Melville Theatre Collection c 1800-1987

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Melville Theatre Collection c 1800-1987

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1089-ukc/mel

c 1500 items

eng,

Specialist Collections and Academic Archives, University of Kent

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SNAC Resource ID: 6280926

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Melville family. ( 1824-1988)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sp5q1w (family)

Dowton, William, 1764-1851

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q53186 (person)

English actor. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [n.p., London?], 30 May 1820, 1820 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565954 From the description of The Invitation : autograph poem : to R.W. Elliston, the actor, 1805 Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536929 ...

Melville Family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62387vm (family)

The Melvilles were a thriving theatrical family. The dynasty started with George Melville (1824-1898), a Shakespearian actor, who is reputed to have run away from home at the age of nine to join the travelling theatrical troupe of John Richardson. His son Andrew Melville (1853-1896) was an actor and theatre proprietor in many towns and cities all over the country. Andrew's two eldest sons Frederick and Walter continued the tradition; managing, directing, producing, writi...

Lee, Nelson

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh9mf2 (person)

Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0002d7 Epithet: the younger writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0002d6 ...