MS 226 Katherine Drummond Shakespeare Collection
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- San Diego History Center Document Collection
- Creator
- Drummond, Katherine
- Title
- Katherine Drummond Shakespeare Collection
- ID
- MS 226
- Date [inclusive]
- 1934-1942
- Extent
- 1.0 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains a 40-volume set of Shakespeare’s plays previously owned by Katherine Drummond, and includes photographs from Shakespearean performances held at the Old Globe Theatre.
Preferred Citation
Katherine Drummond Shakespeare Collection, MS 226, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Biographical / Historical Notes
“The New Temple Shakespeare” edition of William Shakespeare’s plays was originally published in 1894. This edition, edited by M.R. Ridley with engravings by Eric Gill, was published between 1934 and 1936. Katherine Drummond acquired the volumes, apparently as gifts, between 1935 and 1942.
The California Pacific International Exposition in Balboa Park (1935-1936) was accompanied by performances of several Shakespeare plays at the Old Globe Theatre. Many of the actors in the productions went on to have notable acting careers performing on Broadway and in television and film, including Joe A. Callaway. Callaway had a prestigious acting career and is currently remembered through the Joe A. Callaway Awards established by its namesake to recognize excellence in acting. Franklin Heller went on to direct the famous television show, “What’s My Line?” for 17 years. Other notable actors include, Boris Aplon, Carl Benton Reid, Irene Tedrow, Bertram Tanswell, Jack Woolley (later known as Jackson Woolley), Jackson Perkins, Martha Ellen Scott, and Rhys Williams.
Scope and Content
The collection contains 39 volumes of plays by William Shakespeare as well as one introductory volume on the playwright, published from 1934-1936. Most of the volumes have an inscription with the month and year the volume was gifted to Katherine Drummond. Some volumes contain photographs with signatures of actors who performed in one or more of Shakespeare’s plays at the California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936). Photographs are affixed onto the pages corresponding to the plays performed by the actors.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in order of publication.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
San Diego History Center Document Collection May 31, 2012
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number 931229.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Hennessey on May 31, 2012.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.).
- Spreckels Theatre.
Geographic Name(s)
- Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)
- Old Globe Theatre (San Diego, Calif.)
- San Diego (Calif.)
Personal Name(s)
- Aplon, Boris
- Aston, Ruth
- Bolton, George Taylor
- Callaway, Joe A.
- Coghlan, Austin
- Cutting, Richard
- Dvorak, Elsie
- Ferall, Michael
- Foote, Harriet
- Franklin, William
- Galbraith, Robert
- Gallagher, Donald
- Gardner, Frank
- Gilbert, Lauren
- Gray, Everett
- Hagan, R. Lyle
- Hayward, Joyce
- Heider, Fred
- Heller, Franklin
- Jackson, Mary, 1910-2005
- Leoyle, Honora
- McCarthy, Charles
- McDermott, Thomas
- Nachtman, Robert
- Nestle, Jack B.
- O’Neal, Charles, 1904-1996
- Perkins, Jackson
- Phillips, Bernard
- Power, Kendall
- Reid, Carl Benton, 1893-1973
- Rosenova, Olga
- Runnion, Guy
- Scott, Martha Ellen
- Selby, Sarah, 1905-1980
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. All’s well that ends well
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Comedy of errors
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Coriolanus
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Cymbeline
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Henry V
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Ceasar
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VIII
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VI
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King John
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard II
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Love’s labour’s lost
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Measure for measure
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night’s dream
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Pericles
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Rape of Lucrece
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Taming of the shrew
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Timon of Athens
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Titus Andronicus
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Troilus and Cressida
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Two gentlemen of Verona
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Winter’s tale
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Sievers, Wieder
- Sommers, Gordon
- Spater, Richard
- Swetland, William, 1913-2003
- Tanswell, Bertram, 1905-1984
- Tedrow, Irene
- Wess, Norman
- Willard, John, 1885-1942
- Williams, Rhys, 1892-1969
- Woolley, Jackson
Subject(s)
- Plays
- Theater
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Some dust jackets are torn. (May 24, 2012)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Many loose photographs in “King Henry VIII” volume (Box 1, folder 15).
Collection Inventory
| Box-folder | ||||
| “Hamlet” (gifted March 1936), 1934-1936
Includes: Boris Aplon as Rosencrantz Joe A. Callaway as Barnardo Bertram Tanswell as Polonius Irene Tedrow as Gertrude, Queen of Denmark Rhys Williams as the first grave digger Jack Woolley as Laertes |
1:1 | |||
| “Titus Andronicus” (gifted January 1942), 1934 | 1:2 | |||
| “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (gifted January 1936), 1934-1936
Includes: Joe A. Callaway as Snout, the Tinker Carl Benton Reid as Bottom, the Weaver Bertram Tanswell as Puck Irene Tedrow as Hippolyta Jack Woolley as Snug, the Joiner |
1:3 | |||
| “Timon of Athens” (gifted January 1942), 1934 | 1:4 | |||
| “As You Like It” (gifted 1935), 1934-1936
Includes: Joe A. Callaway as William, a country fellow Jackson Perkins as Rosalind, daughter of the banished Duke Martha Ellen Scott as Celia, daughter of Duke Frederick Bertram Tanswell as Touchstone, a clown Irene Tedrow as Audrey, a country wench Jack Woolley as Oliver |
1:5 | |||
| “The Comedy of Errors” (gifted January 1936), 1934-1936
Includes: Boris Aplon as Angelo Jackson Perkins as Adriana Martha Ellen Scott as Luciana Bertram Tanswell as Dromio of Ephesus Irene Tedrow as Emilia Jack Woolley as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus |
1:6 | |||
| “Coriolanus” (gifted January 1942), 1934 | 1:7 | |||
| “The Sonnets” (gifted January 1942), 1935 | 1:8 | |||
| “The Taming of the Shrew” (gifted November 1935), 1934-1936
Includes: Boris Aplon as servant to Petruchio Joe A. Callaway as a tailor Jackson Perkins as Katharina Carl Benton Reid as Petruchio Martha Ellen Scott as Bianca and a servant to Petruchio Bertram Tanswell as Grumio and a servant to Petruchio Rhys Williams as a servant to Petruchio Jack Woolley as Tranio |
1:9 | |||
| “Love’s Labour’s Lost” (gifted January 1942), 1934 | 1:10 | |||
| “King Henry IV, Part I” (gifted July 1936), 1934-1936 | 1:11 | |||
| “King Henry IV, Part II” (gifted October 18, 1941), 1934 | 1:12 | |||
| “Julius Caesar” (gifted 1935), 1934-1936
Includes: Boris Aplon as Decius Brutus Carl Benton Reid as Marcus Brutus Irene Tedrow as Calpurnia Jack Woolley as a Soothsayer |
1:13 | |||
| “King Richard III,” 1935 | 1:14 | |||
| “King Henry VIII” (gifted July 1936), 1934-1936
Includes: Franklin Heller as King Henry VIII |
1:15 | |||
| “The Merchant of Venice,” 1935 | 1:16 | |||
| “King Lear” (gifted October 1936), 1935 | 1:17 | |||
| “Antony and Cleopatra” (gifted October 18, 1941), 1935 | 1:18 | |||
| “The Merry Wives of Windsor” (gifted April 1936), 1934-1936
Includes: Boris Aplon as host of the Garter Inn Joe A. Callaway as Shallow Jackson Perkins as Mistress Ford Carl Benton Reid as Sir John Falstaff Bertram Tanswell as Doctor Caius Irene Tedrow as Mistress Page Rhys Williams as Sir Hugh Ivans Jack Woolley as Fenton |
1:19 | |||
| “King Henry V,” 1935 | 2:1 | |||
| “Macbeth,” 1934-1936
Includes: Boris Aplon as Ross Joe A. Callaway as the third murderer Carl Benton Reid as Macbeth Bertram Tanswell as Seyton Irene Tedrow as Lady Macbeth Rhys Williams as MacDuff Jack Woolley as the second murderer |
2:2 | |||
| “Measure for Measure” (gifted January 1942), 1935 | 2:3 | |||
| “Othello” (gifted October 1936), 1935 | 2:4 | |||
| “Troilus and Cressida” (gifted January 1942), 1935 | 2:5 | |||
| “Romeo and Juliet” (gifted August 1936), 1935
Includes: Franklin Heller as Capulet |
2:6 | |||
| “All’s Well That Ends Well” (gifted February 1936), 1934-1936
Includes: Boris Aplon as Parolles Jackson Perkins as Helena Martha Ellen Scott as Diana Bertram Tanswell as Lafeu Irene Tedrow as Countess of Roussillon |
2:7 | |||
| “Twelfth Night” (gifted Christmas 1935), 1935
Includes: Boris Aplon as Antonio, a Sea Captain Jackson Perkins as Viola Carl Benton Reid as Sir Toby Belch, Uncle of Olivia Feste, a clown Irene Tedrow as Olivia |
2:8 | |||
| “Pericles” (gifted January 1942), 1935 | 2:9 | |||
| “The Winter’s Tale” (gifted March 1936), 1934-1936
Includes: Boris Aplon as Time Joe A. Callaway as Clown Jackson Perkins as Paulina, wife to Antigonus Martha Ellen Scott as Perdita, daughter to Leontes and Hermione Bertram Tanswell as Camillo Irene Tedrow as Hermione, Queen of Leontes Rhys Williams as Antigonus, Lord of Sicilia Jack Woolley as Florizel, Prince of Bohemia |
2:10 | |||
| “King John” (gifted January 1942), 1935 | 2:11 | |||
| “Much Ado About Nothing” (gifted February 1936), 1934-1936
Includes: Boris Aplon as Borachio Joe A. Callaway as Dogberry Carl Benton Reid as Benedick Martha Ellen Scott as Hero Irene Tedrow as Beatrice Jack Woolley as Don Pedro of Arragon |
2:12 | |||
| “Cymbeline” (gifted January 1942), 1935 | 2:13 | |||
| “The Tempest” (gifted January 1936), 1934-1936 | 2:14 | |||
| “The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis,” 1935 | 2:15 | |||
| “King Richard II,” 1935 | 2:16 | |||
| “Two Gentlemen of Verona” (gifted June 1939), 1934-1936
Includes: Franklin Heller as the Duke of Milan, father to Silvia |
2:17 | |||
| “King Henry VI, Part I,” 1935 | 2:18 | |||
| “King Henry VI, Part II” (gifted January 1942), 1936 | 2:19 | |||
| “King Henry VI, Part III” (gifted January 1942), 1936 | 2:20 | |||
| “William Shakespeare: An Introductory Volume,” 1936 | 2:21 | |||
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