American
Variety Stage: a
multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress
holdings.
This collection illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of
popularentertainment,
especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Included are 334
English-and
Yiddish-language playscripts, 146 theater playbills and programs, 61
motion
pictures, 10 sound recordings and 143 photographs and 29 memorabilia
items
documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini. Groups of theater
posters
and additional sound recordings will be added to this anthology in the
future.
