Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres Curtain Up: 1806-1899
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IntroductionAcknowledgmentsWithout the dedication and expertise of our systems analyst, Theodore J. Seward, of the Northrop Grumman Corporation, there would be no Adelphi Calendar. His selfless hours of brilliant labor have produced the Adelphi Calendar in its current form. The completion of the task was made possible by a highly motivated team of theatre historians. Franklin Case and Frank McHugh worked tirelessly as co-general editors, assisting the general editors with the hundreds of problems that arise in a project of this size and complexity. Alfrida Lee, our editor "across the water," assisted us on those innumerable occasions when we needed someone to look after our interests in England. Equally dedicated were Paul Buczkowski and Ambrose Wilbanks, Jr., associate general editors, who assisted us on their own time. We express our thanks to Joseph Donohue and James Ellis of The London Stage 1800-1900 project. It was they who began the initial labors ultimately leading to this calendar and who wrote the invaluable "Handbook for Compilers." The abbreviations listed below are from the "Handbook." Not all were used in this Calendar. The following libraries and museums have assisted us most generously: The Folger, New York Public, Lilly, Westminster Public, British, and, of course, the Victoria and Albert Museum. Our especial gratitude goes to the late George Nash who was particularly helpful in his role as Curator of the Enthoven Collection. Four of our colleagues at Eastern Michigan University have supported us morally and financially throughout the years. To Ira Wheatley and the late Donald Drummond, Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, Ronald Collins, Provost of the University, and Gary Keller, former Dean of the Graduate School, our sincerest thanks. We have been helped by many staff members of University Computing at Eastern Michigan University, especially its past director, E. Leon Daniel, Manuel J. Norman, senior systems programmer, and Bethann L. Welch, senior user consultant. The American Philosophical Society and the American Council of Learned Societies gave us much-needed financial support in the lean years and made it possible to hire typists and purchase microfilms and other vital supplies. We express our heartfelt thanks to senior editor Peggy Russo of the Pennsylvania State University at Mont Alto for making an annual pilgrimage to Ypsilanti to assist the general editors with the endless task of checking incoming data. She was assisted in her own research on the 1880s decade by two Penn State students: Ronald L. DeLauter and Jason Weller. We are indebted to special consultants, Joan Reilly and Patricia Tatspaugh, for their extensive assistance in checking details and compiling data. Throughout the years numerous students, undergraduate and graduate, have worked with us. We are most grateful to those geniuses of the keyboard (and coffee machine): Mary Fettes, Sharon Gleason, Jerry Montague, and Melissa Watkins, as we are to Mary Beth Kukucka, Pietra Abbulone, Nina Bernier, John Grose, Dale Detroit, Francene Harris, Keri Krick, Sandy Mathews, Andrea Shaw, and last, but certainly not least, Scott Harrison, who supplied a final push. To these, and all who supported this project, we offer our heartfelt thanks. The data entry and checking for the period 1806-1900 and the seasonal chronologies were divided among a team of editors. They are listed below. These scholars worked unstintingly to produce ninety-nine daily calendars. The results speak for themselves. Project: Editors
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