Louis Napoleon Parker papers, 1869-1943

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Series I: Correspondence, 1887-1943

This series consists of letters, telegrams and postcards written to and from Parker throughout his long professional life. The series includes correspondence from a number of prominent figures in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century literary and theatrical spheres, including William Archer, Hermann Bahr, J.M. Barrie, Harold Child, John Drew, John Drinkwater, Edouard Dujardin, Charles Frohman, Harry Furniss, Constance Fletcher (pseudonym George Fleming), Marguerite Allotte de le Fuÿe, Alfred Percival Graves, Alexander Hevesi, Laurence Irving, William Wymark Jacobs, Henry Arthur Jones, Rudyard Kipling (half a page of a letter survives), Edward Knoblock, the publishers John Lane and R.G. Longman, Marie Lohr, Lillie Langtry, Percy Macquoid, Richard Mansfield, A.E.W. Mason, Cyril Maude, W.S. Maugham, Justin H. McCarthy, William Millington, Frédéric Mistral, Ernest Newman, Barry Pain, Gilbert Parker, Edward Linley Sambourne, Clement Scott, Arthur Shirley, George R. Sims, May Sinclair, Douglas Sladen, Henry de Vere Stacpoole, Fred Terry, Julia Nielsen Terry, Phyllis Terry, Louis Tiercelin, Maud Tree, Viola Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Frederick Herbert Trench, Mary A. (Mrs. Humphry) Ward, Herbert Waring, Arthur Waugh, H.G. Wells, and E.S. Willard.



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Box 1 Folder 8 Fletcher, Constance


Box 1 Folder 9 de la Fuÿe, Marguerite Allotte


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Box 1 Folder 11 Graves, Alfred Percival


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Box 1 Folder 13 Harrison, Mary B.


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Box 1 Folder 16 Jacobs, William Wymark


Box 1 Folder 17 Jones, Henry Arthur


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Box 1 Folder 20 Lohr, Marie


Box 1 Folder 21 Longman, Robert Guy


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Box 1 Folder 23 Mackenzie, Alexander, Sir


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Box 2 Folder 2 Parker, Louis Napoleon


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Box 2 Folder 6 Tiercelin, Louis


Box 2 Folder 7 Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir


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Box 2 Folder 11 Willard, Edward Smith


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Box 2 Folder 13 Anonymous


Box 2 Folder 14 Postcards

Series II: Personal Material, 1879-1942

This series contains Parker's diaries and personal documents such as passports and financial records.


Subseries II.1: Diaries, 1897-1941

These date-book-style diaries include little information about Parker's personal life; however, they give very detailed information about which projects Parker was working on during the time periods the entries cover.



Box 3 Folder 1 Every Hour Diary, 1897


Box 3 Folder 2 Every Hour Diary, 1898


Box 3 Folder 3 Every Hour Diary, 1900


Box 3 Folder 4 Every Hour Diary, 1902


Box 3 Folder 5 Every Hour Diary, 1906


Box 3 Folder 6 Every Hour Diary, 1908


Box 3 Folder 7 Every Hour Diary, 1908


Box 3 Folder 8 Daily Diary, 1922


Box 3 Folder 9 Every Hour Diary, 1926


Box 3 Folder 10 Every Hour Diary, 1931



Box 4 Folder 1 Every Hour Diary, 1934


Subseries II.2: Other Personal Material, 1879-1942

Two of Parker's passports are included in this sub-series, as well as signed guest books, menus for dinners given in Parker's honor; and ephemera such as tickets and wedding and funeral programs. Included here is a portrait of Parker, in chalk (25" by 19"), by Cyril Roberts, dated 1920, located in map case 14-16-04.


Box 4 Folder 3 Passports


Box 4 Folder 4 "Louis N. Parker Dinner and Presentation, Hyde Park Hotel, March 9, 1919,"


Box 4 Folder 5 "York Historic Pageant, 1909. Presentation to Louis N. Parker, Esq. (List of Subscribers)"


Box 4 Folder 6 Menus, 1910-1919


Box 4 Folder 7 General Printed Material, undated, 1896-1911, 1922, 1942, 1896-1911, 1922, 1942



Mapcase 14-16-04 Portrait of Parker, in chalk, by Cyril Roberts (25"x19"), 1920.

Series III: Writings, 1869-1941

This series consists of an apparently complete collection of Parker's plays, many of which remain unpublished; most are typescripts bound especially for Parker in half-morocco, with the spine of each volume lettered in gilt, though some of the plays are in manuscript, and a very few are unbound. A number of these play scripts are annotated in Parker's hand, and some are bound with programs, newspaper clippings, and, in a few instances, with production photographs. Printed copies of several of Parker's plays are also included; those intended for private circulation are shelved with the Papers, while editions are shelved in Rare Books. The series also contains a large holograph volume of Parker's light verse, entitled Trifles Light as Air, and a hand-illustrated book of poetry and prose, called Rhymes by L.N.P. A bibliography of the published editions of Parker's writings, which have been integrated into the Rare Books Library, is included at the beginning of this series.



Box 5 Folder 1 The Abyss. A Play in Three Acts and an Epilogue by Parker,, 1931 January 15


Box 5 Folder 2 All Hallows Eve. A Play in Four Acts by Parker,, 1894 November-December


Box 5 Folder 3 Angelo (alternate title The Amazing Story of Maestro Angelo ). A Play in a Prologue and Three Acts, [1923]


Box 5 Folder 4 The Aristocrat. A Play in Three Acts by Parker,, 1916


Box 5 Folder 5 Baldur. A Lyrical drama in four acts by Una Ashworth Taylor. Set to music by Parker,, 1883


Box 5 Folder 6 Beauty and the Beast. A Play by François Porché. Paraphrased by Parker,, undated


Box 5 Folder 7 The Beggar Queen. A Play in Three Acts, by Parker,, undated


Box 5 Folder 8 The Brotherhood of the Rose. A Play in Three Acts by Rudolph Lothar,, 1905 August 28



Box 6 Folder 1 The Cardinal. A Play in Four Acts by Parker, [1903]


Box 6 Folder 2 Chamillac. A Comedy in Four Acts by Octave Feuillet Adapted by Parker,, undated


Box 6 Folder 3 Chanticleer. A Play in Four Acts by Edmond Rostand Paraphrased by Parker,, undated


Box 6 Folder 4 Chanticleer. A Play in Four Acts by Edmond Rostand Paraphrased by Parker,, undated


Box 6 Folder 5 "Chris" A Realistic Play in Three Acts by Parker,, 1888 November 9



Box 7 Folder 1 Chris. A New and Original Play in Three Acts, Parker, [1892]


Box 7 Folder 2 Comrades by Parker I, undated


Box 7 Folder 3 Comrades by Parker. VII-End, undated


Box 7 Folder 4 Danton. A Play in Five Acts. Acts I and II by Parker and Hilaire Belloc,, undated


Box 7 Folder 5 David. A Play in Four Acts; The BlueBoar. A Farce in 3 Acts by Parker and Thornton Clark, undated, [1894]


Box 7 Folder 6 David Garrick. A new Version of an Old Play by Parker,, undated



Box 8 Folder 1 The Deliverer. A Biblical Play in Five Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 8 Folder 2 Disraeli. A play in four Acts by Parker,, 1916


Box 8 Folder 3 The Diversions of an Empress. A Drama in a Prologue, Four Acts and an Epilogue, by Max Dauthendey. Paraphrased by Parker,, undated


Box 8 Folder 4 Drake. A Pageant-Play in Three Acts and an Epilogue by Parker,, undated


Box 8 Folder 5 Drake. Epilogue, undated


Box 8 Folder 6 The Duel. A Play in Three Acts by Henri Lavedan. Translated by Parker,, undated



Box 9 Folder 1 Everybody's Secret. A Comedy in Three Acts, [1905]


Box 9 Folder 2 "For the League of Mercy,", 1922


Box 9 Folder 3 Gudeons (alternate title The Compleat Angler ). An Original Comedy in Three Acts by Thornton Clark and Parker; Peronella. A Play in One Act by Thornton Clark and Parker, undated, 1893 February 13., 1893 February


Box 9 Folder 4 The Hand of the Latch, undated.


Box 9 Folder 5 The Happy Life. A Comedy in Four Acts. By Parker, 1897-1902.


Box 9 Folder 6 Harlequin. A Play in Two Dreams and Three Acts by Maurice Magre. Freely Translated by Parker. Music by André Gailhard,, undated


Box 9 Folder 7 "Harlequin". A Comedy in Four Acts by Rudolph Lothar, [1906]


Box 9 Folder 8 The Heel of Achilles. A Play in Five Acts by Parker and Boyle Lawrence,, undated


Box 9 Folder 9 The Highway of Life Being the Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Made into a Play in Four Acts by Parker, [1914]



Box 10 Folder 1 The House. A Play in Three Acts by Georges Mitchell Adapted by Parker,, undated


Box 10 Folder 2 Illusions. A Play in Three Acts by Henri Bernstein Adapted by Parker,, undated


Box 10 Folder 4 The Jest. A Play in Four Acts. By Parker and Murray Carson, [1898]


Box 10 Folder 5 John Bletchley's Wife. A Play in Four Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 10 Folder 6 King Henry (alternate title Bluff King Hal ). A Play in Three Acts by Parker,, 1913


Box 10 Folder 7 The Labourer. A play in Four Acts by Parker and Addison Bright,, undated


Box 10 Folder 8 The Lady of Coventry. A Play in Four Acts by Parker, [1911]



Box 11 Folder 1 The Lady of the Manor (La Chatelaine). A Comedy in Four Acts by Alfred Capus. Freely translated by Parker,, undated


Box 11 Folder 2 The Lady of the Skymy Hill. Undated.


Box 11 Folder 3 Lancelot (Sir Lancelot of the Lake). A Tragedy in Five Acts By Parker, undated


Box 11 Folder 4 The Lily of France. A Play in Five Acts By Parker (First Version),, undated


Box 11 Folder 5 The Lord of Death. A Play in a Prologue and Three Acts by Marguerite Allotte de la Fuÿe. Translated by Parker, [1909]


Box 11 Folder 6 Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor. By R.D. Blackmore. Arranged for the Stage by Parker,, undated


Box 11 Folder 7 The Lost Duchess. A Comedy in Three Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 11 Folder 8 Lourdes. A Play in Three Acts by Parker,, 1917



Box 12 Folder 1 Love in Idleness , undated


Box 12 Folder 2 The Love Knot. An Original Play in Four Acts. By Parker,, 1888 March 16


Box 12 Folder 3 Magda (Heimat). A Play in Four Acts by Hermann Sudermann, translated by Parker, [1900]


Box 12 Folder 4 La Main de Singe. Conte Dramatique en Trois Tableaux. Parker and W.W. Jacobs. Adaptation de Robert Nunès,, 1905


Box 12 Folder 5 Marika. A Comedy in Three Acts by István Zágon. Translated by Parker,, undated


Box 12 Folder 6 Marion. A Play in Three Acts Founded on Theodore Winthrop's Novel "Cecil Dreeme" by Louis Calvert and Parker,, 1876?



Box 13 Folder 1 Mavourneen. The Irish Maid. A Comedy in Four Acts by Parker,, 1914


Box 13 Folder 2 Mavourneen. A Comedy in Three Acts by Parker, [1915]


Box 13 Folder 3 The Mayflower. A Play in Three Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 13 Folder 4 "A Minuet,", undated


Box 13 Folder 5 The Moon Looks On. A Comedy in Three Acts by Nino Berrini. Translated by Parker,, undated


Box 13 Folder 6 Mr. George. A Comedy in Four Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 13 Folder 7 My Son's Wife (alternate title My Daughter-In-Law ). A Comedy in Three Acts by Fabrice Carré and Paul Bilhaud.,, undated



Box 14 Folder 1 Nelson. A Screen-play by Parker, undated


Box 14 Folder 2 Nelson. Part II, undated


Box 14 Folder 3 The Nut Brown Maid. Synopsis of Plot, 1902 December 18., 1902 December


Box 14 Folder 4 One Act Plays, I. Includes The Spell-Bound Garden. A Masque by Parker and Murray Carson; On the Road by James Houston; The Sacramant of Judas. A Play in One Act by Louis Tiercelin. Translated by Parker; The Creole. A Play in One Act by Parker; "Jemmy"." A Play in One Act by Parker; "The Monkey's Paw A Story in Three Scenes by W.W. Jacobs. Dramatised by Parker; Squire Coe of West Row ; The Sheriff and the Woman. A Play in One Act by Parker,, 1889-1906


Box 14 Folder 5 One Act Plays, II. Includes "The Sequel" A Play in One Act by Parker; Reply Paid ; A Private Rehersal ; The Agony Column A Duologue by Parker; A Literal Interpretation ; Mrs. Mainwaring Regrets (alternate title Mrs. Mainwaring Makes Up Her Mind ). A Monologue by Parker; The Tame Cat. A Commedia in One Act by Parker; The Ordeal of Shirley Malpas A Play in One Act by Parker, undated, 1893-1895


Box 14 Folder 6 One Act Plays, III. Includes A North Pole. A Play in One Act by Louis Tiercelin. Translated by Parker; The Masque of War and Peace by Parker; On The Road. By James Houston; Mpnsieur D'Artagnan. A Play in One Act by Parker, undated



Box 15 Folder 1 Once Upon A Time (alternate title The King's New Clothes ). A Comedy in Four Acts by Ludwig Fulda. Freely done into English by Parker. 24 December, 1893 December 24


Box 15 Folder 2 The Pageant of Freedom. By Parker, 1918


Box 15 Folder 3 The Paper Chase , undated


Box 15 Folder 4 The Pilgrim of Love. A Play in Four Acts by Edmond Rostand. Done into English by Parker,, undated


Box 15 Folder 5 The Pilgrim of Love. A Play in Three Acts by Parker, April, 1901 April 21


Box 15 Folder 6 The Pirate. A Farce in Three Acts by Parker,, 1917


Box 15 Folder 7 A Play (alternate title The Great Day ). In Five Acts, 1919 July


Box 15 Folder 8 Playing With Fire. A Comedy in Three Acts by Roberto Bracco, Translated by Parker,, undated



Box 16 Folder 1 Pomander Walk. A Comedy in Three Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 16 Folder 2 "A Prologue to be Spoken by Dorothy Parker on the Occasion of the Performance by Children of Pomander Walk for the Benefit of Saint Mary's Hospital for Children New York,", undated


Box 16 Folder 3 Queen O' the Dials , undated


Box 16 Folder 4 Queen Victoria. A Play in Five Acts by Parker, [1923]


Box 16 Folder 5 Queen Victoria. By Parker, [1923]


Box 16 Folder 6 Queen Victoria. A Play in Five Acts by Parker, [1923]


Box 16 Folder 7 Queen Victoria. A Play in Five Acts by Parker, [1923]


Box 16 Folder 8 "Queen Victoria." Speech and related notes, undated



Box 17 Folder 1 Ragged Robin. A Play in Four Acts. Freely Adapted from Jean Richepin's Le Chemineau by Parker, 1898 January 12


Box 17 Folder 2 Rhymes By L.N.P.., Vol. I. Whereunto is added moreover: "Prose by L.N.P.",, 1869


Box 17 Folder 3 Richard Lion-Heart. A Romance in Three Acts and an Interlude by Parker,, 1917


Box 17 Folder 4 The Right Hand of the Prince. A Play in Three Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 17 Folder 5 Riposte! (Francillon). A Play in Three Acts by Alexandre Dumas, fils, Adapted by Parker,, undated


Box 17 Folder 6 A Rogue's Wife. A Play in Three Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 17 Folder 7 Rosemary, That's For Remembrance. A Comedy in Four Acts by Parker and Murray Carson,, 1895 June 16


Box 17 Folder 8 Rosemary. "New Epilogue,", 1902 May 27


Box 17 Folder 9 Rosemary. Act IV, 1903



Box 18 Folder 1 Rosemary. Prompt copies: William, Abraham, Miss Minifie, Mrs. Cruikshank, Sir Jasper Thorndike, Crowd, Captain Cruikshank, Priscilla (Act II), Dorothy Cruikshank, Professor Jogram, Waiter, George Minifie, Stilt-Walker,, 1902-1903


Box 18 Folder 2 The Scarament of Judas. A Play in Three Acts by Louis Tiercelin. Translated by Parker, [1899]


Box 18 Folder 3 The Sacrament of Judas. A Play in Three Acts by Louis Tiercelin. Translated by Parker,, undated


Box 18 Folder 4 "The Sad Case of Mrs. Bundock,", undated


Box 18 Folder 5 The Scoffer. A Thirteenth Century Dramatic Farce in Four Acts by Nino Berrini. Translated by Parker,, undated


Box 18 Folder 6 The Sea Robber. A Comedy in Four Acts by Ludwig Fulda. Freely Translated by Parker,, 1913 February 12


Box 18 Folder 7 The Shipbuilder. A Play in Four Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 18 Folder 8 Shocks. A Story by Algernon Blackwood. Retold in dialogue by Parker. St. Valentine's Day, 1941


Box 18 Folder 9 Sir Lancelot of the Lake. A Play in Five Acts by Parker,, undated



Box 19 Folder 1 The Smiling Dawn. A Play in Four Acts,, undated


Box 19 Folder 2 The Sparrow. A Comedy in Four Acts,, undated


Box 19 Folder 3 The Stepney Children's Pagent (Prologue),, undated


Box 19 Folder 4 Summer Is A Comin' In (alternate title Summertime ). A Comedy in Three Acts,, undated


Box 19 Folder 5 The Swashbuckler, A Romantic Farce in Four Acts, [1900]


Box 19 Folder 6 The Syren. An Original Play in Three Acts,, 1894 January 29


Box 19 Folder 7 That Mrs. Winslowe. A Story by Algernon Blackwood. Retold as a Comedy in Two Scenes,, 1941



Box 20 Trifles Light As Air , 1887-1941


Box 20 Folder 1 Tristan and Isolde. Wagner. Roughly translated for the benefit of the Parsifal Pilgrims,, 1886


Box 20 Folder 2 The Turmoil. A Play in Three Acts by A.I. Theix. Adapted by Parker,, 1891 October 26


Box 20 Folder 3 The Twin Sisters. A Comedy in Four Acts by Ludwig Fulda. Parker,, 1901 October 14



Box 21 Folder 1 The Two Miss Romains. A Play in Three Acts by Marguerite Allotte de La Fuÿe,, undated


Box 21 Folder 2 The Two Queens. The Story of the Play,, undated


Box 21 Folder 3 Untitled Manuscripts, undated, 1924-1932


Box 21 Folder 4 The Vagabond King. A Play in Four Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 21 Folder 5 The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith. Made into a Play in Five Acts by Parker,, undated


Box 21 Folder 6 The Wages of Sin. A Play in Four Acts. (Founded on the Novel) by Lucas Malet and Parker,, undated


Box 21 Folder 7 The Walled Garden. Words for Music,, 1931


Box 21 Folder 8 The Werewolf. A Tale by Algernon Blackwood. Dramatized by Parker,, undated


Box 21 Folder 9 The Wild Colleen. A Comedy in Three Acts by Parker,, 1915


Box 21 Folder 10 A Woman's Battle. A Play in Three Acts. By Maurice Soulié and Louis Marsolleau. Adapted by Parke,, 1904

Series IV: Other Professional Work, 1907-1937

This series contains printed material of various genres produced by or used by Parker, including the financial records of three productions and the property plot for one play, sheet music, typescripts of plays in French, and newspaper clippings.



Box 22 Folder 1 Financial records: "Balance Sheet, Bury, Warwick," 1907 Disraeli, 1937, 1907, 1937


Box 22 Folder 2 "Louis N. Parker's Plays Available for the Screen,", undated


Box 22 Folder 3 Lourdes : Property plot, undated, and Library of Congress registration card,, 1917


Subseries IV.1: Sheet music, undated

This sub-series includes three pieces of music by Parker; "Hunting Song" andA Pageant Danceare in fair condition; one untitled piece is in poor condition, and so is fragmentary.


Box 22 Folder 4 "Hunting Song,", undated



Mapcase 14-L-1 A Pagent Dance (oversized), undated



Box 22 Folder 6 Untitled (had been loosely placed in One Act Plays, I.)


Subseries IV.2: Theater-related Materials, undated, 1918

Included here are typescripts of French plays by Marguerite Allotte de la Fuÿe and Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau, which Parker may have intended to translate at some point. There is also a large file of newspaper clippings related to the 1918 libel suit brought by the actress and dancer Maud Allan against Noel Pemberton Billings, regarding public accusations made about Allan's sexual orientation and political allegiances arising from her appearance in a London production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé. This file contains an unsigned, undated typed article or speech about the trial and its outcome, possibly authored by Parker.


Box 22 Folder 7 de la Fuÿe, Marguerite Allotte. Bethsabee , undated


Box 22 Folder 8 Sardou, Victorien and Emile Moreau. Mdme Tallien , undated


Box 22 Folder 9 Noel Pemberton Billings libel trial file, 1918

Series V: Programs, Clippings and Posters, 1889-1939

Theater programs for productions of nearly all of Parker's plays are included in this series, as well as newspaper clippings (generally contemporary reviews). The programs are arranged alphabetically by play title; the names of the theaters that staged the productions are included in the finding aid entry after the play title. The production titles of several plays differ from those Parker originally gave them; in such cases the programs are filed according to Parker's title, with alternate titles indicated in parentheses.



Box 23 Folder 1 Actors' Church Union Hostel Memorial Appeal Matinee: Bristol Hippodrome, 1918 October 26


Box 23 Folder 2 Agatha : His Majesty's Theatre, 1905 March 6-7, 1905 March


Box 23 Folder 3 L'Aiglon : Knickerbocker Theatre and The Globe Theatre, 1900, 1918, 1900, 1918


Box 23 Folder 4 Angelo (alternate title Johannes Kreisler ): Theatre Royal Drury Lane,, undated


Box 23 Folder 5 The Aristocrat , 1922



Mapcase 14-L-1 Beauty and the Barge : Wallack's; Daz Herz Auft Der Hand , 1913



Box 23 Folder 7 The Blue Boar : Terry's Theatre and Royal Court Theatre Liverpool,, undated


Box 23 Folder 8 The Brighter Side Knickerbocker Theatre,, 1905 February 6


Box 23 Folder 9 The Bugle Call : Theatre Royal Haymarket,, 1899 November 23


Box 23 Folder 10 Buried Talent : St. Anselm's, Streatham,, 1891 November 24-25


Box 23 Folder 11 Bury St. Edmund's Pageant "Woeful Ballad of King Sweyn,", 1907 July 8-13



Mapcase 14-L-1 The Cardinal : Princess Theatre, Academy of Music, Garden Theatre, St. James's Theatre London, Opera House Tunbridge Wells, Bristol's Little Theatre, Pavilion Theatre Weymouth, Teatro Manzoni, undated, 1901-1904, 1926, 1931, 1901-1904, 1926, 1931



Box 23 Folder 13 Change Alley : Garrick Theatre, 1899 April 25


Box 23 Folder 14 Chanticleer : Theatre de le Porte Saint-Martin and Knickerbocker Theatre,, 1910-1911


Box 23 Folder 15 "Chris" (alternate titles A Broken Life and Captain Birchell's Luck ): Vaudeville Theatre, Grand Theatre London, The Grand Theatre Islington, Terry's Theatre,, 1892-1899


Box 23 Folder 16 The Compleat Angler (alternate titles Gudgeons and "Wonderful James!" ) Garrick Theatre, Terry Theatre, Empire Theatre, New Grand Theatre, (Includes ink drawing by Arthur Devitt),, 1893-1897


Box 23 Folder 17 David : The Garrick Theatre, The Daily Programme, Terry's Theatre, Royal Court Theatre Liverpool,, 1892-1894


Box 23 Folder 18 David Garrick (alternate title Mr. Garrick : Royal Court Theatre, 1922 September 29


Box 23 Folder 19 Disraeli : Metropolitan Theatre, Knickerbocker Theatre,, 1914-1917


Box 23 Folder 20 The Dover Pageant : 25th anniversary,, 1933 January 13


Box 23 Folder 21 Drake : York and London Coliseum, 1916, 1939, 1916, 1939


Box 23 Folder 22 The Duel : Hudson Theatre, 1906 February 19


Box 23 Folder 23 An English Nosegay : Apollo Theater,, undated


Box 23 Folder 24 Everybody's Secret and The Creole : Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1905 March-May


Box 23 Folder 25 The Happy Life : Duke of York's Theatre, Parkhurst Theatre, Terry's Theatre, The Alpha Literary and Dramatic Club, undated,, 1900


Box 23 Folder 26 Harlequin (alternate title Arlequin ): Empire Theatre, 1922 December 21


Box 23 Folder 27 The Heel of Achilles : Globe Theatre,, undated


Box 23 Folder 28 The Highway of Life (alternate title David Copperfield ): His Majesty's Theatre, Wallack's Theatre, 1914.


Box 23 Folder 29 The House of Burnside : Terry's Theatre,, 1904 April 28


Box 23 Folder 30 The Jest : Criterion Theatre, 1888 November 10


Box 23 Folder 31 Joseph and His Brethren : St. Mary's Catholic Amateur Dramatic Society,, undated



Box 24 Folder 1 King Henry (alternate title Bluff King Hal : Garrick Theatre, 1914 September 4


Box 24 Folder 2 The Lady of Coventry : Royal Alexandria Theatre, Princess Theatre Montreal, Daly's Theatre,, 1911


Box 24 Folder 3 The League of Nations , 1919 November 8


Box 24 Folder 4 The Lord of Death : The New Theatre,, 1924 April 6-13


Box 24 Folder 5 Lourdes : King's Hall at Covent Garden,, 1921 April 9


Box 24 Folder 6 Love in a Mist : Digby Hotel Gardens,, 1891 July


Box 24 Folder 7 Love in Ildeness : Theatre Royal Brighton, Terry's Theatre,, 1896-1902


Box 24 Folder 8 Magda : Grand Theatre Fulham, Royal Lyceum Theatre, undated,, 1896


Box 24 Folder 9 La Main de Singe , undated


Box 24 Folder 10 The Man in the Street : Avenue Theatre,, 1894 April 21


Box 24 Folder 11 The Masque of War and Peace , undated


Box 24 Folder 12 Mavourneen : His Majesty's Theatre,, undated


Box 24 The Mayflower : Lyceum Theatre New York, 8 The Green Room (Amateur Dramatic Society Liverpool), Theatre Metropole Camberwell, Lyceum Theatre New York, Theatre Royal Edinburgh, undated, 1897-1907.

Poster for the Theatre Metropole production located in Map Case 14-L-1


Box 24 Folder 14 Monsieur D'Artagnan : Chelsea Palace Theatre,, undated


Box 24 Folder 15 Mr. George and "Jemmy" : Vaudeville Theatre, 1907 April 25


Box 24 Folder 16 Once Upon a Time : Theatre Royal Haymarket,, undated


Box 24 Folder 17 Orpheus : Warwick Castle, July 1922


Box 24 Folder 18 Our Nell : Gaiety Theatre, 1924 April 16


Box 24 Folder 19 A Pageant of Fair Women : Chiswick Theatre,, 1917 May


Box 24 Folder 20 Pete : Lyceum Theatre, 1908 August 29


Box 24 Folder 21 Pomander Walk : Wallack's Theatre, Majestic Theater Brooklyn, Plymouth Theatre Boston, Concord Players (MA), 1911, 1926, 1911, 1926


Box 24 Folder 22 Queen Victoria , undated


Box 24 Folder 23 Ragged Robin : Her Majesty's Theatre,, 1898 June 23


Box 24 Folder 24 The Right Hand of the Prince : King's Theatre Hammersmith,, undated


Box 24 Folder 25 Rosemary, That's for Remembrance : Empire Theatre, Hollis St. Theatre,, 1896-1897


Box 24 Folder 26 The Sacrament of Judas : Comedy Theatre,, undated


Box 24 Folder 27 The Sequel : Vaudeville Theatre, undated


Box 24 Folder 28 Sherborne Abbey Tower Restoration Fund Concert, [1884] May 27


Box 24 Folder 29 The Sherborne Pageant , undated


Box 24 Folder 30 The Stepney Children's Pageant , undated


Box 24 Folder 31 The Tame Cat : The Assembly Rooms, Putney,, 1893 January 19


Box 24 Folder 32 The Termagant : Her Majesty's Theatre, Wallack's Theatre,, 1898-1899


Box 24 Folder 33 The Treasures of Britain : The Shaftesbury Theatre,, 1917-1918


Box 24 Folder 34 The Twin Sisters : Empire Theatre, 1902 March 31


Box 24 Folder 35 Typho : Village Hall, Esher, 1921 March 30


Box 24 Folder 36 The Warwick Pageant : Souvenir book, Warwick Musical Society, 1906, 1935, 1906, 1935


Box 24 Folder 37 "Yes or No?", undated


Box 24 Folder 38 Programs for Plays by Others, undated, 1923-1924

Series VI: Photographs, 1876-1933

This small series consists of photographs of locations, of groups and individuals including de la Fuÿe, Henry Irving, Richard Mansfield, Frédéric Mistral, and Parker's daughter Dorothy, an actress. Photographs (and some photo-postcard drawings) related to several of Parker's plays and pageants are also included.



Box 25 Folder 1 Locations


Box 25 Folder 2 People: Groups and Individuals


Box 25 Folder 3 Productions, B-M: Bury St. Edmund's Pageant ; The Grove Pageant ; The Happy Life ; Jacob and His Brethren ; The Masque of War and Peace.


Box 25 Folder 4 Productions, Q-W: Queen Victoria ; The Stepney Children's Pageant ; The Warwick Pageant.

Series VII: Books, 1881-1937

These are mostly presentation copies given to Parker by friends and admirers; most are inscribed. A notable exception is Parker's copy of Shakespeare's Henry VIII, heavily annotated by Parker, including suggested cuts for performance and illustrations indicating blocking and scene designs.


Box 25 Folder 5 Child, Harold. Hugh, the Drover, Or Love in the Stocks, 1937.


Box 25 Folder 6 Fraser-Simson, Harold. The Maid of the Mountains, A Musical Play in Three Acts, 1914.


Box 25 Folder 7 Rhoades, James A., trans. The Georgics of Virgil, 1881.


Box 25 Folder 8 Rogers, Sanders. Guyde de Booke offe ye "Merrie England Fayre and Markyette," with ye Wordes of ye Pageant ate ye Grove to Aide ye Christ Church Funds, , 1912


Box 25 Folder 9 Shakespeare, William. King Henry VIII , 1894


Box 25 Folder 10 Young, Edward M. Apis Matina, Verses Translated and Original, , 1900