St. Patrick At Tara, Revived As The Thirty-Third Grove Play Production (Signed By Sabin And By 22 Actors)

Language: English

Published by Bohemian Club, San Franbcisco, 1934

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46 Pp. Green Card Covers. Second Edition , For The Revival Of The Play At The Bohemian Grove In 1934. Inscribed By "Good Luck To My Friend Bill Todt, Wallace A. Sabin", And Additionally Signed By 22 Cast Members Opposite The Players' List. Damp Staining To Covers And Bottom Edges Of Pp 21 To End. The Original Play Is Quite Scarce, This 1934 Revival Edition Even More So (It Is Not Known To Wikipedia Or The Sources Upon Which It Is Based). H. Morse Stephens (1857 –1919) Was An Historian And Professor Of History At The University Of California, Berkeley Who Helped To Purchase The Bancroft Library, And Who Worked To Build Archives Of California History, The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, And World War I. He Was Educated At Haileybury College, And Attended Balliol College, Oxford University, Where He Was Granted A B.A. In 1880 And An M.A. In 1892. He Was A Staff Lecturer On The Oxford University Extension System From 1892–1894, And Lecturer On Indian History At Cambridge, Writing Also For The Academy, The Daily Chronicle, The Speaker, And 'Acting As London Correspondent For The Statesman And The Calcutta Friend Of India. Stephens Immigrated To The United States In 1894 And Took The Position Of Professor At Cornell University In The Department Of History, Where He Taught European History. In 1902, Stephens Went To The University Of California As Professor Of History And Director Of University Extension, A Position He Held From 1902–1909. He Served As Dean Of The University Of California College Of Arts And Sciences From The Fall Of 1918 Until His Death. During His Time At Berkeley, He Worked To Build The Bancroft Library's Collection Of Historical Materials, With Special Success In The Area Of Spanish And Mexican History, Now Known As The Bolton Collection. Stephens Was Involved With The Bohemian Club And Wrote The Script For St. Patrick At Tara, The Main Grove Play Performed In 1909 At The Bohemian Grove. The Play Depicted Saint Patrick And His Interaction With Druids, Chieftains And Kings Of Ireland. Stephens Was An Active Member Of The American Historical Association Serving As Its President In 1915. His Most Notable Contribution In The Aha, However, Was As A Member Of The Committee Of Seven, Which In 1899 Produced The Report The Study Of History In Schools For The Aha, And Which Influenced The Teaching Of History In American Schools For The Next 40 Years. Wallace Arthur Sabin (1869 –1937) Was A Composer And Organist, Born In Culworth, Northamptonshire, England. In 1894 Or '95, Sabin Moved To San Francisco To Serve As Organist For The Congregations Of Temple Emanu-El And St. Luke's Episcopal Church. He Became A Fellow Of The American Guild Of Organists (Ago) In 1899. He Was President Of The San Francisco Chapter Of Ago From 1911 To 1913, Then Again From 1923 To 1926. In 1915, Sabin Was The Official Organist Of The Panama–Pacific International Exposition. In One Concert, He Directed The 400-Voice Exposition Chorus While Playing Organ Accompaniment, As Camille Saint-Saëns Conducted The 80-Member Orchestra. Sabin Set Various Parts Of The Jewish Service To Music, And Is Published In Stark's Service Book. In 1920 With Edwin H. Lemare And Uda Waldrop, He Helped Inaugurate The Bohemian Club's Outdoor Organ, Austin Opus 913, Set Into The Main Stage At The Bohemian Grove.…

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Title
St. Patrick At Tara, Revived As The Thirty-Third Grove Play Production (Signed By Sabin And By 22 Actors)
Author
Play By Henry Morse Stephens, Music And Postscript On The Music By Wallace A. Sabin
Publisher
Bohemian Club, San Franbcisco
Publication year
1934
Condition
Good
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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