AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE HASTY PUDDING CLUB THEATRICALS With An Introduction by J. T. Wheelwright, '76

[Harvard, Hasty Pudding Club] Garrison Lloyd McKim, '88

Edité par Cambridge, MA For the Hasty Pudding Club at the Riverside Press 1899

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First edition, the Francis W. Peabody copy. Peabody was a member of the old and established Boston familiy and important Harvard Medical School professor and research scientist. Extensively illustrated all throughout in black and white with reproductions of programs and nearly every theatrical shingle from every important performance in the Club's history to the time of publication. 4to, publisher's original red buckram, the upper cover with Hasty Pudding Club insignia in gilt, the spine gilt lettered, t.e.g. 35pp, programs unpaginated. A fine copy, the prelims only a touch mellowed, the cloth toned a bit on the spine and with light bumping to the corners. AN HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE FIRST CENTURY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S FAMED HASTY PUDDING CLUB. This collection contains the cast of every important performance and nearly every theatrical shingle covering a period of roughly 100 years. The Hasty Pudding Club and Hasty Pudding Theatricals have for over two centuries now been a premiere patron of the arts and comedy, and a performing arts organization renown for it advocacy of satire as a tool for discourse and change. The Hasty Pudding Club is the oldest social club in the United States and remains a cornerstone of the Harvard experience, The Theatricals is the third oldest theatre organization in the world. Francis Weld Peabody (November 24, 1881 October 13, 1927) was the American physician. He was known for his research on polio and typhoid fever, and was celebrated as a teacher at Harvard Medical School.

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• Titre: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE HASTY PUDDING CLUB THEATRICALS With An Introduction by J. T. Wheelwright, '76
• Éditeur: Cambridge, MA For the Hasty Pudding Club at the Riverside Press 1899
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale