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Photo, Print, Drawing Witches' Lair from backstage at "Dark of the moon" / Chamberlain.

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Title

  • Witches' Lair from backstage at "Dark of the moon" / Chamberlain.

Summary

  • Theatrical review illustration of the backstage of "Dark of the moon" by Howard Richardson and William Berney, at the Forty-sixth Street Theatre in 1945. This musical rendition of the Barbara Allen legend takes place in the Smokey Mountains. The illustration shows the stack of mattresses that break the actresses' fall when they leap off the mountain peak of the witches' lair.

Names

  • Chamberlain, Kenneth Russell, 1891-1984, artist

Created / Published

  • [1945]

Headings

  • -  Theatrical productions--1940-1950
  • -  Stage props--1940-1950
  • -  Witches--1940-1950

Headings

  • Cartoons (Commentary)--1940-1950.
  • Drawings--1940-1950.

Genre

  • Cartoons (Commentary)--1940-1950
  • Drawings--1940-1950

Notes

  • -  Caption label from exhibit Stagestruck! Performing Arts Caricatures: Kenneth Chamberlain (1891-1984) came to New York from Ohio in 1913, and quickly made his mark as a cartoonist for daily newspapers as well as the socialist monthly The Masses. Chamberlain drew theatrical illustrations for the New York Herald Tribune that revealed his gift for conveying the essence of a play by thoroughly untraditional means. Rather than showing principal actors or a specific scene, he gave the audience a glimpse of the scene backstage, like a magician revealing a rival's sleight of hand. Dark of the Moon, by Howard Richardson and William Berney, played to audiences at the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre in 1945. This musical rendition of the Barbara Allen legend, a supernatural tale of love and betrayal, takes place in the Smokey Mountains.
  • -  Inscribed below title: The two girl witches appear to the audience to leap off their mountain peak out of sight. They land on a stack of mattresses a few feet below. The 'conjur woman' is seen emerging from the back of the cave.
  • -  May have been published in the New York Herald Tribune.
  • -  Exhibited: Library of Congress, Swann Gallery, "Stage-struck!: Performing Arts Caricatures," 1998.
  • -  Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1993:004.10

Medium

  • 1 drawing on layered paper : crayon, ink wash, and opaque white ; 56.3 x 38.5 cm. (sheet)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1993:004.10 [item] [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

  • ppmsc 00772 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.00772
  • cph 3c22188 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c22188

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98516281

Reproduction Number

  • LC-USZ62-122188 (b&w film copy neg.)

Rights Advisory

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Kenneth R. Chamberlain - Rights and Restrictions," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/696_cham.html
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-122188 (b&w film copy neg.)
  • Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1993:004.10 [item] [P&P]
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Chamberlain, Kenneth Russell, Artist. Witches' Lair from backstage at "Dark of the moon" / Chamberlain. , 1945. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/98516281/.

APA citation style:

Chamberlain, K. R. (1945) Witches' Lair from backstage at "Dark of the moon" / Chamberlain. , 1945. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98516281/.

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Chamberlain, Kenneth Russell, Artist. Witches' Lair from backstage at "Dark of the moon" / Chamberlain. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98516281/>.