hughes and George Savage, as volume 18 in its series America's Lost Plays. Of the five plays selected by the editors, four have been copied from manuscripts held in the Theatre Collection of the New York Public Library: La Belle Russe (1881); The Girl I Left Behind Me (co-authored by Franklin Fyles, 1893); The Heart of Maryland (1895); and Naughty Anthony (1899). The fifth, The Stranglers of Paris (1881), is credited by the editors as having been taken from a pirated edition of the play held by the Division of Drama Library, University of Washington.

Published under same title (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1941) as vol. 18 in series called "America's Lost Plays."

No aquisition information is currently available for this collection.

Folder inventory added by Kelly Rafey '16 in 2013.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

The Heart of Maryland and Other Plays, Frontmatter and Introduction, 12 pp., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

La Belle Russe, Introduction and Act I, 32 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

La Belle Russe, Act II, 25 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

La Belle Russe, Act III, 33 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

La Belle Russe, Act IV, 36 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Stranglers of Paris, Act I, 26 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Stranglers of Paris, Act II, 14 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Stranglers of Paris, Act III, 12 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Stranglers of Paris, Act IV, 17 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Stranglers of Paris, Act V, 8 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Stranglers of Paris, Act VI, 11 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Stranglers of Paris, Act VII, 13 pp., 1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Girl I Left Behind Me, Introduction and Act I (folder 1), 52 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Girl I Left Behind Me, Act I (folder 2), 30 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Girl I Left Behind Me, Act II (folder 1), 30 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Girl I Left Behind Me, Act II (folder 2), 27 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Girl I Left Behind Me, Act III, 33 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Girl I Left Behind Me, Act IV, 30 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Heart of Maryland, Introduction and Act I (folder 1), 42 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Heart of Maryland, Act I (folder 2), 32 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Heart of Maryland, Act II (folder 1), 29 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Heart of Maryland, Act II (folder 2), 31 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Heart of Maryland, Act III (folder 1), 22 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Heart of Maryland, Act III (folder 2), 22 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Heart of Maryland, Act IV (folder 1), 24 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Heart of Maryland, Act IV (folder 2), 21 pp., 1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Naughty Anthony, Introduction and Act I (folder 1), 43 pp., 1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Naughty Anthony, Act I (folder 2), 39 pp., 1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Naughty Anthony, Act II (folder 1), 29 pp., 1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Naughty Anthony, Act II (folder 2), 22 pp., 1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Naughty Anthony, Act III (folder 1), 22 pp., 1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Naughty Anthony, Act III (folder 2), 35 pp., 1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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