Title	[Autograph of Augustin Daly]
Date	1888-11-23
Creator	Augustin Daly
Artistic roles	Augustin Daly (Producer, Director)
Theme	Dynasties Famous Companies
Places	New York (N.Y.)
Item description	Autograph on stationery grade paper of Augustin Daly (1838-1899).
Object narrative	Autograph of Augustin Daly (1838-1899) was given in Brooklyn, NY on Nov. 23, 1888 according to the note written above his signature in another hand. He signs it Very Willingly, Augustin Daly. Born in North Carolina, Daly had a career as a theatre critic, manager, producer, director, and playwright. Daly, who didnt believe in the star system, used realistic production techniques and was compared to Wagner in his attempts to create a gesamptkuntswerk. Dalys work could be said to demonstrate the transition from the romantic period to real theatre.
Type	Text
Original format	Autograph
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	MSS255 Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection
Series/grouping	6.2: Correspondence and Autographs -- Autographs
Box	79
Finding aid link	http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/collections/manuscripts/ead/mss255.xml
Preferred citation	[Identification of item], Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection, 1753-2006 (MSS255), Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives and Manuscripts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information	NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determing actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
Object ID	MSS255.B79.007
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
OCLC number	872280847

[Autograph of Augustin Daly]

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