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Booth, Barton, 1681-1733. Articles of agreement and lease from Barton Booth of the parish of St. Paul's Covent Garden to the Reverend John Hutton of the parish of St. Margaret's Westminster [manuscript], 1722-1723.

Title: Articles of agreement and lease from Barton Booth of the parish of St. Paul's Covent Garden to the Reverend John Hutton of the parish of St. Margaret's Westminster [manuscript], 1722-1723.

Articles of agreement and lease for 31 years, for ground on the south side of Colledge Street in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and the buildings thereon.

ArchivalResource: 2 items

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Drury Lane Theatre. Bill for printing playbills [manuscript], 1713/14 January-February.

Title: Bill for printing playbills [manuscript], 1713/14 January-February.

Signed by B. Booth, C. Cibber, and Robert Wilks.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Rich, John, 1682?-1761,. Autograph letters signed from John Rich to various recipients [manuscript], 1722-1753.

Title: Autograph letters signed from John Rich to various recipients [manuscript], 1722-1753.

Recipients: The Managers of Drury Lane, B. Booth, C. Cibber, or R. Wilks; and [Edward] Chetwyn[d]. (1) Cropped letter to the Managers, Oct. 19, 1722, gives notice that Rich has entertained John Ward and Henrietta Maria Morgan as actors, witnesses Thomas Wood and J. Brook. (2) Letter to Chetwynd, March 16, 1753, is a cover letter submitting the Englishman in Paris [by S. Foote] (no longer present) for the Duke of Grafton's approval.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Drury Lane Theatre. Bills and receipts of Drury Lane Theatre [manuscript], 1713/14-1716.

Title: Bills and receipts of Drury Lane Theatre [manuscript], 1713/14-1716.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230416034 View

Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. Papers of Colley Cibber [manuscript], 1720-1745.

Title: Papers of Colley Cibber [manuscript], 1720-1745.

Contents: Memos to Richard Castleman and others concerning actors and salaries at Drury Lane, signed by Cibber, Barton Booth and Robert Wilks, 1720-1727; Contract giving John Watts rights to Cibber's play Papal Tyranny in the Reign of King John, 1745; Recitation, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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Drury Lane Theatre. Bill for stage properties of Drury Lane Theatre [manuscript], [1714?] April 10.

Title: Bill for stage properties of Drury Lane Theatre [manuscript], [1714?] April 10.

Signed by Robert Wilks, B. Booth and C. Cibber.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244483557 View

Booth, Barton, 1681-1733. [Letter, 1732 Nov. 5] [manuscript].

Title: [Letter, 1732 Nov. 5] [manuscript]. [1732]

Letter from Barton Booth: "Sir, When I desird the favour of seeing you this evening I had forgot that I had appointed a gentleman to hear his tragedy read at [the] same time. A messenger came to me this morning to put me in mind of the appointment. As the gentleman proposes to have his play acted (if it be approvd of) before Xmas, I hope you will excuse my deferring the pleasure of hearing yours 'till tomorrow, or any other day, & hour, you please to appoint. I am downright ashamd of my forgetfullness, but if you knew what hurry our theatrical affairs have been in of late, you would the more readily excuse, sr. your most obedient humble servt. B Booth".

ArchivalResource: [1] p. on 1 leaf : paper ; 237 x 205 mm.

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Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990

Title: Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts 1666-1990

This collection contains letters, manuscript fragments, autographs, and other documents by famous authors. The material dates from 1666 to 1990. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by the authors to various friends with some letters to editors or critics. There is an even mix of American and European authors present.

ArchivalResource: 23 Linear feet

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Carents, William, 17th/18th cent. Order to pay Edward Laughlin from William Carents [manuscript], 17th or 18th century.

Title: Order to pay Edward Laughlin from William Carents [manuscript], 17th or 18th century.

£20 for the great scene room at Drury Lane. Signed by C. Cibber, B. Booth, and Robert Wilks.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713393451 View

Booth, Barton, 1681-1733,. Facsimile of autograph letter signed and 2 copies from Barton Booth to various people [manuscript], 1712-1732.

Title: Facsimile of autograph letter signed and 2 copies from Barton Booth to various people [manuscript], 1712-1732.

Correspondents: George Granville baron Lansdowne and others.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/216881373 View

North family. North family collection of letters and papers relating to Tate Wilkinson, Mrs. Siddons, and the North family of York [manuscript], 1732-1955.

Title: North family collection of letters and papers relating to Tate Wilkinson, Mrs. Siddons, and the North family of York [manuscript], 1732-1955.

Contents include: 1) Letters to Tate Wilkinson of the Theatre Royal, York, from Anna Maria Hull, Agnes Maria Bennett, William Thomas Lewis, Edward Barlow and John Collins, 1796-1801, and 2 invitation cards to ladies of the Siddons and Wilkinson families from the Countess St. Antonio and Mrs. Horace Twiss, (1-10). The 3 letters from W.T. Lewis and Edward Barlow to Tate Wilkinson, [April?]-Dec. 1800 (3-5), refer to the complaint of certain actors against the manager of Covent Garden, Thomas Harris. 2) Letters to the North family of York from Mrs. Mary Siddons, H.G.I. Siddons (great-grandson of Sarah Siddons) and Sydney C. Carter, ca. 1870-1955, (11-21). 3) 2 scrapbooks of Jane and Anne Wilkinson (Tate Wilkinson's granddaughters), 1821-1842, (22-23). 4) 2 theatrical scrapbooks of the Wilkinson family, ca. 1765-ca. 1845, including a facsimile of a letter from Barton Booth, Nov. 5, 1732, the autograph of George Cruikshank, a poem by R.B.B. Sheridan, and a song sung by Miss Wilkinson in 1827, (24-25). 5) 2 notebooks with details of the Siddons, Kemble and Wilkinson families by Miss M[ary] North, ca. 1920, (26-27). 6) 1 daguerreotype and 3 silhouettes of the Wilkinson family, 2 photographs of Mrs. Scott-Siddons and 2 of Mrs. Mary Siddons, (28-36). Poems, quotations, playbills and many engravings fill the scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (36 items) : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/488793618 View

Drury Lane Theatre. Bills and receipts for the wardrobe, stage properties, writings and printing used in productions of Shakespearean and other plays [manuscript], 1714-1716.

Title: Bills and receipts for the wardrobe, stage properties, writings and printing used in productions of Shakespearean and other plays [manuscript], 1714-1716.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Drury Lane Theatre. Order from Drury Lane Theatre concerning tickets [manuscript], 1722 September 22.

Title: Order from Drury Lane Theatre concerning tickets [manuscript], 1722 September 22.

Sir Richard Steele, Mr. Wilks, Mr. Booth, and Mr. Cibber to be allowed 12 tickets each every week to give to their friends to see plays gratis. Signed by Cibber, Booth, and Wilks.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713393424 View

Rich, John, 1682?-1761. Autograph note signed from John Rich to Mr. R. Wilks, Mr. B. Booth or Mr. C. Cibber, managers of Drury Lane Theatre [manuscript], 1723 May 20.

Title: Autograph note signed from John Rich to Mr. R. Wilks, Mr. B. Booth or Mr. C. Cibber, managers of Drury Lane Theatre [manuscript], 1723 May 20.

Mr. Chapman and Mr. Merrival to be entertained as actors at the Theatre Royal in Lincolns Inn Fields. Witnessed by Thomas Wood and John Giles.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/706489353 View

Betty Wharton collection of theatrical autographs, 1707-1869.

Title: Betty Wharton collection of theatrical autographs, 1707-1869.

Theatrical autographs collected by American actress Betty Wharton.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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Booth, Barton, 1681-1733. Barton Booth letter to Sir, 1732 Nov. 5.

Title: Barton Booth letter to Sir, 1732 Nov. 5.

Booth writes to Sir, 5 Nov. 1732, regretfully cancelling an appointment to hear a reading of the drama he had written, as he had been reminded of a previous appointment with the same purpose with a different author, and offering to hear the work at the author's convenience.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

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Drury Lane Theatre. Bills and receipts for the wardrobe, stage properties, writings and printing [manuscript], 1713-1716.

Title: Bills and receipts for the wardrobe, stage properties, writings and printing [manuscript], 1713-1716.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Booth, Barton, 1681-1733. Family tree [manuscript], compiled ca. 1750.

Title: Family tree [manuscript], compiled ca. 1750.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folder)

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Booth, Barton, 1681-1733. Autograph receipt of annuity signed by Barton Booth on behalf of the assignees of Dame Judith Barkham, Booth's mother-in-law [manuscript], 1708 August 4.

Title: Autograph receipt of annuity signed by Barton Booth on behalf of the assignees of Dame Judith Barkham, Booth's mother-in-law [manuscript], 1708 August 4.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226458439 View