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Johnston, H. (Henry Erskine), 1777-1845,. Autograph letter signed from Henry Erskine Johnston to B.P. Bellamy [manuscript], 1819 September 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Henry Erskine Johnston to B.P. Bellamy [manuscript], 1819 September 28.

Requesting employment. Send response to No. 4 Prospect Place, Wandsworth Road, Surrey, near London. With separate address leaf: addressed originally to Theatre Royal, Norwich and forwarded through Yarmouth, Bury and finally Cambridge.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 21 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/610571077 View

Collection of theatrical correspondence and ephemera, 1697-1930

Title: Collection of theatrical correspondence and ephemera 1697-1930

The William Appleton collection consists of letters, handwritten manuscripts, "penny plains" and "two-pence coloured" materials, which were small portraits of actors created for the toy theater trade, a once-popular form of home entertainment. The collection encompasses the late 17th century up through the mid-20th century, although the bulk of the material falls between the mid-18th century and the mid-19th century. The oldest item is a letter from actress Elizabeth Barry to a Lady Lisbourn, dated October 25, 1697. The latest item is a letter from playwright George Bernard Shaw to a J. T. Grien, dated November 28, 1930. The collection contains many letters from prominent theatrical figures, primarily of the English stage, including Ira Aldridge, Dion Boucicault, Edward Gordon Craig, David Garrick, Sir Henry Irving, Edmund Kean, William Charles Macready, Bernard Shaw, Sarah Siddons, Dame Ellen Terry, and others. Also included are black and white portraits known as "penny plains," and color portraits known as "two-pence coloured," depicting actors and actresses of the day in their best known roles. These images were intended for home use in puppet theater-type settings, and most date from the early to mid-1800s, though some date as far back as 1799.

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Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833,. Autograph letters signed from Edmund Kean to various people [manuscript], 1815-1825.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Edmund Kean to various people [manuscript], 1815-1825.

Correspondents: Henry Erskin Johns[t]on (opposite p. 147); Edward Crooke (opposite p. 224); Robert William Elliston (opposite p. 244); and 1 copy, by Winston, addressee unidentified (after p. 252).

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/432339085 View

Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833,. Autograph letters signed from Edmund Kean to various recipients [manuscript], 1812-1833?

Title: Autograph letters signed from Edmund Kean to various recipients [manuscript], 1812-1833?

ArchivalResource: 53 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462076227 View

Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850,. Autograph letter from Sarah Bartley to [Henry Erskine] Johnston [manuscript], 1818 April 1.

Title: Autograph letter from Sarah Bartley to [Henry Erskine] Johnston [manuscript], 1818 April 1.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230392128 View