Charles Dibdin, the younger manuscript material : 1 item ca. early-mid 19th century

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Charles Dibdin, the younger manuscript material : 1 item ca. early-mid 19th century

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Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin, theatre manager and writer. His parents, who separated while he was young, were actors Charles Dibdin and Harriet Pitt. As a child, he went by the name Charles Isaac Pitt, but later came to be known professionally as Charles Dibdin the younger. To Mr. Parker (probably John William Parker, publisher) : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (MISC 3468) : requesting proof pages from a soon-to-be published book.

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814

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Dibdin was an English dramatist, actor and songwriter. His son Charles Isaac Mungo Pitt wrote plays and pantomimes and was for some time proprietor and manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre. A younger son, Thomas John Pitt, also took the name Dibdin about 1800. Thomas composed some 2,000 songs in the style of the elder Dibdin; his most successful dramatic work was the pantomime of Mother Goose. From the description of Papers, 1776-1831. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122521518 C...

Parker, John William, 1792-1870

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