Stage Archive

12/08/2013

New to the Archive! An original souvenir album from the first production production of Ben-Hur that the later films were based on. This particular album also included the playbill from the Colonial Theatre, Feb 11, 1901. William S. Hart, who would later be a silent film star, played Messala.

12/05/2013

11/30/2013

11/29/2013

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

11/29/2013

Please do not throw out any playbills, old or new! Instead, send them in to us for preservation. StageArchive, c/o Dale Sheldon, PO Box 1119, Frazier Park, CA 93225.

11/28/2013

Also new to the archive today! Over 300 playbills dating from about 1887 to 1898, all from San Francisco productions and primarily organized by venue. It is interesting to think that EVERY theater in San Francisco was destroyed in April of 1906. But this album, which was clearly owned by a resident of the city (probably from Pacific Heights, the affluent district that survived the fires) managed to survive.

11/27/2013

This just in!!! A collection of plays as performed at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket in 1808 with cast lists. Printed under the authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book, with biographical and critical remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. Includes 20 of the original 25 volumes.