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Melodrama, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Box 1

 File — Box M385.0001: [Barcode: U186024878035]
Identifier: M385.0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains 3-, 4- and 5-act plays bearing copyright dates between 1873 and 1913. The actual copies representing 19th century plays are later transcriptions.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905-1913

Box 2

 File — Box M385.0002: [Barcode: U186024878027]
Identifier: M385.0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains 3-, 4- and 5-act plays bearing copyright dates between 1873 and 1913. The actual copies representing 19th century plays are later transcriptions.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905-1913

Box 3

 File — Box M385.0003: [Barcode: U186024878043]
Identifier: M385.0003
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains 3-, 4- and 5-act plays bearing copyright dates between 1873 and 1913. The actual copies representing 19th century plays are later transcriptions.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905-1913

Crescent Comedy Company Collection of American Melodrama Scripts

 Collection
Identifier: M385
Abstract

Contains 38 scripts of melodramas assembled by B.A. Bergman, manager of the Crescent Comedy Company (also known as the Crescent Stock Company), based in Chicago. The working scripts (containing dialogue, stage directions and music cues) were used for performances in Chicago, Illinois and on road tours, chiefly in Michigan.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905-1913