Long before Nintendo or choose you own adventure books the toy theatre was a beloved pastime in 19th-century England. Though its beginning is somewhat unclear, the origins of the toy theatre, also referred to broadly as juvenile drama, can be traced to the early 1800s. Publishers J. K. (John Kilby) Green, William West and R….
Apply now for a Houghton Library Fellowship
The deadline is January 18th to apply for a $3000 research fellowship in one of a number of areas: • Beatrice, Benjamin, and Richard Bader Fellowship in the Visual Arts of the Theatre • W. Jackson Bate/ Douglas W. Bryant, American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Fellowship Successful applicants must either be an ASECS member…
New on OASIS in January
Finding aids for six newly cataloged collections, and a preliminary box list for one recent acquisition, were added to the OASIS database this month, including papers of Timothy Leary, theatrical ephemera, and the records of two 19th-century volunteer fire departments….