Robinson Locke Collection 1870-1920

Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919

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Adelina Patti was one of the most highly regarded opera singers of the 19th century. From the description of Adelina Patti letters, 1889-1891. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 269476576 Spanish-born soprano trained in New York City; by 1861 Adelina Patti was the leading operatic prima donna. In 1886 she married tenor Ernest Nicolini, who had sung opposite her in La traviata at her castle in Wales. He died in 1898. From the description of ALS, Yst...

Morris, Clara, 1848-1925

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Actress Clara Morris was born in Toronto and moved with her mother to Cleveland, Ohio. She became a ballet girl in the resident company of the Cleveland Academy of Music; after nine years of training with that company she played a leading lady at Wood's Theatre in Cincinnati in 1869. She made her New York debut in September in "Man and Wife," directed by Augustin Daly at his Fifth Avenue Theatre. She worked with Daly in a series of highly emotional roles over the next three years in such plays a...

Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931

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Ballerina. From the description of Anna Pavlova collection, 1909-[ongoing]. (Museum of Performance & Design). WorldCat record id: 430368594 Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballet dancer. Gabriel Astruc was a French producer, publisher, talent manager and founder of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Between 1907 and 1913 Astruc also handled a variety of theatrical business matters for Serge Diaghilev, including publicity, contract negotiations, financial backing, negotiations fo...

Pickford, Mary, 1893-

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Ada Rehan

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May Irwin

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Theda Bara

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Olga Nethersole

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Richard Wagner

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Mrs. Leslie Carter

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Burke, Billie, 1885-1970

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American actress of stage and screen. From the description of Billie Burke collection, 1910-1957. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70965264 Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld was a theatrical impressario who perfected a form of the musical comedy revue, the Follies, regarded as the pinnacle of the field, while he himself became a legendary figure, making and losing several fortunes, and marrying two of his biggest stars, Anna Held and Billie Burke. Born ...

Julia Marlowe

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Alice Brady

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Oscar Hammerstein I

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Lina Cavalieri

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Evelyn Nesbit

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Dixey, Henry E., 1859-1943

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American actor. From the description of Autograph and typewritten letters signed : 117 West Fifty Sixth Street, New York, to J.E.M. Sandford, 1884 Jan 29 to 1886 March 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270127093 ...

Ignace Jan Paderewski

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Emma Calvé

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Kyrie Bellew

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Luisa Tetrazzini

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Locke, Robinson, 1856-1920

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Robinson Locke (1856-1920) was a journalist, newspaper editor, diplomat, drama critic, Mason, bank director, and civic leader, of Toledo, Ohio. Owner and editor of the Toledo Blade, an Ohio newspaper founded by his father, Locke was a serious collector of material documenting American theater history. From the 1890s, Locke served as drama critic for his newspaper under the name of Rodney Lee. Starting as a small reference collection of theatrical clippings to support his work, the collection exp...

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

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Billie Burke

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Amelia Bingham

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Crane, William H., 1845-1928

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Richard Mansfield

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Syd Chaplin

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Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923

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Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was a French actress. From the guide to the Sarah Bernhardt Collection, 1878-1969, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Actress, sculptor, and painter, Sarah Bernhardt was born in Paris, France. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007114 French born actress, artist, and writer. From the description of Sarah Bernhardt Collection, c...

Maude Adams

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Marie Dressler

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Gertrude Hoffman

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Anna Pavlova

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Margaret Illington

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Goodwin, Nat. C. (Nathaniel Carll), 1857-1919

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Lillian Russell

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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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The German opera composer Richard Wagner was at the beginning of his career at the time of this letter. From the description of Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, [1896?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571065 From the guide to the Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1896?, (The New York Public Library. Music Divisio...

Hopper, Edna Wallace, -1959

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Nethersole, Olga, 1870-1951

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Heathland Lodge, East Heath, Hampstead, to Johnston Forbes-Robertson, 1915 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126228 British actress, theatre producer and health educator. A nurse in World War I she later established the People's League for Health, receiving the Royal Red Cross in 1920 and made a Commander of the British Empire in 1936. From the description of Olga Nethersole note, 1899 Ma...

William Winter

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Miskel, Caroline, d. 1898

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Charles Frohman

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Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939

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Baird, Dorothea, 1875-1933

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Elsie Ferguson

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Henrietta Crosman

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May Robson

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Henrik Ibsen

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Ina Claire

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Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907

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Richard Mansfield (1857-1907) was an actor of the late 19th century. He was born in Helgoland, Germany, into a family that excelled in the performing arts. His mother was the prima donna Hermine Rudersdorff (1822-1882), and his grandfather, the violinist Joseph Rudersdorff (1788-1866). His father, Maurice Mansfield, was a London businessman. Richard Mansfield began his stage career touring the English provinces in Gilbert and Sullivan and made his first appear...

Cohan, George M.

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Entertainer. From the description of Scripts of George M. Cohan, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455917 From the description of George M. Cohan play scripts, 1928, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71208762 Dramatic author, composer, manager, and actor. From the description of Letter to Elizabeth Freeman, 1920. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510230 American composer. ...

Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922

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Nan Patterson

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Blanche Bates

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Francis Wilson

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Alan Dale

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Maxine Elliott

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Irving, Laurence, 1877-1914

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Fritzi Scheff

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Idah McGlone Gibson

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Edwin Booth

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Lew Fields

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Louis Mann

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Otis Skinner

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Anglin, Margaret, 1876-1958

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Canadian actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [Wilmington, 9 March 1915], and [New York, n.d.], to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1915, 9 March. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680597 Margaret Anglin (1876-1958) was a Canadian-born actress, director, and producer who was considered one of the finest actresses of her day. Anglin performed on Broadway and around the country from 1889 to 1936. Like many of Broadway's stars at the beginn...

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979

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Lowell was an American poet. From the description of Letters concerning Amy Lowell, 1925-1935 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83898015 Eleanor Robson Belmont was born in Lancashire, England in 1879. In 1897, she graduated from St. Peter's Academy, in Staten Island, New York. Upon graduation, Belmont became an actress in California and New York. After her marriage to August Belmont on February 26, 1910, she quit the acting business and focused her atten...

Sir Henry Irving

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Shaw, George Bernard, 1920

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Henry Miller

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Farrar, Geraldine

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American soprano. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [n.p.], 1961, to [Joseph Chouinard?], 1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270913139 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Ridgefield, Conn., 31 January 1934 and New York [n.d., 1934], to H[arry] H[arkness] Flagler, 1934 Jan. 31 and [n.d. 1934]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576719 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Ridgefield, Conn., 28 August ...

Dame Nellie Melba

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Nora Bayes

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Lulu Glaser

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Jane Cowl

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Julia Arthur

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Nazimova, 1879-1945

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Actress; born Adelaide Leventon; also known as Alla Nazimova. From the description of Nazimova collection, 1877-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82680687 Biographical Note 1879, June 4 Born Adelaide Leventon, Yalta, Russia 1896 Enrolled in the dramatic school of the Philharmonic Socie...

David Warfield

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Elsie De Wolfe

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Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977

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Epithet: junior; MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x0000e2 Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Paris in 1889. He became universally known for his performances as a comedic silent screen actor. From the description of Scrapbook, 1931. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 18313546 Epithet: actor Title: Knight ...

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917

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Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor-manager and writer. From the description of Herbert Beerbohm Tree collection. [1891-1902]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800446 English actor-manager of the early 20th century. From the description of Herbert D. B. Tree collection, 1891-1917. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 506484524 Herbert Beerbohm Tree was a successful actor manager, renowned for his product...

Joe Weber

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Nance O'Neil

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Mary Mannering

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Blanche Walsh

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Alice Nielsen

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Grace, George

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Epithet: proprietor of the ' Clonmel Herald.' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0000d6 ...

May Yohe

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Belasco, David, 1853-1931

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American theatrical producer and playwright. From the description of Letter : to Luther Price, 1906 Apr. 2. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494221 American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright. From the description of David Belasco letter, 1905 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709924141 From the description of David Belasco letter, 1929 Oct. 30. (Unknown). W...

Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933

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Actor. From the description of E. H. Sothern papers. 1914-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980499 Edward Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) was an American actor and author who appeared on the New York and London stages; Julia Marlowe (1865-1950) was a successful actress in New York. They became co-stars in 1904, were married in 1911, and toured, mainly in Shakespeare plays, until her final retirement in 1924. Sothern devoted much of his later years to public readings, lectures ...

William Collier

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E. H. Sothern

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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson

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Mary Pickford

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Blanche Ring

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Anna Held

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Dixey, Henry E., 1859-1943

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American actor. From the description of Autograph and typewritten letters signed : 117 West Fifty Sixth Street, New York, to J.E.M. Sandford, 1884 Jan 29 to 1886 March 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270127093 ...

Lillian Nordica

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Eddie Foy

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Enrico Caruso

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James K. Hackett

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Garden, Mary

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Scottish singer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Paris and Aberdeen, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1947 Sept. 16 and 1951 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863977 American soprano of Scottish birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 1958 or 1959, to Miss Burkman, 1958 or 1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270967492 From the description of Typewritten document signed, dated : Paris, 8 June 1907, 19...

Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959

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American actress. From the description of Ethel Barrymore autograph, 1895. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936509 ...

Cecilia Loftus

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De Wolf Hopper

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Adams, Maude, 1872-1953

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Maude Ewing Kiskadden (1872-1953), known professionally as Maude Adams, was an American stage actress who achieved her greatest success as Peter Pan. From the description of Maude Adams visiting cards, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 774127810 Actress, author, and educator. From the description of Maude Adams papers, 1925-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981090 American actress and teacher, also known as Maude Adams Kiskadden. ...

Mabelle Gilman

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Joseph Jefferson

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Cohan, George M., Jr., 1914-2000

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William Gillette

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Edna May

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Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950

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Julia Marlowe was an English actress. She married Edward Hugh Sothern on 17 August 1911. From the description of Letters : to Horace Howard Furness, Horace Howard Furness, Jr., and Louise Brooks Winsor Furness, 1890-1929. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155868093 Julia Marlowe was an actress. She was married to Edward Sothern. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1911-1933. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat rec...

Mary Garden

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Viola Allen

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Charlie Chaplin

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Annie Russell

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William Faversham

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Irving, H. B. (Henry Brodribb), 1870-1919

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F111-112 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x000334 ...

Marguerite Clark

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Mabel Dixey

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Dame Ellen Terry

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Hackney, Mabel, d. 1914

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Faversham, William, 1868-1940

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Isadora Duncan, 1916 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 501186770 ...

Eleonora Duse

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Virginia Harned

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Julian Eltinge

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John Barrymore

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Robert Edeson

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Irene Castle

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Margaret Anglin

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Sarah Bernhardt

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Rose Coghlan

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Ethel Barrymore

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John Drew

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Carter, Leslie, Mrs., 1862-1937

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Laurette Taylor

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Lillie Langtry

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Geraldine Farrar

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Bara, Theda, 1885-1955

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Mantell, Robert B. (Robert Bruce), 1854-1928

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American actor. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1890-1928] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155508187 Robert B. Mantell was an American actor. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1925. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155885118 ...

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan, 1860-1941

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Polish pianist, composer, and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674147 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Morges, 12 December 1938], to Mr. & Mrs. H[arry] H[arkness] Flagler, 1938 Dec. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674145 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Morges], 2 September 1928, to Alfred Cortot...