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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Autograph transcript in the hand of Charles Macklin of the part for the role of Touchstone in As you like it [manuscript], ca. 1731

Title: Autograph transcript in the hand of Charles Macklin of the part for the role of Touchstone in As you like it [manuscript], ca. 1731

The text is heavily cut. The manuscript contains no indication of date or of the production or the theater for which it was made, but Macklin played the part at Drury Lane frequently from 1741-1748 and not, so far as has been ascertained, at any other period.

ArchivalResource: 8 leaves ; 18.5 x 15 cm.

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797. Autograph letter signed : London, to George Colman, 1774 Mar. 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to George Colman, 1774 Mar. 12.

Demanding two weeks salary but adding that he is ready to continue his performances.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,. Autograph letter signed by Charles Macklin, Birmingham, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1775 July 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed by Charles Macklin, Birmingham, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1775 July 18.

Declines invitation to appear on his stage. Portions deleted.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Woollett, Sidney,. Autograph letter signed from Sidney Woollett, New York, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1879 December 4.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Sidney Woollett, New York, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1879 December 4.

Proposes that Daly stage Macklin's "The Man of the World" and give him the lead.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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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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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Macklin to his wife, Bess [manuscript], [17]85 July 15.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Macklin to his wife, Bess [manuscript], [17]85 July 15.

Refers to the dangerous and disagreeable affair of Mr. Perry.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01782/catalog View

Victor, Benjamin, d. 1778,. Autograph letters signed from Benjamin Victor, Dublin and London, to various people [manuscript], 1759-1774.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Benjamin Victor, Dublin and London, to various people [manuscript], 1759-1774.

Correspondents: [Charles] Macklin and Mrs. Pigott. The letter of 1759 discusses terms for Macklin's and his daughter [Maria's] appearance [at the Smock Alley Theatre] and suggests certain comedies. The letter of 1774 advises Mrs. Pigott on her acting of the heroine in "Jane Shore" and includes his "Prologue for the Tragedy of Jane Shore, to be perform'd in Staffordshire by Ladies and Gentlemen," beginning "Our Annals tell, to grace the Drama's page..." The letter also discusses "the Affair of the Colonies!" The letter apparently was written after the one printed in his Original letters...1776, I, 352.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Harris, Thomas, d. 1820,. Autograph letter signed from Thomas Harris to Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1786 December 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Thomas Harris to Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1786 December 30.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves.

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The life of Edmund Kean : from published and original sources, extra-illustrated

Title: The life of Edmund Kean : from published and original sources ,extra-illustrated,

Original drawings, autograph letters, playbills, and portraits inserted into FrederickWilliam Hawkins, (London: Tinsley Brothers,1869). The life of Edmund Kean

ArchivalResource: 14 v.

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Winter, Dr. The works of the learned [manuscript] : collected by sundry idle people, and preserved on account of their real or supposed scarceness wit ... or some reason or other ... 1767, ca. 1767-1776.

Title: The works of the learned [manuscript] : collected by sundry idle people, and preserved on account of their real or supposed scarceness wit ... or some reason or other ... 1767, ca. 1767-1776.

A poetical and prose miscellany with both prose and poetry, with many epitaphs and epigrams, mainly humorous. Leaf 17 is "An Extempore Epigram in praise of Shakespeare." Leaves 68-75 are poems by one Dr. Winter. Leaf 98 is an epitaph on Tobias Smollet attributed to Garrick; leaf 108 a jest of James Quin and Charles Macklin. Written mainly in two hands: (a) title and leaves 1-92, (b) 93-111 --- the last entry dated 1776. Some annotations in the first section are in hand (b); two or more additional hands appear scattered through the 2nd section. Sotheby catalog states that it was said to have "been in the hand of Edward Jones, the Welsh bard, who ... added various poems, etc."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (131 leaves) ; 19.5 x 15.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281480819 View

Griffin, William, d. 1803,. Autograph letters signed from William Griffin to Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1766 May-June.

Title: Autograph letters signed from William Griffin to Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1766 May-June.

Lists terms on which Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart will settle Macklin's dispute with them over publishing parts of Love à la Mode in No. 10 of the Magazine. (2) endorsed "Griffin the Printers Letters..."

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Barry, Spranger, 1719-1777,. Autograph letters signed from Spranger Barry to David Garrick and Charles Macklin [manuscript], ca. 1757-ca. 1770.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Spranger Barry to David Garrick and Charles Macklin [manuscript], ca. 1757-ca. 1770.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Dawson, William, d. 1796,. Autograph letters signed from William Dawson, Dublin, to Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1771-[1773].

Title: Autograph letters signed from William Dawson, Dublin, to Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1771-[1773].

(1) concerns problems of the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin which Macklin later helped manage. (2) relates the problems of Dawson at Crow Street and his move to the Capel-Street Theatre.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Macklin, Maria, ca. 1733-1781,. Autograph letters signed from Maria Macklin, London, to her father, Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1772 April - December.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Maria Macklin, London, to her father, Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1772 April - December.

(1) Distressed at his illness; her shifts to produce the farce [Love à la mode]. (2) Difficulties in collecting insurance on goods lost in the shipwreck. (3) Asks if he has anything to send over to his son, John, at Fort St. George, [India]

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Kelfe, H., b. 1743,. Autograph letter signed from H. Kelfe, Montpellier, to Charles Macklin, London [manuscript], 1769 May 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed from H. Kelfe, Montpellier, to Charles Macklin, London [manuscript], 1769 May 18.

Kelfe makes another request that Macklin immediately institute a suit in Doctor's Commons against James Calfe, engraver, for giving out that he is [her] husband." Kelfe indicates that she was born in St. Martins Street, Leister [sic] Fields in 1743 and was married in 1761 at Marylebon Church by Mr. Boot. Addressed to Charles Macklin, James Street, Covent Garden, London, Angleterre.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 22 x 18 cm.

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,. Autograph letter from Charles Macklin to Sir John Delaval [manuscript], 18th century.

Title: Autograph letter from Charles Macklin to Sir John Delaval [manuscript], 18th century.

Thanks Delaval for his attention.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Ross, David, 1728-1790,. Autograph letter signed from David Ross, York St., to Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1770 August 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed from David Ross, York St., to Charles Macklin [manuscript], 1770 August 2.

Does not think Lysander could be got up in under a month.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779. Mr. Macklin's farewell [manuscript], [1753].

Title: Mr. Macklin's farewell [manuscript], [1753].

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797. Charles Macklin collection, 1743-1793.

Title: Charles Macklin collection, 1743-1793.

The volume contains four portrait engravings of Charles Macklin pasted in; two pamphlets published during the feud between Macklin and David Garrick (Mr. Macklin's reply to Mr. Garrick's answer, and Reply to Mr. Garrick's answer to the case of Charles Macklin, comedian, both 1743); two letters, 1763, to Joseph Austin; three letters, 1773 and 1774, to George Colman; account sheet from Covent Garden, 1773; letters, 1785, to his wife, Elizabeth (Bess). Also, a 1786 playbill for a benefit performance; the handwritten draft of his play, The Spoiled child (51 p.); and printed copies of two of his plays, The Man of the world and Love a la mode, both published by J. Bell, London, 1793.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (188 p.) : calf ; 28 cm.

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Kelfe, H., b. 1743,. Autograph letter signed from H. Kelfe, Turin, to Charles Macklin, London [manuscript], 1769 October 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed from H. Kelfe, Turin, to Charles Macklin, London [manuscript], 1769 October 19.

Kelfe cannot scold in French; asks what the reason is for Macklin's not answering her last two letters. Expresses her disappointment in hearing that Macklin has been flirting at the Jubilee. Mentions seeing Voltaire; says it is "agreable [sic] going out hunting with the King and Dutchess de Savoye and dining with embassadors [sic]." Year of letter added in pencil. Addressed to Macklin at James Street, Covent Garden, London.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 23 x 20 cm.

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797. Collection of eighteenth-century dramatic pieces [manuscript], ca. 1790.

Title: Collection of eighteenth-century dramatic pieces [manuscript], ca. 1790.

Contents: Samuel Foote, The devil on two sticks, published in 1778. The beginning of the play is missing. MS. begins near end of the second act. --David Garrick, Linco's travels, published 1785. --G. S. Carey, three old women weather wise, published 1778. --S. Foote, Piety in pattens, or The handsome housemaid, (published in Theatre Survey, XIV (1973) No. 1a) --D. Garrick, Harlequin's invasion; or, The taylor without a head, apparently never printed. With music. --Charles Macklin, Love a-la-mode, published 1784. --R. B. Sheridan, The duenna, published 1783

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,. Autograph letter signed (copy) from Charles Macklin, London, to George Colman [manuscript], 1774 March 4.

Title: Autograph letter signed (copy) from Charles Macklin, London, to George Colman [manuscript], 1774 March 4.

Addressed from James St., Covent Garden. Macklin asks for his weekly salary and states he is ready to play any part.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,. Autograph letters signed from Charles Macklin to various recipients [manuscript], 1767-1788.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Charles Macklin to various recipients [manuscript], 1767-1788.

Twelve autograph letters signed (1 an autograph copy), 1 autograph letter with signature removed, and 1 copy (?). Letters sent from Dublin, London, Liverpool and Rotterdam. Recipients: George Colman the elder, David Garrick, his wife Bessy, his daughter Maria, John Peirce, Tate Wilkinson, [John Hill] Winbolt, and another. Many concern Macklin's various legal suits; several discuss terms of engagement. In (2) he proposes cast list for Othello. In (13) he quotes from a letter from Colman to Maria Macklin, March 18, 1774. Also includes Macklin's list of 7 letters exchanged between Colman and himself, 1772-1778, including (5). Some letters undated.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430226342 View

Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812,. Autograph letter signed from Edmond Malone to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1810 August 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Edmond Malone to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1810 August 20.

Confirms that the Dorset Garden Theatre was opened on the 9th of November. Discusses an essay concerning Ford [?] and Macklin.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 19 x 11 cm.

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797. Autograph papers of Charles Macklin [manuscript], [1754?]-1787.

Title: Autograph papers of Charles Macklin [manuscript], [1754?]-1787.

Some pages deleted. Miscellaneous notes on various subjects including the venality of the stage, much of the invective directed against Garrick [1754?-1760?]; an excerpt from Macklin's defense in his suit [against Colman, 1774?], written on the back of poems (all entitled Impromptu on seeing Mr. Macklin in Macbeth) about Macklin copied from the St. James's Chronicle, October 26, 1773; a draft of a bill introduced in the Court of Chancery in Ireland in Macklin v. Robert Owenson, manager of the City Theatre, Fishamble St., Dublin, February 26, 1785, concerning Owenson's production of Love a la mode without Macklin's permission. Memoranda and anecdotes of Macklin, 1775-1776, with a note by Charles Farley, and another by D[rinkwater] Meadows, 1859, that this was bought at Isaac Reed's sale, presumably by Field; notes on the history of England and of the theatre since 1660, many concerning Garrick and Macklin, ca. 1785; notes for Macklin's play "Kill or be killed," written on the blank spaces of a letter to Macklin from George Mattocks, September 17, [1774?], inviting him to play in Liverpool; and a ticket for [Covent Garden], March 22, 1787.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797. Portion of an autograph letter in third person [a draft?] : [n.p.], to Mr. Berkeley, [n.d.].

Title: Portion of an autograph letter in third person [a draft?] : [n.p.], to Mr. Berkeley, [n.d.].

Declining an engagement on St. Patrick's Day.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270609504 View

Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,. Character of David Garrick, Esqr. [manuscript], [18th century].

Title: Character of David Garrick, Esqr. [manuscript], [18th century].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Italian theater prints, circa 1550-1983

Title: Italian theater prints circa 1550-1983

The Italian theater prints collection documents the development of stage design, or scenography, the architecture of theaters, and the iconography of characters and masks. commedia dell’arte

ArchivalResource: 21 boxes, 40 flat file folders; ca. 677 items (623 prints, 13 drawings, 23 broadsides, 16 cutouts, 1 pamphlet, 1 score)

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797. The man of the world [microform].

Title: The man of the world [microform]. 1770.

ArchivalResource: 90 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318392207 View

Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797. The school for husbands [microform].

Title: The school for husbands [microform]. 1761.

ArchivalResource: 128 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318385707 View