Theater--Production and direction

Richard Wagner’s opera Lohengrin is being performed. At center, William Jennings Bryan appears in the role of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan, who has just arrived, to the delight of “Miss Democracy,” standing on the left, in the role of Elsa, and to the chagrin of Perry Belmont and Thomas Fortune Ryan, standing on the right, who are playing the roles of Friedrich of Telramund and his wife Ortrud. James K. Jones plays the role of the King, seated on a throne on the left beneath a shield labeled “Jefferson.” A large supporting cast appears on each side.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-08-15

J. S. Sherman collects $1 donations for the Republican Party at a fund raising event in a theater. Theodore Roosevelt and Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon can be seen in the audience. “Behind the scenes” are J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Huttleston Rogers, and Edward Henry Harriman pouring coins from large money bags into “The Dough Barrel.” Caption: But the real work of financing the campaign will, as usual, be done behind the scenes.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-08-29

At the end of the summer vacation season Puck annually chronicled the disappointing results and unfulfilled romantic hopes of young men and women. The figure of Puck invites readers to visit little cupids disassembling the settings of lovers’ scenes; of a young woman discovering that her engagement ring, and its giver, are false; and the stereotypical hosts of bucolic getaways return to normal pursuits.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-09-12

The cast of a theatrical production “Robbin’ Hood and his Merry Men” appears on stage for the final song of the production. Shown are, from left, Francis Hendricks as “Alan-a-Dale” playing “The Insurance Lyre,” John R. Hegeman as “Friar Tuck” with a small bag labeled “Loans” at his waist, John A. McCall as “Little John,” Richard A. McCurdy as “Robin Hood” with an animal horn labeled “Bluff” hanging at his waist, James H. Hyde as “Will Scarlett,” Chauncey M. Depew as “Maid Marian” with a bag labeled “Retainer” hanging at his waist, and in the background, Charles Evans Hughes as “The Sheriff of Nottingham.” A diminutive figure labeled “Policy Holder,” his arms and legs bound, is standing between McCall and McCurdy. Includes the lyrics of the song.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-12-20

Actors and characters (some in cages), acrobats, and theater props are being unloaded from a ship into a dock-side warehouse. Drawn at the commencement of the opera season; a satirical treatment of German favorites, both singers and aspects of the predictable repertoire. Caption: Arrival of the all-star Argonauts in quest of the golden “fleece.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-08-30

Olga Nethersole invites President Roosevelt to her theater production of “The Writing on the Wall” at the Columbia Theater in Washington, D.C. The play is a critique of corrupt and exploitative Trinity Church Corporation which owns slums in New York, and Nethersole believes its message aligns with Roosevelt’s own opinions. Nethersole will send him a copy of the script ahead of his attendance.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-15

Creator(s)

Nethersole, Olga, 1870-1951

In the “Grand National Congressional Theatre” the performance of “Fair Promise Combination No. 47 – Great Reform Bill – Act I Tariff Reform – Act II Civil Service Reform – Act III Internal Revenue Reform” is concluding. The audience is pelting the cast with cats, eggs, onions, turnips, and other vegetables and fruits. Among those on stage are David Davis, Thomas W. Ferry, George M. Robeson, Jay A. Hubbell, Frank Hiscock, Horace F. Page, and William Mahone.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-02-28

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894