Wooden pipe : (Used by Edwin Booth as Hamlet)
- Creator
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 (actor)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author)
- Form
- artifacts (object genre)
- Date
- between 1800 and 1899
- Subject
- Theatrical Paraphernalia
- Hamlet (character)
- Collection
- Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 31.5 x 8.0 cm.
- Notes
- Play: Hamlet
- Notes about Edwin Thomas Booth: A successful American tragic actor. Son of the actor Junius Brutus Booth and brother of the infamous John Wilkes Booth. Booth performed as Sir Giles Overreach in 1857 and acted Hamlet during the 1864-65 season for one hundred nights. Other successful Shakespearean roles included Othello, Romeo, and Macbeth. Booth arranged for the publication of acting editions of fifteen plays.
- Identifying tag attached. Freestanding with solid circular base. Mouthpiece disattached.
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, A/Ha500.2 A, Box
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Physical Object
- Identifier
- (FURNESSTHEATER)furness_aha500_2_a
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