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Cast of "Joseph and His Brethren" by Hawthorne Club at Hull-House

 

Twelve young men, members of the Hawthorne Club, on stage in Biblical costumes for a production of "Joseph and His Brethren," created by club members and Hull-House residents Enella Benedict and Edith de Nancrede, at the Hull-House Auditorium

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Title:
Cast of "Joseph and His Brethren" by Hawthorne Club at Hull-House
Date of Original:
1906-1907
Identifier:
JAMC_0000_0351_0466.tif
Permalink:
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Notes:
Photo featured in 1906-1907 Hull-House Yearbook, p. 38, with the note "The Club consists of Jewish high school boys who were much interested that the incidents of the play, put into dramatic form by Miss [Enella] Benedict and Miss [Edith de] Nancrede, should conform with the traditions of the Talmud. Their efforts were complimenbted by several Hebrew scholars who came to see the play and who were much impressed by 'the informing mind' with which the actors rendered their parts." It was presented May 19 and 23, 1906 at 8pm and November 26, 1907 at 3pm. "Composed by the directors and the club. Incidental music by Chas. Cornish."


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Copyright not evaluated
Access:
Public access

Subject--Name
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)
Benedict, Enella
De Nancrede, Edith, 1877-1936

Form:
Photographs

Building Name:
Hull-House Gymnasium and Coffee House

Collection Information


Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
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Source Variant Name:
Jane Addams Memorial Collection
Series:
Series II: Hull House
Folder:
351
Repository:
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Geographic Information

Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)