John Lawrence Toole autograph collection, 1750-1903 and undated.

Piccolomini, Marietta 1834-1899

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Italian soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Liverpool, 9 August 1859, to an unidentified recipient, 1859 Aug. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674997 Epithet: Singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000090 ...

Bunn, Alfred, 1796?-1860

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English theatrical manager and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 15 August 1846, to Mr. F. Seymour, 1846 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873190 Epithet: theatrical manager and writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0002bc Theater manager. From the description of Letter of Alfred Bunn, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870

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Irish composer and singer. British composer. Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially The Bohemian Girl. (Wikipedia contributors, "Michael William Balfe," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_William_Balfe&oldid=1100078344 (accessed September 9, 2022). M. W. (Michael William) Balfe was an Irish composer, singer, and conductor. Balfe began his musical career as a ...

Thompson, Lydia, 1836?-1908

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Taglioni, Marie, 1804-1884

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Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) was a Swedish-born ballet dancer of the Romantic ballet era partially of Italian descent, a central figure in the history of European dance. She spent most of her life in the Austrian Empire and France. She was one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the romantic ballet, which was cultivated primarily at Her Majesty's Theatre in London and at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique of the Paris Opera Ballet. She is credited with (though not confirmed as) being the...

Liston, Sarah Tyrer, 1781 -1854

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Sarah Liston, née Tyrer, English actor and singer. She was the wife of the English comic actor John Liston....

Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876

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Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876) was an American stage actress. Her voice was noted for its full contralto register, and she was able to play both male and female parts. She lived intermittently in Rome, in an expatriate colony of prominent artists and sculptors, some of whom became part of her tempestuous private life. Cushman made her initial professional appearance at age eighteen on April 8, 1835 at Boston's Tremont Theatre. She then went to New Orleans where sh...

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...

Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre. In 1834, Kemble married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832....

Wallack, Lester, 1820-1888

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John Johnstone Wallack (January 1, 1820, New York City – September 6, 1888, Stamford, Connecticut), was an American actor-manager and son of theatre producer James William Wallack and actrees Susan Johnstone. He used the stage name John Lester until October 5, 1858, when he first acted under the name Lester Wallack, which he retained the rest of his career. He was born in New York but at an early age he was taken to his parents' home in London where he was reared and educated. Wallack had chose...

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Stirling, Fanny, 1815-1895

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Mary Anne (Fanny) Stirling (1815 – 28 December 1895) was an English actress renowned for her comedy roles in a career for over fifty years. Stirling was born in Mayfair on 29 July 1815, the daughter of Mary Ann (born Spense) and a spendthrift father Captain Simon Kehl. She appeared as Zephyrina, the widow, in The Devil and the Widow at the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel in January 1832. Later that year she married the playwright Edward Lambert. They worked together and they were known as Mr and M...

Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906

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Irish actor and theatre manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Saker, 1856 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572810 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Gaiety Theatre, Strand," to "My Dear Clayton", [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572802 English actor and manager. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : [London], 1880-1883, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1880 Mar. 18. ...

Bartley, George, 1782?-1858,

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Irving, Sir Henry, 1838-1905.

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Vavol

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Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805

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Epithet: née Phillips; vocalist and actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000844.0x000066 English singer. From the description of Document signed, dated : [London], 8 June 1802, 1802 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564774 Epithet: singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0002d0 ...

Russell, Samuel Thomas, approximately 1770-1845

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English actor. From the description of Partially printed document signed, dated : [London], 12 October 1819, 1819 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676523 Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x00022f ...

William Farren

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De Begnis, Guiseppe, 1793-1849

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Liston, John, 1776? -1846

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Daly, Julia, 1833-1887

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Mead, Thomas, 1819-1889

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Keeley, Louise, d. 1877.

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., London?, n.d.], to Mr. [Edward Tyrrell Smith], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578789 ...

Florence, William Jermyn, 1831-1891

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : New York, 1870-1883, and one letter 1871 Oct. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533360 American songwriter, playwright, and one of the most popular actors of his day. Born William Jermyn Conlin, he adopted the name Florence because of his love of Florence, Italy, where he kept an apartment. From the description of William Jermyn Florence typed questionnaire to S. S. McClure [manuscript], n...

Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870

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English author; editor of Punch. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 198 Strand [London], to Ben Webster, 1856 July 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595433 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Punch office, to Joseph Brougham, 1859 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270597175 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5, 3 with initials) : London, to John Forster, 1858 various dates in May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2...

Wigan, Horace, 1818?-1885

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English actor and adapter of plays. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 10 August 1866, to [Lewis Stange Wingfield?], 1866 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679212 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Euston Road, to I. Kinloch, 1846 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587448 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Euston Road, to I. Kinloch, [no year] Jun. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705874...

Roxby, Robert.

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Edward Fitzgerald

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Smith, George, 1777-1836

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Matthews, Tom

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Lloyd, Horatio Frederick, 1808-1889

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Ashby-Sterry, Joseph, d. 1917

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Clarke, J. Clayton

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Vandenhoff, John M., 1790-1861

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Morris, David L.

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Davenport, Edward Loomis, 1815-1877

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American actor. From the description of Clipped signature, dated [n.p., London?, 1853[?], [1853?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565385 ...

Alboni, Marietta, 1823-1894

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Florence, Anna Malvina (Pray)

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Smart, Hawley, 1833-1893

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0003c6 ...

Johnstone, John Henry, 1749-1828

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Irish actor and singer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Tavistock Row, to Mr. Winston, Thursday Morn. [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489900 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to J. Winston, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490577 Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x000374 ...

Cook, Dutton, 1829-1883

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x000087 ...

Gordon-Lennox, Henry.

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Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868

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Charles Kean was a Shakespearean actor. He was married to the actress Ellen Tree Kean. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1849. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886057 English actor and theater manager Charles Kean was the second son of actor Edmund Kean. An excellent student, Charles was compelled to become an actor to support his family after the separation of his parents. He found success as an actor in Ireland and America, and ...

Farjeon, B. L. (Benjamin Leopold), 1833-1903

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Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890

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Dionysius Lardner Boucicault was born in Dublin on 26th December 1820. His Irish mother Anna, nee Darley, was married to Samuel Boursiquot, but it is likely that Dion was the son of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, who was closer in age to Anna than her husband. In 1828, Anna and her children followed Lardner to London when he became Professor of Philosophy and Astronomy at the new University College. Dion attended several schools in London, but it was a production of Pizarro in 183...

Glover, Julia, 1779-1850

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Epithet: née Betterton; actress; wife of Samuel Glover British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x0003bb English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lambeth near the Asylum, to Mr. Arnold, [no year] July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269571971 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to J. Winston, Wednesday noon. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269585682 ...

Pyne, Louisa Fanny, 1835-1904

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Epithet: afterwards Bodda singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x00010b Epithet: of Add MS 29999 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0003bc British singer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1864 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270528080 ...

King, Thomas C., 1825-1893

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Byrnes, H. T.

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Martin, Helena Saville (Faucit) Lady, 1817-1898.

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Wallack, James William, 1791?-1864

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Horn, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1786-1849

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English composer and singer of German parentage. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., London?] Dec. 21 1824, to an unidentified recipient, 1824 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666444 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London] June 28 1823, to an unidentified recipient, 1823 June 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666441 ...

Shepherd, R. (Richard), 1732?-1809

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Peake, Richard Brinsley, 1792-1847

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Peake was an English playwright; Henry Phillips was a singer, actor, and musician who performed in Peake's plays. From the description of Compositions, 1842-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80181291 From the guide to the Richard Brinsley Peake compositions, 1842-1844., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Richard Brinsley Peake was a British dramatist. From the description of Richard Brinsley Pea...

Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Palm Beach, to Mrs. Sullivan, 1903 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489232 From the description of [Letter] 1893 Feb. 22 [to] Madame / J. Jefferson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251899 From the description of Letter, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451408 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Clancy and Reilly, 1880 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Laporte, Jacques, 1775-1841

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Kemble, Adelaide, 1814?-1879.

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Jullien, Louis, 1812-1860

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French conductor. From the description of Document signed, dated : London, 25 November 1856, 1856 Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873889 In December 1847 Jullien embarked on an ill-planned season of grand opera at the Drury Lane Theatre; the season resulted in Jullien's first bankruptcy in England, and the Halévy commission was not realized. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of Contract : between Jullien & Cie., on the part of the Théâtr...

Rhona, Albina di

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Bishop, Anna (Rivière) 1814-1884

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Warde, James Prescott, 1792-1840

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Terry, Daniel, 1782-1829

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Alfred Bunn, theatrical manager, 1816 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571590 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to a friend, [1814]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571585 ...

Grisi, Giulia, 1811-1869

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Guilia Grisi (1811-1869), Italian opera singer, famous for her roles in Bellini's operas. From the description of Letters by Giulia and Maria Grisi, 1838-ca. 1850? (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80370730 Italian soprano. From the description of Document signed, dated : [n.p., London?], 20 May 1843, 1843 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578357 From the description of Signature, dated, 1861 Nov. ...

Blunt, Arthur Cecil.

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Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896

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Brother of Lester Wallack's wife Emily. From the description of Correspondence to Emily Wallack, 1883. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 236184633 English painter. From the description of Autograph letters signed : 2 Palace Gate, Kensington ; and elsewhere, to Arthur Sullivan, 1870 Aug. 19, [n.y.] Nov. 2, and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125260 British painter and illustrator. From the description of Corre...

Thorne, Thomas, 1841-1918

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Epithet: actor-manager British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x000073 ...

Bloomsbury

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Jerman, Frances Eleonor, 1803? -1873

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Henry Chaplin

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Siddons, Sarah (Kemble) 1775-1831

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Grisi, Carlotta, 1819-1899

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Italian dancer. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : St. Jean [her villa in Geneva], 26 October 1882, to an unidentified recipient, 1882 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873383 Carlotta Grisi was an Italian ballet dancer. She helped create the ballet "Giselle." From the description of Autograph, ca. 1855-1856. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155888010 ...

Hamilton, William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of, 1845-1895

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James Thomson

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Cowell, Samuel Houghton, 1820-1864

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed "Sam: Cowell" : [n.p], 27 November [n.y.] to E[dward] T[yrrell] Smith. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564695 ...

Anglesey, Henry William George Paget, 3d marquis of, 1821-1880

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Cleaver, Mary

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x00001a ...

Herbert, John, 1803-1864

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Hood, Tom, 1835-1874

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English humorist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, [ca. 1860-1861]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270880362 English humorist and playwright. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified man, not before 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 575123128 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified man, not before 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

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...

Cist, Lewis J. (Lewis Jacob), 1818-1885

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Baker, Benjamin A., 1818-1890

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Belletti, Giovanni, 1813-

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Fawcett, Mr. (John), 1768-1837

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English actor and dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter : New Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, to the Duke of Clarence, 1810 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270513558 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, to Alaric Watts, 1819 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527954 ...

Powell, Thomas, 1809-1887

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Epithet: Mayor of Deal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0000fb Epithet: Sheriff of Radn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0002a5 Epithet: Anglus et Dux Peregrinus' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0000f9 Epithet: of Car...

Rooke, W. M. (William Michael), 1794-1847

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Composer. From the description of To the mountain away, a grand chorus, in the grand opera Amile. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122578601 ...

Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835

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Charles Mathews, English actor. From the description of Charles Mathews manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1820's (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 747730054 From the guide to the Charles Mathews manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1820's, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Mathews was an English actor, stage manager, and one of the leading comedians of his day. From his first appearance in Lo...

Waylett, Harriet, 1798-1851

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Londesborough, .

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Welsh, W. H.

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Salisbury, Robert Cecil, marquess of, 1830-1903

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3rd Marquess, 22nd Earl. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Arlington St., to the Warden of New College, [18]83 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633529 English prime minister. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : London, to W. Macquaid, 1872 July 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270853269 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Foreign Office, [London], to Arthu...

Phelps, Samuel, 1804-1878

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Actor and theatrical manager. From the description of Signature of Samuel Phelps, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453243 Phelps, a noted tragedian, took over the management of Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, in 1843, and presented a series of major Shakespearean revivals. His productions were notable for their pageantry as well as for Phelps' efforts to restore the Shakespearean text. From the guide to the Papers, 1835-1886 (inclusive), 1843-1871 (bulk)., ...

Lanza, Gesualdo, 1779-1859

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Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906

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Irish actor and theatre manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Saker, 1856 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572810 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Gaiety Theatre, Strand," to "My Dear Clayton", [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572802 English actor and manager. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : [London], 1880-1883, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1880 Mar. 18. ...

Harper, J. Henry (Joseph Henry), 1850-1938

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American publisher. From the description of Letter signed : [New York], to George Haven Putnam, secretary, American Copyright League, 1900 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270510252 ...

Dillon, Charles, 1819-1881

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Birkbeck

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Miss Coutts

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Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878

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Charles James Mathews, English actor and playwright. He was the son of Charles Mathews, the English comedic actor. From the description of Charles James Mathews manuscript material : 1 item, 1860 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 747730085 English comedian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], [no year] Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270636963 Charles James Thomas was an English actor and manager. He was born ...

Wilson, Garstin Parker

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Murray, Henry Leigh, 1820-1870

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Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906

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Irish actor and theatre manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Saker, 1856 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572810 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Gaiety Theatre, Strand," to "My Dear Clayton", [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572802 English actor and manager. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : [London], 1880-1883, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1880 Mar. 18. ...

Thompson, Henry, Sir, 1820-1904

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English surgeon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to J.E. Millais, [year not specified] July 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 690673469 Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x0000a4 Epithet: Customs officer in I of St Thomas British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0...

Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882

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Benjamin Webster (1797-1882) was an actor, playwright, and theatre manager. Born in Bath, his father was a dancing and fencing master; Webster attended military school, but avoided a proferred commission by running away to become an actor. He eventually reached the stage as a popular actor, dancer, pantomimist, and violinist. He also built and managed the Adelphi Theatre, managed the Haymarket, Olympic, Princess's, St. James, and London Theatres. Webster additionally wrote or adapted numerous pl...

Bedford, Paul John, 1794?-1871

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Stebbing, Robert, d. 1830

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Romer, Emma, 1814-1868

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Young, Charles Mayne, 1777-1856

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English comedian. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 9 February 1850, to Sir George Smart, 1850 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679418 English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Leeds], to Mr. Lloyd, hair-dresser, 1844 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584535 ...

Catling, Thomas, 1838-1920

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Thomas Catling (Sept. 23, 1838- Dec. 25, 1920) was a British journalist and editor of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper. He was born in Cambridge and started to work for newspapers (Cambridge Chronicle) at the age of 12 to help support his family. He moved to London at age 16 and soon after began working at Lloyd's. In 1885 Catling took over the editorship. He was a supporter of William Gladstone and the Liberal Party but as the Liberal party divided itself, Lloyd's started supporting another Liberal Par...

Edward Stirling

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McCabe, N.

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J. Clayton Clarke.

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Conway, H. B. (Harry Blenkinsopp), 1850-1909

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Joseph Stoddart

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Farren, William, 1786-1861

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Epithet: actor; of Add MS 45918 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x000346 Epithet: actor; of Add MS 42890 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x000345 ...

Waller, Daniel Wilmarth, 1824?-1882

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Brooks, Shirley, 1816-1874

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Shirley Brooks was editor of Punch from 1870 to 1874 From the guide to the Diaries of Shirley Brooks, 1867-1872, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) English humorist and editor. From the description of Diaries (2) : autograph manuscripts signed : London and other places in Great Britain, 1865 and 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875191 Charles William Shirley Brooks (1816-1874) was an English playwright, newspaper columnist, and editor of Punch maga...

Parsloe, Charles Thomas, 1836-1898

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Loveday, W.

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Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1790-1852

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Epithet: actor-manager British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0002ff ...

Cowper, John Curtis, 1827-1885

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000091 ...

Powerscourt, Richard Wingfield, 6th viscount, 1815-1844

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Barrett, Lawrence, 1838-1891

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Lawrence Barrett was manager of his own dramatic company. From the description of Agreement between Lawrence Barrett and Fred C. Mosley [manuscript], 1882 June 10. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 281643577 Lawrence Barrett, actor. John Weiss, Reverend, lecturer and scholar on Shakespeare. From the description of Letter to John Weiss, 1873-1876. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416811 American author and actor. From ...

Seton, Bruce M.

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Mrs. Turner

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Coyne, J. Stirling (Joseph Stirling), 1803-1868

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000257 ...

Winston, James, 1773-1843

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Per note with collection: James Winston (1823-1892) arrived in Oregon City from Richmond, Virginia, in 1846, a young man of 21 years of age. From the guide to the James Winston letter to Louis Dement, 1891, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) James Winston (1773-1843) was an English actor and manager of several minor London theaters. He also worked as a theater architect and served as the secretary of the Garrick Club from its inception in 1831 until his death. Over...

Buckstone, Lucy Isabella, 1858-1893

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Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900

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British singer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Grange Mount, Upper Norwood ; and elsewhere, to Arthur Sullivan, 1869 Dec. 13 to 1897 May 17, a dn 1 undated letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125357 English tenor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 22 July 1858, to [Mr. William Sterndale? Bennett], 1858 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675918 From the description of Clipped signature, da...

Mellon, Sarah Jane (Woolgar) 1824-1909

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Brooke, Gustavus Vaughan, 1818-1866

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English actor. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 5 September 1853, to an unidentified recient, 1853 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673810 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., London?], 21 October 1853, to E[dward] T[yrrell] Smith, 1853 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673806 An actor, he was born at Dublin on 25 April 1818 and after meeting George Coppin in 1854, agreed ...

Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879

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English comedian. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 23 January [n.y], to E.T. [i.e. Edward Tyrrell Smith], [n.y.] Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673876 John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879), British comic actor and playwright, manager of Haymarket Theater in 1853-1856. From the description of List of plays by John Baldwin Buckston and his letter to "My Dear Sir," 1841 and 1853. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Bot...

Jones, Richard, 1779-1851

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Rainforth, Elizabeth, 1814-1877.

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English soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], to [Henry] Sudlow, 1847 Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675806 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 27 April 1844, to T. [or J.?] Watts, 1844, 27 Arpil. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675809 ...

James, David, d. 1893

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Dickens, Catherine, 1815-1879

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Wife of Charles Dickens. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Frederic Chapman, 1864 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529399 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to her sister-in-law, Frances [Fanny] Burnett, 1842 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529395 ...

Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895

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George Augustus Sala was a journalist, travel writer, and essayist, and had worked as a painter and illustrator before turning to journalism. He was the London Daily telegraph correspondent during the American Civil War and was a contributor to Dickens' Household words. From the description of George Augustus Sala papers, 1892. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70247622 Sala published My diary in America during the Civil War in 1865. ...

Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt, 1819-1870

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Epithet: Mrs; writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000841.0x0002d9 Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie was an author and actress. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Papers, 1834-1939 (inclusive), 1834-1868 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007275 Author and actress. From the description of Letter of...

Tayleure, Jane (Grant).

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Reece, Robert, 1838-1891

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Epithet: of Add MS 23239 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0003df ...

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Charles Dickens, English novelist. From the guide to the Charles Dickens manuscript material : 7 items, 1842-1851, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the Victorian novelist. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Correspondence of Charles Dickens, with related material, ca. 1834-1955, (Leeds University Librar...

Harley, John Pritt, 1786-1858

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English actor and singer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1823 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503997 From the description of Autograph signature : for Mr. Harry B. Tavery, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508272 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Garrick, 1851 Jun. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270499442 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Theatre Royal, Dr...

Desart, William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe, Earl of, 1845-1898

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Hammond, William James, 1797-1848

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Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849

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Epithet: the elder; of Add MS 40520 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x000193 Pierce Egan, English sportswriter who became best known for his highly popular Life in London, illustrated by George and Robert Cruikshank. From the description of Pierce Egan manuscript material : 2 items, 1836-1842 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 182957648 From the guide to the Pierce Egan m...

Creswick, William, 1813-1888

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W. Day, 1886 Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270877456 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles E. Flower, 1881 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270877450 ...

Henry James Byron's

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Benjamin Webster

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Simpson, John Palgrave, 1807-1887

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John Palgrave Simpson (b. June 13, 1807, Norwich, England-d. 1887), Victorian playwright. He wrote more than fifty pieces in a variety of genres, including dramas, comedies, operas, and spectacles, between 1850 and 1885. Simpson also published novels, travel books and journalistic commentaries. He served as secretary of the Dramatic Authors' Society from 1868 to 1883. ...

Holker, Sir John, 1828-1882

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Egerton, Daniel, 1772-1835

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x0001cb ...

Warren, William, 1806-1879

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Davenport, Fanny Elizabeth Vining, 1829-1891

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Parry, John Humffreys, 1816-1880

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English serjeant-at-law. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 24 May 1878, to Lewis Wingfield, 1878 May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674754 ...

Hall, Hary, d. 1858

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Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850

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Sarah Bartley (formerly Smith), English actress. Her career included roles in plays by Mrs. Inchbald, Thomas Holcroft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and upon a visit to Dublin in 1808, she performed a musical piece composed for her by Thomas Moore. For a time following the retirement of foremost actress Sara Siddons, Bartley was considered the reigning tragedy queen of the London stage. From the description of Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817 (New York Public Librar...

Knox, Alexander Andrews, 1818-1891

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Hager, J. Henry, 1837 or 1838-1920

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Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873

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English actor, recognized as perhaps the greatest English character actor of his day. He was especially noted for his Shakespearean roles. From the description of Letter, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391814 William Charles Macready was a tragedian. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1821-1849, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886139 William Charles Macready was an English stage manager and actor...

Tietjens, Therese, 1834-1877

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Sloman, Charles

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x0002f6 Epithet: improvisatore British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0003cb ...

Nicol, Emma, fl. 1830

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Leinster, Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald, Duke of, 1791-1874

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Rayner, Lionel Benjamin, 1788-1855

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000877.0x00039c ...

Reed, Priscilla, 1818-1895

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Henry] Sudlow, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668379 Priscilla Reed (1818-1895) was a British actress ? she married Thomas German Reed in 1844. From the description of Autograph signature of Priscilla Horton Reed, ca. 1840? (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122443891 ...

Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, countess of, 1759? -1829

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Yates, Edmund, 1831-1894

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Epithet: of Fairlawn, Tonbridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x0001b8 Yates was an English novelist, and founded THE WORLD, a weekly society newspaper in 1874. From the description of Edmund Yates collection, 1874-1926 (bulk 1876-1894). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 609870494 Edmund Yates was a Victorian journalist, novelist, lecturer, comic versifier and pla...

Parry, John, 1776-1851

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Welsh instrumentalist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 26 March 1839, to the Rev. Th[omas] Cazalet at the Academy of Music, Hanover Square, 1839 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674267 John Parry, British instrumentalist and composer. From the guide to the John Parry manuscript material : 1 item, 1847, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Phillips, Watts, 1825-1874

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Swinburne, Thomas

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Epithet: Unitarian, of Newcastle-upon- Tyne British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x000275 ...

Mrs. Standwick

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Ronger, Florimond, 1825-1892

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Coveney, Jane, 1824-1900

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Black, William, 1841-1898

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William Black was born in Scotland; his earliest ambition was to be a painter, but he had no success, and took to journalism. While working for London's Daily Star, he covered the Austro-Prussian war from the front, and was taken captive. Afterward, he continued to work in journalism while devoting himself to novels; he eventually became a popular success, notably for his adventure novels set in Scotland. From the description of William Black letter to Mrs. Jeaffreson, circa 1880 Dec...

Hayes, Catherine, 1825-1861

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Irish soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed Catherine Hayes Bushnell : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665538 ...

Barnard

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 3511 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0001b0 Epithet: Military Officer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x000083 Epithet: senior British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x000084...

Amherst, J. H., 1776-1851

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J.H. Amherst was an actor, historian, and writer. Born in London, he achieved his first success at the Haymarket Theatre in London, emigrating to America in 1838. He had success as an actor, a classical scholar, and as a dramatist, specializing in historical plays set in Europe. From the description of John Amherst letter to [James] Winston, after 1800?. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57188177 ...

Wright, Edward Richard, 1872-

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Miller, Bella.

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Cooper, John, fl. 1810-1870,

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Moncrieff, W. T. (William Thomas), 1794-1857

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William Gibbs Thomas Moncrieff, English playwright and theatre manager. From the guide to the William Thomas Moncrieff manuscript material : 1 item, 1851, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Daly, Julia, 1883-1887

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Stanley, Emma, d. 1881

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Ristori, Adelaide, 1822-1906

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Italian actress. From the description of Autograph sentiment signed Adelaide Risotri Del Grillo, dated : Florence, 9 December 1870, 1870 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676170 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Arthur Sullivan, 1883 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125420 From the description of Adelaide Ristori Del Grillo letter fragment [manuscript], no date [1847 or later] (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id:...

Gowing, William Aylmer, 1823-1892

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Glyn, Isabella, 1823-1889

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Scottish actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 2 November [n.y.], to E[dward] T[yrrell] Smith, [n.y.] Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577928 ...

Montague, Henry J., 1843?-1878.

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Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854

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English judge and author, friend and executor of Charles Lamb. From the description of ALS : London, to Andrew Willis, 1847 Aug. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122690123 Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854) was an English judge and author. From the description of Letters to Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, 1835-1844 (bulk 1835-1836). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122396791 English j...

Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757

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Colley Cibber was an actor, playwright, stage manager, and poet laureate. From the description of Colley Cibber letter to Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington, 1747 June 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 37290455 ...

Billington, John, 1830-1904

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Daly, Ellen, 1815-1890

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Farley, Charles, 1771-1859

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Epithet: actor and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x00024f ...

Bateman, H. L.

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Planché, J. R. (James Robinson), 1796-1880

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English dramatist, librettsit, antiquarian, and costume authority. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 30 May 1878, to Lewis Wingfield, 1878 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675035 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : East Retford, 8 April 1864, to Mrs. Skeffington Smith, 1864 Apr. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675030 James Robinson Planché, a dramatist, antiquary, and officer of arms, was born in P...

Brunton, John, 1775-1849

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Stretton, George, fl. 1835

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Huntley, Francis, 1787-1831

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Lind, Jenny

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Swedish singer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Oak Lea, Wimbledon Park, S.W., to Arthur Sullivan, 1883 Feb. 11, and 9 incompletely dated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125245 Swedish soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Mannheim Dec. 7 1846, to an unidentified recipient, 1846 Dec. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667419 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London Apr. 27 1874, t...

Robert William Elliston

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M. Phillips.

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Burnaby, Fred, 1842-1885

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Epithet: army officer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000050 ...

Compton, Henry, 1805-1877

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English comedian. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [London]. to W.A. Turner, 1871 July 6 and Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532697 ...

Buckstone, Isobella.

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Henry, Neville

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J. L. Toole's

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Righton, Edward Corrie, 1838-1899

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Williams, Barney, 1824-1876

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Wrench, Benjamin, 1778-1843

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Serle, Thomas James

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Epithet: actor and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x0002c2 ...

Wharncliffe, Edward Montagu Stuart Granville, 1st earl of, 1827-1899

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Stansbury, George Frederick, 1800-1845

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Farley, Charles, 1771-1859

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Epithet: actor and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x00024f ...

Keeley, Mary Anne (Goward) 1805? -1899

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Brough, Lionel, d. 1909

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Cole, John William, -1870

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1942 International Representative from UAW Local 50. From the description of John Cole papers, 1942. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320808 ...

Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880

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Charles Kean lived at No. 3, Torrington Square, W.C. 1, in 1853-56, according to The London Encyclopaedia, ed. Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert (1983). From the description of Autograph letter signed from Ellen Kean, London, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1853-56? February 12. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694182220 English actress, born Ellen Tree. Married actor Charles Kean, son of Edmund Kean, and toured with his company. Fro...

Wigan, Alfred, 1814-1878

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English actor. From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p., n.d.], to [Lewis Strange Wingfield?], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679209 ...

Evans, William, 1795-1891

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Tomkins, Charles, 1750-1823

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Blanchard, Edward Laman 1820-1889

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Van Amburgh, Isaac, b. 1811

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Spencer, Arthur W. (Arthur Weightman), 1876-1923

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Southern, Edward Askew, 1826-1880

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Reade, Charles, 1814-1884

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Charles Reade was born in Oxfordshire, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford; he became a fellow of the college, studied law, and earned a Doctor of Civil Laws degree, although he never practiced law. He wrote numerous plays, often in collaboration with other dramatists, including translations of continentral drama (sometimes without permission). His most successful play was Masks and Faces which, on the advice of actress Laura Seymour, he turned into a novel. He was eventually more successfu...

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837

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Grimaldi was an English pantomime actor and clown. From the guide to the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, edited by "Boz, " extra-illustrated., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Epithet: actor and pantomime performer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00002f Performer. From the description of Papers, 1802-1840. (Indiana ...

Power, Tyrone, 1797-1841

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London, England resident. From the description of Letter, 1840. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36097074 Tyrone Power (1797-1841) was an Irish comedian. From the description of Letter by Tyrone Power to Gentleman, 1835. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228769406 ...

Poole, Elizabeth, 1820-1906

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Cushman, Susan, 1822-1859

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Susan Webb Cushman (March 17, 1822 – May 10, 1859) was a Boston, Massachusetts-born American actress, the younger sister of established actress Charlotte Cushman. Following a failed marriage to Nelson Meriman, after which he left her destitute with a child, she followed Charlotte's advice to pursue an acting career with her. The sisters became famous for performing as Romeo (Charlotte) and Juliet (Susan). In 1848, Susan married James Sheridan Muspratt, and retired from the stage, living in Liver...

Chabert, Julien Xavier, 1791-

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Webb, Henry, 1814-1867

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Sullivan, Arthur

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Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was an English composer well-known for his collaborations with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan sheet music, 1868-1993., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University.) Sullivan was an English composer. Gilbert was a English dramatist. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan correspondence with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, 1854-1900., (Houghton Libra...