Miscellaneous theatrical papers

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002c9 English writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Office of All the Year Round, 26 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., to Frederick Lehmann, 1863 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125432 English novelist and publisher. From the description of ALS : Broadstairs, Kent, to Mr. Cullenford, 18...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Gielgud, John, 1904-2000

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (19) : London, to "Dear Mardi" [Mrs. John C. Hughes], 1972-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589158 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typed letter signed : London, Hampstead, and Beverly Hills, to Denys [Blakelock], 1958 Dec. 6-1964 May 30 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870868 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, t...

Alfred, William, 1922-1999

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William Alfred (1922-1999) was a playwright, poet and beloved Harvard professor specializing in early English literature. He was born in Brooklyn in 1922 to working-class parents, served in the Army tank corp in World War II, and received his doctoral degree in English from Harvard in 1954 before joining the faculty, where he stayed until 1991. Alfred's works include: Hogan's Goat, Agamemnon, The Curse of an Aching Heart, and Nothing Doing. Luminaries he taught, influenced, or corresponded with ...

Beckett, Samuel Barclay, 1906-1989

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Samuel Barclay Beckett was born on Good Friday, April 13, 1906, in Foxrock, Ireland, near Dublin. He studied modern languages at Trinity College in Dublin and graduated in 1927. The following year, Beckett went to Paris, where he quickly became acquainted with a group of avant-garde artists, including James Joyce. There, Beckett taught English at the École Normale Superieure in Paris for two years before returning to Trinity College to teach French in 1930. He left Trinity College after one year...

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 ...

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977

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Ruth Elder (born September 8, 1902, Anniston, Alabama – died October 9, 1977, San Franciso, California), aviation pioneer and actress. She carried private pilot certificate P675, and was known as the "Miss America of Aviation." She was a charter member of the Ninety-Nines. In October 1927 she took off from New York in the Stinson Detroiter American Girl, with George Haldeman as pilot, in an attempt to become the first woman transatlantic airplane flyer. Mechanical problems caused them to ditc...

Elssler, Fanny, 1810-1884

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Fanny Elssler (1810-1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic Period. She introduced theatricalized folk dance (character dance) into ballet. She was celebrated for her spirited, spectacular dancing and for her technique, especially her point work. Fanny Elssler died in Vienna on 27 November 1884....

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...

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...

Strand Theatre (London, England)

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Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 1865-1932

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Minnie Maddern Fiske (born Marie Augusta Davey; December 19, 1865 – February 15, 1932), but often billed simply as Mrs. Fiske, was one of the leading American actresses of the late 19th and early 20th century. She also spearheaded the fight against the Theatrical Syndicate for the sake of artistic freedom. She was widely considered the most important actress on the American stage in the first quarter of the 20th century. Her performances in several Henrik Ibsen plays widely introduced American a...

Traube, Shepard, 1907-1983

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Shepard Traube (1907-1983) was a theatrical producer and writer. Mr. Traube's theatrical career included producing and directing "Angel Street," one of Broadway's longest running plays, in the early 1940's. In 1931 he directed and produced "No More Frontiers" for Broadway. But his first productions to win crtical acclaim were "Precedent" at the Provincetown Theater in 1932 and a Broadway entry, "A Thousand Summers," the same year, which was co-produced with Arch Selwyn and starred Jane Cowl, ...

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1899-1979

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Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American writer, monologist, and actress. Born on either May 30, 1899 or 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, Skinner was the daughter of actors Otis Skinner and Maud Durbin. Skinner attended Bryn Mawr College, but left during her sophomore year to move to Paris, where she attended the Sorbonne and studied acting at the Jacques Copeau School and the Comedie Francaise. Skinner began her acting career in 1921, debuting as Dona Sarasate in the stage adapt...

Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997

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American actor. From the description of Typed invitation : London, to [John Steinbeck], 1943 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775796417 ...

Myron, Herbert Benjamin, 1906-1990

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Herbert Benjamin Myron (1906-1990) was a theatrical historian....

Lunt, Alfred, 1892-1977

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Alfred Davis Lunt Jr. (August 12, 1892 – August 3, 1977) was an American stage director and actor who had a long-time professional partnership with his wife, actress Lynn Fontanne. Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was named for them. Lunt received two Tony Awards, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for 1931's The Guardsman and an Emmy Award for the Hallmark Hall of Fame's production of The Magnificent Yankee. Lunt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1892 to Alfred D. Lunt and Harriet ...

Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 1898-1968

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Thomas Ollive Mabbott (July 6, 1898 – May 15, 1968) was an American professor and scholar of literature, perhaps best known for his research on writer Edgar Allan Poe. He has also done studies on John Milton, Walt Whitman, Thomas Chatterton, and Edward Coote Pinkney. Mabbott was born and raised in New York City. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Columbia University, earning his AB (1920), AM (1921), and Ph.D. (1923) in English. After graduating from Columbia, Mabbott taught English literatu...

Disney, Walt, 1901-1966

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Walt Disney (born Walter Elias Disney, December 5, 1901, Chicago, Illinois–d. December 15, 1966, Burbank, California), American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. He was a pioneer of the American animation industry, and introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual. As a boy in Chicago, Walt Disney took art classes and got work as a commercial illustrator. He moved...

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...

Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a general of the French Revolution (1789-1799); the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic from November 11, 1799, to May 18, 1804; Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from May 18,1804, to April 6,1814; and briefly restored as Emperor from March 20 to June 22, 1815. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of...

Alexander, Walter S. (Walter Scott), 1835-1900

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Adams, John, 1735-1826

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John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He served as defense counsel for British soldiers accused of Boston Massacre in 1770; as delegate to Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778; as member of committee charged with drafting Declaration of Independence in 1776; as congressional commissioner to France from 1778 to 1779; as minister to United Provinces in 1780; and negotiated a loan from Dutch bankers in 1782. Adams join...

Chapman, Robert Harris, 1919-2000

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Robert Harris Chapman was born in Highland Park, Ill., in 1919 and died in 2000. He graduated from Princeton University in 1941 and began his professional career at Harvard University in 1950. He became a professor of English literature and was an accomplished playwright, a theatrical consultant, and Director of the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard. He was a colleague and long-time friend of Robert Penn Warren....

Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972

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Margaret Webster was born in New York City, the daughter of two famous actors, Ben Webster and Dame May Whitty. She was their second child, her older brother died in infancy. Her birth was announced on stage at the theatre her father was performing in during a Shakespeare play. The family travelled extensively during her formative years as her parents moved between the USA and UK with various touring theatre companies. At 13 she became a boarder at Queen Anne's School, Caversham, an independent ...

Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863

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Shaw was born in Boston to abolitionists Francis George and Sarah Blake (Sturgis) Shaw, who were well-known Unitarian philanthropists and intellectuals of Scottish descent. The Shaws had the benefit of a large inheritance left by Shaw's merchant grandfather and namesake Robert Gould Shaw (1775–1853). Shaw had four sisters—Anna, Josephine (Effie), Susanna, and Ellen (Nellie). When Shaw was five years old, the family moved to a large estate in West Roxbury, adjacent to Brook Farm. During his te...

Herbert Benjamin Myron; Cascais

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Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811

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Richard Cumberland was an author, best known as a dramatist and for his memoirs. Born at Trinity College, his father was a clergyman and his mother was the daughter of scholar Richard Bentley, then master of Trinity. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College at Oxford, and devoted himself to a life of literature. While serving a number of government posts, he continued his studies, and wrote and translated numerous works. He wrote prose and poetry, but was most successful as a pl...

Francis Keally

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Kaufman, Agnes Bolton.

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Helburn, Theresa, 1887-1959

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Theresa Helburn was born in New York City in 1887, graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1908, and had an early career as a writer of essays, poetry, and plays, and as a theatre critic for The Nation. In 1919, she joined the Theatre Guild in New York City as a play reader. Within a few years she was co-administrative director with Lawrence Langner. As a writer, critic, director, and administrator, Theresa Helburn was a major force in the development of twentieth-century American theatre. She was m...

Whelen

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Jacques Marie Boutet de Monvel

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Waldron

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Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992

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Arnold Eric Sevareid (b. November 26, 1912-d. July 9, 1992) was born in Velva, North Dakota. He was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977....

Mr. Eliot Norton

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Williams, Emlyn, 1905-

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Powell, Victoria

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Joseph Lunn

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Berman, Eugène 1899-1972

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Eugene Berman (1899-1972) worked in New York City, Los Angeles, California, and Rome, Italy as a Neo-Romantic painter and designer of theatrical sets and costumes for opera and ballet productions. Eugene Berman was born on November 4, 1899 in St. Petersburg, Russia, the son of Lydia and Gustav Berman, who died when Eugene was seven years old. His stepfather was a wealthy banker who paid for his education in Germany, Switzerland, and France. In 1918, the family fled to Pa...

King's College (University of Cambridge)

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From its foundation by Henry VI in 1441 to the present day, King's College has preserved records of its internal administration, the construction of its buildings, and the lives of its members. The archives include the administrative records of estates the College was given by Henry VI, many of which were the lands of the so-called alien priories, such as the Norman Abbey of Bec, confiscated by the Crown in 1414. These lands brought their written memory with them in the form of charters and cour...

Goodspeed's Book Shop.

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Mrs. Theodore Sheldon

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Francis Aickin

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Reichmann, T.

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S. S. Osgood

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Lydia Walker

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Agnes Boulton Kaufman

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Herbert B. Myron, Jr.

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Dowton, William, 1764-1851

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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 ...

Charles L. Mee's

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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...

Laughton, Charles, 1899-

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Leslie Jones

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Ambassadors Theatre

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Thomas King

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Harry i. e., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana

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Harrison, Frederick

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Epithet: General Manager LNWR British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0002d0 ...

Mee, Charles L.

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Charles L. Mee, jr., playwright. From the description of Anyone! anyone! : a play in one act : typescript, 1960. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122431628 ...

Rosa Kenney

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Freer, ...

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Théodore de Banville

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Arnold, Samuel James, 1774-1852

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Samuel James Arnold was a British dramatist and impresario who produced plays from 1794 at various London theatres. In 1809 he obtained permission to stage opera and other musical dramas at the Lyceum. In 1815 he obtained the lease, renamed it the English Opera House, and had the theatre almost completely rebuilt for 80,000 pounds. From the description of S.J. Arnold letter to C. Wheatstone, between 1829-1841. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57358497 ...

Stevens, Benjamin Franklin, 1824-1908

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Alfred Crowquill

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Theatre Royal

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Vestris family

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907

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New Hampshire-born author and poet. From the description of Letter : Redman Farm, Ponkapog, Mass. to John M. Milson, 1904 May 25. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103796 From the description of Letters and ephemera, 1879-1891. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103833 From the description of Letters to Israel Tisdale Talbot, 1868-1875. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103776 During the Civil War Aldrich worked a...

Charles Macklin

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Beaux arts

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Gerard Hopkins

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Sir Francis Freeling

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Robertson, Graham, 1946-

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Lightfoot, Theodora A.

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Rachel, 1821?-1858

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French tragic actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mlle. Déjazet, 1845 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616040 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the Baron [sic] de Trobriand, 1855 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616051 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bordeaux, to Adolphe Crémieux, 1841 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616034 From the description of...

Miss Anderson

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Gowring

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Johnson, Martha Louise

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Litchfield

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Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

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Jules Massenet was a French composer. From the description of Letters, [ca. 1874-1909]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122616188 From the description of Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, [18--?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571050 From the guide to the Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, 18--?, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the comédie lyrique in three act...

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953

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A biographical timeline is provided in the Eugene O'Neill Papers (YCAL MSS 123). From the guide to the Eugene O'Neill collection, 1912-1993, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) American playwright. From the description of Papers, 1913-1986, 1913-1950 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490040 From the description of Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1915-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810476 From the de...

Playfair, Nigel, Sir, 1874-1934

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Gaston Knosp

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Gounod, Charles Francois, 1818-1893

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Digges, West, 1720?-1786

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x0000cd ...

Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718

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Augusta Melvin

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Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1720-1764

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Sheldon, Theodore, 1854-1905

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Edwin Booth

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Jones, Robert Edmund

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Robert Edmond Jones was born in 1887, and spent his career as a theater set designer. He also worked on the production of early Technicolor films as a color consultant. As a stage designer, Jones is best known for his simplified sets that complemented the action of a production and his dramatic use of color in costuming and lighting. From the description of Robert Edmond Jones papers, 1916 - 1963. (Wesleyan University). WorldCat record id: 299159602 Jones graduated from Harv...

Morrell

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Charles Kean

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A. C. Sprague

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Plank, George

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George Wolfe Plank, the American illustrator and designer of magazine covers, was born on March 25, 1883, in a village five miles from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His mother died when he was four and he was raised by his maternal grandparents in Bendersville, Pennsylvania. A self-taught artist, he worked in factories and department stores before moving to Philadelphia where he edited and printed The Butterfly Quarterly with Margaret H. Scott, Alice Smith, and Amy Smith from 1907-09. I...

Giovanni Baptista Perghen.

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Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946

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Granville-Barker was an English actor, producer, dramatist, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1877-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468875 From the guide to the Papers, 1877-1937., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Harley Granville-Barker began his stage career as an actor in a provincial company, before first appearing in London in 1892. He went on to have a career on the stage, acting with many well known n...

Parker, H. T. (Henry Taylor), 1867-1934

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Jacob Tonson

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Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948

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French poet, actor, painter, art critic, and active letter-writer; editor of the Surrealist journal La révolution surréaliste, 1924-1927. From the description of Letter to Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler from Antonin Artaud, 1923. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83603736 ...

Edward Crook

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Miss M. A. Wilson.

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Chapman, Robert

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Epithet: Servant to the Marchioness of Normanby British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x0001db Epithet: merchant adventurer and draper, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x0001b4 Epithet: public notary and procurator of the Arches British Library Archives and M...

Mrs Smith

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Lawrence, Cornelius W.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Wrench, Benjamin, 1778-1843

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Littlewood, Joan.

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WGBH news

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Monckton, Lionel, 1861-1924

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British composer and music critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., London, n.d.], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582574 ...

Bond, William Henry, 1925-

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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...

Princess, ship

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Dr. Pratt

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Ruth St. Denis.

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Troilus

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Powell, William, d. 1812

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Wad

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Jones, Robert Edmund

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Robert Edmond Jones was born in 1887, and spent his career as a theater set designer. He also worked on the production of early Technicolor films as a color consultant. As a stage designer, Jones is best known for his simplified sets that complemented the action of a production and his dramatic use of color in costuming and lighting. From the description of Robert Edmond Jones papers, 1916 - 1963. (Wesleyan University). WorldCat record id: 299159602 Jones graduated from Harv...

Petrić, Vladimir.

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Miss Winifred F. E. C. Isaac

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Heaphy, Tulkenham.

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Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927

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Isadora Duncan was a dancer and dance teacher who is credited with inventing what came to be known as Modern Dance. From the description of The Isadora Duncan papers. 1904-1927. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 191855381 American dancer. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873291 Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) was born 27 May 1878 in San Francisc...

Coquelin, Constant, 1841-1909

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

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Sir Francis Cowley Burnand

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Michel Carré

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Emily England

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WGBH Foundation

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Miss Tilbury

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Theodore Hofman

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Garnier, Charles, 1825-1898

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Charles Garnier was a well-known 19th century French architect, perhaps best known as the designer of the Paris Opera House. From the description of Charles Garnier letters to cher ami and mon cher ami, ca. 1870-1889. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40750108 French architect. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified recipient, 187?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269578957 From the descrip...

Annie (Webster) George

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Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732

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Dominic Colnaghi

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George, Ross

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Mouet-Sully, Jean, 1841-1916

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Terry, Edward O'Connor, 1844-1912

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x00004c ...

Mitchell, Maggie, 1837-1918

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H. B. Myron

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Terry, Walter, 1913-

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John Winston

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Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

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Mr John Sweeney

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Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788

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Irish actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampton Wick [London], to Mr. Dodsley , Monday morning [no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662641 ...

Sprague, Arthur Colby, 1895-1991

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Sprague was American Shakespearean scholar. From the guide to the Letters from various correspondents, 1925-1976., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Sprague was an American Shakespearean scholar. From the description of Letters : from various correspondents, 1925-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560940 ...

Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944

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French diseuse and folksinger. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 26 January 1919, to Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler, 1919 Jan. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578438 Yvette Guilbert was a French performer and novelist. She trained as an actress, and worked as a model, but won great fame as a diseuse, singing humorous or risque songs with a singular and ingenuous delivery. She successfully toured England, Germany, and America, enjoying imme...

Everett

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Sheldon, Edward, 1886-1946

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American playwright. From the description of Letter to Alexander Woollcott [manuscript], n.y. March 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814540 Sheldon was an American playwright. He helped to bring social consciousness and seriousness of purpose into U.S. drama of the early 20th century. From the description of Correspondence, 1899-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82576657 From the guide to the Edward Sheldon correspondence, 1899-1959...

Pearman, William

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Mrs. Vera Lee

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Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William Davidge, 1867 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270471856 From the description of Letter, 1847 Dec. 23, New York, to Henrietta Forrest. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 656890793 Actor. From the description of Edwin Forrest correspondence, 1827-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450300 Nineteenth-century American actor, noted for his Shakes...

Buchanan, ...

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 688 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0002d3 ...

Mrs.) Charles Kean

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Thomson, Virgil

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The hymn is How Firm a Foundation, words and music commonly ascribed to Robert Keene. The melody is also called Geard. Also quoted Yes, Jesus Loves Me and For He's A Jolly Good Fellow. Composed 1926-28. First performance New York, 22 February 1945, New York Philharmonic, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony on a hymn tune / Virgil Thomson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56078995 Composer. ...

Drury Lane Theatre, London.

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Dewsbury theatre

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Thorndike, Dame Sybil, 1882-

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Lotta Crabtree

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Clifford, W.

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Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931

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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born in Springfield, IL. He studied in Ohio, Chicago, and New York and acquired a reputation as a poet and lecturer. Lindsay became famous for his walk from Springfield, IL to New Mexico in 1912, and for an unusual method of writing poetry. In 1924 he arrived in Spokane where he worked as a columnist for the "Spokesman-Review". He returned to Springfield in 1929, and at the time of his death was a major figure in American poetry. From the description of Co...

Gaillard, Gabriel-Henri, 1726-1806

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Title: Marquis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000388.0x000168 ...

Herbert B. Myron, Jr.

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Lemaître, Frédérick, 1800-1876

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Munsen, Joseph S.

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Nathaniel Wade.

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Vezin, Hermann, 1829-1870

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Eliot House

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Robert Chapman

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Kiralfy, Bolossy, 1848-1932

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McCormick, A. A.

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Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956

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Alan Alexander Milne (b. January 18, 1882, London, England-d. January 31, 1956, Hartfield, England) was born to John Vine Milne, the headmaster of Henley House School, and Sarah Maria Heginbotham Milne. Known best for his children’s stories, Milne was also a prolific essayist, playwright, and mystery writer. As a child, Milne attended his father’s school, where H. G. Wells was one of his instructors. Beginning at age eleven, Milne attended Westminster School and later en...

Mrs. E. W. Wescott

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Martha Van Lennep

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C. Coulet et A. Faure

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Fletcher, R. (Robert), 1925-

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Fletcher (b. 1916) is an American theatrical and movie costume designer; Peter Luke was an English playwright and director. From the guide to the Papers concerning Peter Luke's Hadrian VII, 1968 and undated., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Epithet: Member of Council of Madras British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242...

Princess

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Paris Opera.

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Larson, Orville Kurth

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Hamilton, Ralph

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Epithet: Colonel of Olivestob British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0001b9 ...

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...

Arthur Colby Sprague, 1956-1945

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Kelly, Frances Maria, 1790-1882

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Frances Maria Kelly (1790-1882) was a British actress & singer. From the description of Letter from Frances Maria Kelly to Robert William Elliston, 1822. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 81092583 Frances Maria "Fanny" Kelly, English actress and singer. In 1819 she rejected a marriage proposal from the essayist Charles Lamb, but remained friends with him and his sister Mary. From the description of Frances Mari...

Marie Justine Favart

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Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821

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Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) was a British actress, novelist, and dramatist. From the description of Hamlet, ca.1805? (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80027720 Elizabeth Inchbald, English writer and actress. From the description of Elizabeth Inchabald manuscript material : 5 items, 1799-1809 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 436880525 English actress, novelist, and dramatist. Fr...

Emery, Samuel Anderson, 1817-1881

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Herbert Benjamin Myron; 1962-1968

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Hartley, Randolph

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Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York and Chicago, to Elsie Leslie, 1889 Dec. 5 and 1890 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532629 From the description of Letters, 1858, 1887. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56685372 Edwin Booth (1833-1893) was the son of Junius Brutus Booth, the great British tragedian, and the older brother of John Wilkes Booth; Edwin was best known for his Shakespearean roles. ...

Bell, ...

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Epithet: Brother of the Charterhouse British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x0002c9 Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x0002ca Epithet: of Sloane MS 1731 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0...

Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby, 1800-1853

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Bancroft, Sir Squire Bancroft, 1841-

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Wroughton, Richard, 1748-1822

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bath Mount Beacon, to James Aickin, 1799 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584341 ...

John Wilkinson

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Caldwell Titcomb

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Charles Mathews

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Vestris, Gaëtan, 1729-1808

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Cunningham, John, 1729-1773

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John Cunningham was a British actor and writer. Born in Dublin, his play Love in a Mist brought him a measure of success, and he travelled through England with a troupe of actors. An indifferent but enthusiastic performer, he settled in Newcastle and published several volumes of popular pastoral poetry. From the description of John Cunningham letter received from J.F., 1763 Oct. 14. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57256179 ...

Mrs. Slack

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Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909

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William Powell Frith was a popular and successful Victorian painter. His early talent was nourished by his working-class father, and he was educated at Sass's Art School and the Royal Academy. His early paintings were generally derived from classical or literary themes; in later life, he painted contemporary Victorian compositions that proved to be highly popular, and remain interesting as images of the age. He also published articles critical of the Neo-Raphaelites. From the descrip...

Raucourt, Mlle., 1756-1815

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Alfred, William, 1922-

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Edmunds

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Drury, John B. (John Benjamin), 1838-1909

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Kean, Mary (Chambers).

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Poel, William, 1852-1934

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William Poel was an English Shakespearean actor. He was founder and director of the Elizabethan Stage Society. His name was originally spelled William Pole. From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1916-1928. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884645 ...

Wilson, John Dover, 1881-1969

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Lionel? Brough

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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. ...

Sir Walter Blunt

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Deane, John G. (John Gilmore), 1785-1839

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Parker, Louis Napoléon 1852-1944

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Louis Napoleon Parker, British musician and playwright. From the guide to the Louis Napoleon Parker manuscript material : 1 item, 1893, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-1944) was a popular and successful mainstream English playwright, producer of historical pageants, and musician, as well as a prolific translator of drama in French and Italian. A contemporary of George Bernard Sh...

Empire Theater

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Savage, Richard, 1847-1924

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Savage was Secretary and Librarian to the Trustees of Shakespeare's Birthplace, Museum and New Place. From the description of Autograph letters signed and 1 New Year's card from Richard Savage, Stratford-upon-Avon, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1886-1898. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 226458227 ...

Pontet, ..

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Jessie C. Dermot

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C Overton

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Mr. Eric Sevareid

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Thomson, Virgil, 1899-

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W. C. Massingham Jun.

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Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908

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American poet, critic, and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Sanborn, 1881 Jul. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575155 Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) was poet, critic, editor, and stockbroker in New York City. He published his first volume in 1860, entitled Poems Lyrical and Idyllic, followed by a succession of works and anthologies. Stedman was also a member and officer of many national and local literary associations....

Hueffer, Oliver Madox, 1877-1931

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English playright. From the description of Correspondence of Oliver F. Madox-Hueffer, English playright and Ford Madox Brown [manuscript] 1880-1908. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647968130 ...

Théâtres de l'Empereur

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J. C. Trewin

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MILNER, HENRY M.

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Jervis, Lady.

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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 ...

Farjeon, J. Jefferson (Joseph Jefferson), 1883-1955

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Fritz Schweinburg

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Mrs. Peters

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Miss Katharine M. Gericke

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James, Winston

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Epithet: Incumbent of Clonfad British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x000310 Epithet: Ordnance proofmaster at Purfleet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x000323 Epithet: Purveyor to the Forces British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x000313 ...

Hofman, Theodore

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Shurr

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Mrs. Hanley

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Laske, Oskar, 1874-1951

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Mrs. Reginald Allen

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Sir John Martin Harvey

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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...

Edward Topping James

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New Adelphi Theatre.

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Cooke, George, 1807-1863

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Duke's Theatre

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Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Grand Hôtel Mürren ; and 31 Clifton Crescent, Fotherstone, to Olga Nethersole, 1913 July 26 and 1915 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126227 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, [1897?] Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 763487288 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 11 December 1906, to an unidentified recipient, 1906...

Edward Charles Wagenknecht.

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Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918

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French dramtist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified colleague, 1918 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657921 ...

Edmund Kean

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Laurence Irving

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Dasté, Marie-Hélène

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Prince Kropotkin.

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Herbert Myron

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Tisdall

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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...

Sothern, Edward Askew, 1826-1881

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs. Martin, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270854240 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to J[ohn] L[awrence] Toole, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669927 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Junior Carlton Club, [London], to Arthur Sullivan, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126199 From the description of Autograph lett...

R. H. Chapman

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W. Burns

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Nugent, F.

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May Robson

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Abbey, Henry E. (Henry Eugene), 1846-1896

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Epithet: Manager Park Theatres New York and Boston British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0001fe American operatic and theatrical manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Fred P. Schell, Superintendent of the Art Department of Harper's Weekly, 1890 Feb. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904636 Theatrical manager. Henry E. Ab...

E. Stirling

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Betty, Henry, 1819-1897

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Marion A. Wilson

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Irving, Sir Henry, 1838-1905.

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John Ross

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Birmingham Repertory Theatre

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Harlowe, Sarah, 1765-1852

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Pentonville, to Mr. Durrant, Sept. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503305 ...

Didbin

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John, Lynn

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Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841

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English actor and dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1818 Sept. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270514147 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Surrey Theatre, Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527801 English dramatist and songwriter Thomas John Dibdin was the son of songwriter Charles Dibdin and actress Mrs. Davenet. He ran away from an apprenticeship to join a company of travelling players, where he acted, worked as a...

Percy MacKaye

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Lane, William Coolidge, 1859-1931

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Lane graduated from Harvard in 1881 and served as librarian at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Coolidge Lane, 1887-1931. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972806 ...

Jane Shore

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Patterson, Ada

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Cotter, Patrick, 1761? -1806

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Mrs. Phyllis Bergel

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Cerito, Fanny, 1821-1899

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Stratford Shakespearean Festival.

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Mrs. O'Byrne

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Kelly, Michael, 1762-1826

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English tenor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London, n.d.], to a named but unidentified recipient at the Lyceum Theatre, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873462 Irish vocalist and composer. Born in Dublin, Kelly first appeared on stage in 1779. He sang opera and composed music regularly until he became bankrupt in 1811. From the description of Michael Kelly Papers, 1790-1835. (Boston College). WorldCat...

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Margaret Child

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Titcomb, Caldwell

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Theodor Tagger

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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 ...

Forbes-Robertson

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Mme. Katharine Sergava

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Mrs. Benjamin Hall Jr.

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Louis, duc d'Aumont

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Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937

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Drinkwater, a British playwright and poet, worked for an insurance company. In 1909 he became manager of the Birmingham Repertory Company, and his most successful plays included "Abraham Lincoln," "Mary Stuart," and "Bird in Hand." Drinkwater also published several critical literary biographies. From the description of Manuscripts and Correspondence, 1914-1916. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122612764 John Drinkwater was an English author and actor, proba...

Dwight

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Covent Garden Theatre Company

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Gt. Brit. Lord chamberlain.

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Jardine, Miss

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Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston, 1853-1938

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Mrs. Henry K. Metcalf

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MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-

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MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitizer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard. From the guide to the Plays, 1957-1968., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor of Rhetoric...

Fiske, Harrison Grey, 1861-1942

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Biographical Notes Minnie Maddern Fiske 1865, Dec. 19 Born Marie Augusta Davey, New Orleans, La. 1868 First stage performance, as the young Duke of York in Shakespeare's Richard III 1880 Appeared on New York st...

Dent, Alan

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British radio, drama, and film critic; b. Alan Holmes Dent, in Scotland, 1905; d. 1978. From the description of Alan Dent collection, 1954-1971. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70958589 Epithet: author and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000313 ...

Archibald MacLeish

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Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887

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Journalist and author. From the description of Ben Perley Poore commonplace book, 1837-1940. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70949739 Author and editor. From the description of Letters of Benjamin Perley Poore, 1852-1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449406 Benjamin Perley Poore (1820-1887) was a newspaper correspondent, editor, and author who lived and worked mainly in Washington, D.C. He was born and raised on "Indian Hi...

Fry, Charles, 1903-....

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Theodore Sheldon

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Jane Porter

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Wewitzer, Ralph, 1748-1825

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Elizabeth (Satchell)? Kemble

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Mitchell, Maggie, 1837-1918

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Mrs. William A. Evans

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Bland, Maria Theresa (Romanzini) 1769-1838

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Raymond Rouleau

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Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908

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Louis Verneuil (1893-1952), French playwright, actor, director, and dramatist, was the author of such works as "La vie merveilleuse de Sarah Bernhardt" and "Affairs of state." From the description of Théâtre complet : [tome] 2, Patrie!, L'espionne, Théodora : prompt book / Victorien Sardou. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68944675 French dramatist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Nenniam, 1890 Sept. 2...

Maxine Elliot.

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Sarton, May, 1912-1995

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...

Herbert Benjamin Myron

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Merton Sealts

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Gish, Lillian, 1896-

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Richard Wroughton

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William? Siddons

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Dibdin, James C.

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Epithet: author, brother of E R Dibdin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x0003c5 ...

Mrs Garrick.

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Howe, Helen, 1905-1975

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Ellen Wardell

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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 ...

Belfast, Frederick Richard Chichester, Earl of, 1827-1853

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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Wilkes, R S.

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William Bird Van Lennep

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Shaw, Robert Gould, 1850-1931

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Robert Gould Shaw (1850-1931) was born in Maine to Samuel Parkman (1813-1869) and Hannah Buck (b. 1820) Shaw, and spent much of his life in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a cousin to famous military commander of the same name. Shaw was a prominent figure in the theater in Boston and the first curator of the Harvard Theatre Collection, appointed 1915. He was married to Isabella Pratt Hunnewell Shaw (1849–1934); they had three children: Robert Gould Shaw (1877–1931), Hollis Hunnewell Shaw (1878–193...

Comédie italienne, Paris.

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MS. Rondeau

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Coquelin, Ernest

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Ernest Coquelin was an actor at the Comédie Française, born in 1848. He used the name Coquelin Cadet to avoid being confused with his older brother, also a successful actor at the same theater. He died in 1909. From the description of Letters to Gabriel Ferrier, 1882-1906. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81666615 Coquelin Cadet was an actor at the Comédie Française. He used the name Coquelin Cadet to avoid the confusion with his older brother, Constant Co...

Booth, Junius Brutus, 1821-1883

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Junius Brutus Booth Jr. (December 22, 1821 – September 17, 1883) was an American actor and theatre manager. As a member of the Booth family of actors, Junius Brutus Booth Jr. was overshadowed by his father Junius Sr. and brothers Edwin and John Wilkes (the assassin of Abraham Lincoln), and later by his wife Agnes, a successful actress. Booth was married three times: first briefly to Clementina De Bar, sister of comedian and theatrical manager Ben De Bar; then in California to Harriet Mace,...

Dion Boucicault.

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Phyllis Anderson Award

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I. J. Frazer.

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Olympic Theatre

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John Braham

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Mrs. W. M. Barber

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Harriet Webster

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Arliss, George, 1868-1946

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 8 Bloomsbury Place, London, to Mr. Beringer, 1907 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870220 George Arliss (1868-1946), English stage and screen actor, was best known for portraying historical figures such as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Alexander Hamilton, Cardinal Richelieu, and French author Voltaire. Following Arliss' success with the stage version of Louis Napoleon Parker's DISRAELI (19...

Entwisle, James, 1804-1818

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Sheldon, Edward, 1886-1946

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American playwright. From the description of Letter to Alexander Woollcott [manuscript], n.y. March 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814540 Sheldon was an American playwright. He helped to bring social consciousness and seriousness of purpose into U.S. drama of the early 20th century. From the description of Correspondence, 1899-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82576657 From the guide to the Edward Sheldon correspondence, 1899-1959...

C. Burton

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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. ...

Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...

William Winter

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Arliss, George, 1868-1946

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 8 Bloomsbury Place, London, to Mr. Beringer, 1907 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870220 George Arliss (1868-1946), English stage and screen actor, was best known for portraying historical figures such as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Alexander Hamilton, Cardinal Richelieu, and French author Voltaire. Following Arliss' success with the stage version of Louis Napoleon Parker's DISRAELI (19...

Kotzbue, August von, 1761-1819

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Motley Books Limited

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Bryant, Billy

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Kilgour

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Charles Manby

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Ade, George, 1866-1944

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Hoosier journalist, humorist, and playwright best known for his Chicago Record column, "Stories of the streets and of the town," which was illustrated by John T. McCutcheon; for his syndicated "Fables in slang;" and for his Broadway plays including The college widow and The county chairman. From the description of George Ade papers, 1871-1970. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41996200 George Ade was born in Kentland, Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University in 188...

James Robinson Planché

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Esmé Saville Percy

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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 ...

Macready, Mary (Higgins), 1829-1873

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Elizabeth Hamblin

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Gillette, William, 1853-1937

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American actor and author. From the description of Autograph letters and cards signed (7) and typewritten letters signed (8) : Hadlyme, Conn., etc., to William H. Briggs and others at Harper & Brothers, 1927 Jan. 2-1928 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589041 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Editor of the Hartford Courant, 1889 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575084 American actor and playwright. Fro...

George Hamlin

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Miss H. D. Willard

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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...

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...

Mr. A. Bernard R. Shelley

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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 ...

Foote, Maria, 1797-1867

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Herbert B. Myron, Jr.

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Vining, George James, 1824-1875

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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 ...

Gassner, John, 1903-

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Elliott, Celine Celeste, 1814-1882

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Falek

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J. B. Murphy

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Langner, Armina (Marshall).

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John Millington.

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Barrymore, John, 1882-1941

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Mrs Hoare

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Mr. J. Brooks Atkinson

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Suzanne Lugné-Poë

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Stravinskii, Vera

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Mounet-Sully, 1841-1916

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Ferdinand Bruckner

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Florence Hammond Wescott

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Oliver W. Wren

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T. H. Lacy

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Benjamin Webster

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Miss Minardo

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Mlle. Raucort

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Sherwood Anderson

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George Roberts

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Coleman, John, d. 1904

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Coquelin, Ernest, 1841-1909

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Bridges-Adams, W. (William), 1889-1965

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Bridges-Adams was an English actor, theatrical historian, director and designer. Sprague (1885-1991) was an American Shakespearean scholar. From the description of Letters to Arthur Colby Sprague, 1948-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81313928 From the guide to the Letters to Arthur Colby Sprague, 1948-1965., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) William Bridges-Adams was director of The New Shakespeare Compa...

Edward Morgan? Forster

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Mr. Christropher Calthrop

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Scotworth?, A .

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Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854

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British actor, theater manager, and playwright. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Dickens, 1854 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270485468 Charles Kemble (1775-1854) was a British actor and younger brother of John Philip Kemble. From the description of Letter by Charles Kemble to Alexander Murray, 1823. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80909948 Irish-English actor....

Prof. Vladimir Petrić

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Drinkwater Meadows

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Terry, Dame Ellen, 1848-1928

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Isaac Pocock's

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Duncan, Isadora, 1878-

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Salem theatre

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Eleanor Elder

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Nilsson, Christina, 1843-

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Mme. Katharine Sergava Sznycer

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Chapman, Robert H.

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Mitchell, A., dramatist.

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Judge Bowker

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Fiske, Stephen, 1840-1916

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Editor, drama critic, theatre manager. Connected with New York Herald as special correspondent and editor. From the description of Stephen Fiske autograph [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 244831622 ...

John William Calcraft

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Billy Budd.

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Aidé, Hamilton.

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Lee, Mary Ann, 1824-1899

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Freeman, Arthur

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Epithet: Esq British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0003e2 ...

Charles James Matthews

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Hardie, Martin, 1875-1952

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Hardie was born on Dec. 15, 1875 in London, England; attended Linton House, St. Paul's School, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1898; began work in the library of the Victoria and Albert Museum; studied etching with Sir Frank Short of the Royal College of Art, exhibiting his own etchings and water colors at the Royal Academy by 1908; elected to Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours; in 1921 he took charge of the Museum's new De...

Paul Lindau

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Sealts, Merton M.

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Maude, Cyril, 1862-

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Elsie (Leslie) Milliken

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Charles E. Flower

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A. Freeman

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Mr. C. Calthrop

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Alger, William Rounseville, 1822-1905

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Unitarian minister and poet. From the description of Letters and poem, 1863 Aug. 24-1872 Aug. 4. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 166329703 Massachusetts clergyman and author. From the description of Note, 1847. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31187642 American author. From the description of ALS, [1874 August], North Hampton, N. H., to Mr. Morrell. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935455 Will...

Mrs. William Van Lennep

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Louis Véron

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Watkins, ...

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Epithet: Miss British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000087 ...

F. E. Curtis

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Willard, Helen Delano, 1905-

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E. J. Wendell

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Laurence Olivier

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MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956

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Percy MacKaye was a poet and dramatist. From the description of Note, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007259 American poet and dramatist. From the description of Papers, 1909-1912. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36097093 Author Percy MacKaye was born into a theatrical family in New York City. He graduated from Harvard in 1897, and travelled through Europe for a time before taking a teaching job at the Craigie School in N...

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-

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E. F. Keach

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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 ...

Pasta, Giuditta, 1798-1865

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Corri, Domenico, 1746-1825

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Cooke, George Frederick, 1807-1863

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White, Richard Grant, 1821-1885

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American man of letters, author, critic. From the description of Papers of Richard Grant White, 1842-1884. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685639 Child was a professor of rhetoric and English at Harvard, best known for his compilation The English and Scottish popular ballads. Charles Eliot Norton was a scholar, professor of art history at Harvard, and a founder of "The Nation." Richard Grant White was a journalist, writer, and Shakespearean scholar. ...

Richard Holt? Hutton

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Epithet: Editor 'The Spectator' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0001f1 ...

William Bentinck-Smith

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Lotta M. Crabtree

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Edwin, Elizabeth Rebecca, 1771?-1854

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x000144 ...

Mary (Higgs) Webster

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Lyceum Theatre

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Brabazon Ponsonby

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Edmonds

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William Taylor

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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...

Henry Edwards

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Mr. Francis Keally

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H. W. L. Dana

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Forrester, Alfred Henry, 1804-1872

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Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1872) illustrated several books written by his brother, Charles Robert Forrester. During the years 1827-1844 they jointly used the pseudonym Alfred Crowquill. After that time it was used by Alfred Henry Forrester alone. From the guide to the Alfred Henry Forrester, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) Forrester was an English illustrator and writer. From the guide to the Drawings and co...

Rebecca Forrest

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Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson, 1883-

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William Gardner Hale (1849-1928) was a noted classical scholar and professor of Latin at the University of Chicago, best known for his work on the poet Catullus and Latin grammar. Hale was born to a New England family in Savannah, Georgia in 1849. He earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard in 1870 and continued his philosophical education there and in Leipzig and Göttingen, Germany. He taught Latin at Cornell from 1880-1892, and then at the University of Chicago from ...

Rogers

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Epithet: of Add MS 33069 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x000062 Epithet: of Egerton MS 2985 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x000064 Epithet: of Add MS 38217 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391...

Helen Howe

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Gilbert, W.S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911

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English poet and librettist. From the description of Autograph quotation signed, dated : [London], 14 December 1909, 1909 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577865 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 10 March 1888, to [Michael Gunn?], 1888 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873354 Green was an English actor and comedian. Gilbert was an English playwright and humorist best known for his collaboration with Sir Arthur Sull...

Kenney, Charles Lamb, 1821-1881

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x0001e7 English journalist and author of French birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 23 December 1873, to [Joseph] Bennett, 1873 Dec. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578818 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 27 December [n.y.], to J[ames] W[illiam] D[avison], [n...

Nina (Leventon) Lewton.

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Fraser, Claud Lovat

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Epithet: artist and designer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x0001dc ...

Ade, George, 1866-1944

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Hoosier journalist, humorist, and playwright best known for his Chicago Record column, "Stories of the streets and of the town," which was illustrated by John T. McCutcheon; for his syndicated "Fables in slang;" and for his Broadway plays including The college widow and The county chairman. From the description of George Ade papers, 1871-1970. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41996200 George Ade was born in Kentland, Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University in 188...

Hamilton, R. S.

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Page

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Epithet: Mrs; of Roxeth in Harrow, county Middlesex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001092.0x000138 Epithet: Mrs; of Holloway; contributor to the magazine 'London Society' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001092.0x000137 Epithet: Secretary,' in Ireland British Library Archives ...

James Robinson Planche

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Ifan Kryle Fletcher

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Lawrence? Barrett

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Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899

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Playwright, producer; owner of Daly's Theatre in New York City. From the description of [John] Augustin Daly letter to Mr. [William A. ]Jenner [manuscript], 1892 Dec 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191870954 American dramatist and theatrical manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mr. Bouton (bookseller in New York), 1882 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526011 From the description of Autograph l...

Serle, Thomas James, 1798-1889

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Gielgud, Sir John, 1904-

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Lacy, Thomas Hailes, 1809-1873

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English actor, theatrical publisher, and dramatist. From the description of Autograph letters signed : to unknown correspondents. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125259 ...

Theater Royall

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Blackington, Alton H., Mrs.

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Gattie, Henry, 1774-1844

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London University, 23 February [n.y.], to Appleby, [n.y.] Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577705 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 9 May [1836], to Henry Blagrove, 1836 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577709 ...

Jones, Henry Arthur, 1851-1929

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Henry Arthur Jones was the son of a tenant farmer, and worked in the drapery business for some twenty years after leaving school. He developed a passion for drama, and found success with The Silver King, a play he co-authored with Henry Herman, which gave him the financial security to become a full-time writer. A prolific author, he wrote many plays, chiefly melodramas, and had great success in England and America. His themes and influences were chiefly British, and he is considered a pioneer of...

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 ...

Daniel Frohman

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M Lenoir

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Coomes, Joshua.

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Elliott, Maxine, 1868-1940

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American actress, producer, & theatre owner; debuted on stage, 1890; ret. from stage, 1920; d. Mar. 5, 1940. From the description of Maxine Elliott autograph, between 1890 and 1940. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 643245449 ...

Baker, George P. (George Pierce)

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Caillot, Joseph

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Nicolaus Lenau.

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Lee, Vera G (Vera Gladys), 1923-

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Vera Gladys Lee (1923-) was a historian, particularly of the theater and France, as well as popular music in America. She worked in the Department of Romance Languages and Literature at Boston College and was associated with the French Library in Boston....

Webster, Benjamin Nottingham, ca. 1760-1836

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Deeter, Jasper

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DeCamp, V.

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Taylor, William

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Epithet: Captain; Royal Marines British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x0003e3 Epithet: Vicar of Southill British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000024 Epithet: of Emmanuel College, Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x00000f ...

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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Dumas, the French novelist. Jacques François Fromental Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy, was a French composer. From the description of [Letter, undated, to] M. Halévy / A. Dumas. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 225160848 His last, unfinished, historical romance. Never published in French in book form. From the description of Le comte de Moret : manuscript, [ca. 1869]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612780552 French nov...

Sandy McScrew

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Mrs. Edwin J. Milliken

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Vestris, Charles, b. 1797

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Lewton, Nina (Leventon) 1874-

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Miss Amelia Wade.

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De La Warr

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Martha Richardson Van Lennep

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The monthly mirror

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Harley Granville-Barker

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Burton, William E. (William Evans), 1802-1860

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Epithet: actor and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x00036d William E. Burton was born in London, where his father was a printer; he was interested in writing, publishing, and acting. In 1834 he moved to Philadelphia, where he founded and edited A Gentlemen's Magazine, a successful literary miscellany. Quarrels with co-editor Edgar Allan Poe led to Poe's being fired, and Burton sold the magazin...

Maria Theresa Vestris

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Francis L. Holt's

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Little Theatre

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Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946

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Granville-Barker was an English actor, producer, dramatist, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1877-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468875 From the guide to the Papers, 1877-1937., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Harley Granville-Barker began his stage career as an actor in a provincial company, before first appearing in London in 1892. He went on to have a career on the stage, acting with many well known n...

Paul Charriol

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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...

William Carter

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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...

Blitzstein, Marc

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Marc Blitzstein was an American composer of theater works and oratorios. Shortly before his death in 1964, the Ford Foundation commissioned him to write an opera on the subject of Sacco and Vanzetti for production by the Metropolitan Opera, but the work was not finished. From the guide to the Letters received, 1960-1963, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) ...

Guy de Maupassant

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King's Theatre

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Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833

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Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor. From the guide to the Edmund Kean Collection, 1814-1933, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor associated with the Drury Lane Theatre. An affair with Charlotte Cox, the wife of prominent alderman Robert Cox, led to an adultery trial against Kean in 1825 and his subsequent travel outside of England. Kean returned to the English stage in 1827 and re...

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 ...

T. A. Downe

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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...

Wilks, Thomas Egerton, 1812-1854

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Swady

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Drury Lane Theatre

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The Drury Lane Theatre in London is the oldest English theater still in use. From the description of Financial records, 1747-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78201833 From the guide to the Financial records, 1747-1817., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) The performances took place at the King's theatre, Haymarket and at the Lyceum between 1809 and 1812. Some of Benjamin Wyatt's plans for the rebuilding of...

Thomas Millington

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr53dw (person)

Hodder

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv6qj7 (person)

Talma, François Joseph, 1763-1826

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6988ckk (person)

French actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to M. Neveu, bookseller, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576095 ...

J. F. Clarke

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b98n1c (person)

Jasper Deeter

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c38nsg (person)

Samuel Benjamin Helbert Judah

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k21q6j (person)

Bulloch, John Malcolm

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Epithet: literary critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x000062 ...

Barton Booth

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf8vz6 (person)

William Streatfield

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kv14q5 (person)

Benedict

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx1nm4 (person)

Epithet: Saint, of Nursia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x000289 Epithet: of Add MS 30055 Title: Saint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x000022 ...

McKenzie

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Merivale, Herman Charles, 1839-1906

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English playwright and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Arthur Sullivan, 1870 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125391 ...

Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson, 1883-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g173k1 (person)

William Gardner Hale (1849-1928) was a noted classical scholar and professor of Latin at the University of Chicago, best known for his work on the poet Catullus and Latin grammar. Hale was born to a New England family in Savannah, Georgia in 1849. He earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard in 1870 and continued his philosophical education there and in Leipzig and Göttingen, Germany. He taught Latin at Cornell from 1880-1892, and then at the University of Chicago from ...

Dryden, John, 1631-1700

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John Dryden, 1631-1700, was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England. From the description of John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 147971227 From the guide to the John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) Epithet: poet and dramatist...

Drury Lane

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Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900

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Collis P. Huntington was President of the Southern Pacific Railroad at the time this letter was written (1892). He tells his Fresno District Superintendent, James L. Frazier, that he is glad the latter's family is comfortably situated in the Pollaskey house, Fresno. From the description of Huntington correspondence, 1892. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 36847465 Financier and railroad executive. From the description of Papers of Collis Potter Hun...

Archer, William, 1856-1924

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6445pff (person)

Scottish dramatic critic and playright, and a close friend of George Bernard Shaw. From the description of ALS, 1893 November 24, 40, Queen Square, W.C., [London], to Mrs. Charrington. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936001 English journalist and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 26 Gordon Square, W.C., [London], to Robert Browning, 1888 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125331 William Archer was a Sco...

Norman McDermott

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v84394 (person)

Marchbanks, E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s32122 (person)

Aurelian François Lugné-Poë

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mx6zgv (person)

Morrisson

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g30cwd (person)

Ustinov, Peter, 1921-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t578rt (person)

Herbert Benjamin Myron; Paris

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p40sqb (person)

Atkinson, Justin Brooks, 1894-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw4z0m (person)

Smith, Ida B. Wise (Ida Belle Wise), 1871-1952

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q81mqb (person)

Poel Hamlet

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h7sp4 (person)

Gaetano Apollino Vestris

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63d0ng1 (person)

Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel, 1893-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p58123 (person)

Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62b93rd (person)

Richard Hengist Horne (1803-1884) was an English author. From the description of Correspondence of R. H. Horne, 1847-1877. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122369262 Poet, born near London, migrating to Australia to try his fortune on the gold fields in 1852. Member of the Melbourne Literary Group which included Clarke, Gordon and Kendall. Returned to England in 1869. Among his work, he wrote the epic poem Orion,edited the Ne...

Alexandre Dumas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jz2r7f (person)

Comer, Jane.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6624gwb (person)

Surrey County Prison

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gz7jdg (corporateBody)

Helen Willard

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg1qpb (person)

Adelphi

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k77sd2 (corporateBody)

Robert Wilks

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q5k8k (person)

Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k078nk (person)

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...

J. H. Amherst.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xr1096 (person)

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62f7phk (person)

French librettist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris, 1848-57], to [Emile Perrin], [1848-1857]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873143 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d., ca. 1860], to M. [Emile] Perrin, [n.d., ca. 1860]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873145 ...

Ferdinando Paër.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r062n8 (person)

Eames, Emma, 1865-1952

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bc4b0c (person)

American soprano. From the description of 7 photographs of Emma Eames, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500329 From the description of Emma Eames autographs, 1893 Oct. 20. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 639465193 From the description of Autograph letter signed Emma Eames Gogorza, dated : New York, 9 December 1928, to Mrs. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1928 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566097 From the description of Autograp...

Terrence Malick

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k788zd (person)

Lafond, Paul, 1847-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6042k8k (person)

James Marshall Stoddart

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6043dkx (person)

Hays, David, 1930-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb830m (person)

Molnár, Ferenc, 1878-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nx3qq8 (person)

Mr. Herbert Myron

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d5nhr (person)

Thompson, George Western, 1806-1888

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Macready, William

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tc579w (person)

Herbert Benjamin Myron; Berlin

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb320x (person)

Wallack, James William, 1791?-1864

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Willard, Helen Delano, 1905-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h5556v (person)

Hess, Myra, 1890-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc3chp (person)

Mrs. Bernard Sznycer

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63p602t (person)

Palmer, Albert Marshman, 1838-1905

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Albert Marshman Palmer, American theater manager and entrepreneur. From the guide to the Albert Marshman Palmer manuscript material : 1 item, 1899, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) American theatre manager. From the description of Autograph note in third person : New York, to "Harpers Magazine?", 1891 Jun. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611610 ...

Irene Vanbrugh

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sp4xt9 (person)

Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xk8qxw (person)

Epithet: of the Theatre Guild of New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x0001d8 Lawrence Langner (1890-1962), playwright, author, and producer, was born in Swansea, South Wales, on May 30, 1890. He had a long and varied career in the American theater where he began as one of the founders of the Washington Square Players in 1914. In 1919 he founded the Theatre Guild where he supervised over 200 product...

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x352hp (person)

Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000026 Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was a British novelist, playwright, and short story author. Over his career he wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale and No Name . From the guide to the Wilkie Collins Lette...

Bok, Václav

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ph6c4t (person)

Mrs. Frederic Atherton

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t00ht7 (person)

Willard, Helen Delano, 1905-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h5556v (person)

Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943

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Epithet: film actor and director, born Maximilian Goldmann British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0003ac Austrian actor, manager, and director, Ernest Julian Reinhardt (1876-1954) was a creative innovator in scenery and staging. He produced plays and spectacles in Germany, Austria, England and the United States and founded the Salzburg Festival in 1920. From the guide to the Max Reinhardt collecti...

Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc067r (person)

American actor in light comedy, Murdoch was also a lecturer on behalf of the Civil War wounded. From the description of James Edward Murdoch papers, 1822-1913 (inclusive), 1856-1889 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612378245 James Edward Murdoch, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an actor, lecturer, and teacher of elocution. He was married to Eliza Middlecott and the two had a daughter, Fannie. From the description of James E. Murdoch papers, 1837-190...

Robert William Elliston

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Cressida

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tc4nsr (person)

Smith, J. G.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x77vff (person)

Alla Nazimova.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67517wn (person)

Hutchinson, Harold

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw59r0 (person)

Edward Smith Willard

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nh8ds6 (person)

Bouffe

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t28pvg (person)

Alexander, Sir George, 1858-1918.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ds0tmg (person)

Oxberry, W. (William), 1784-1824

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n05q3 (person)

English actor. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [London], 12 October 1819, to an unidentified recipient, 1819 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583141 ...

Henry Robertson

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc3nvg (person)

Clayton, Edward William

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69h942r (person)

Farren, William, 1786-1861

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q82dzc (person)

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 ...

Warren, William, 1812-1888

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60006r5 (person)

Actor. From the description of William Warren correspondence, 1874 January 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981315 ...

Lany, Jean-Barthélemy

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Cocks, Edmund

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Kelleher, John V., 1916-2004

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Bill, ...

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64w0342 (person)

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...

Bowery Theatre.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62h0wc9 (corporateBody)

Théâtre français.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k20b55 (corporateBody)

Sherborn

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qw7fvj (person)

Richard Baldridge

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mb4qtt (person)

Stone, Mary Tsabella.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xt9xv8 (person)

Lester Wallack

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x496bz (person)

National theatre, Boston.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz0qr3 (corporateBody)

Powell, John

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs4mc5 (person)

Epithet: of Sloane MS 380 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0000cf Epithet: coal merchant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0000c9 Epithet: MD, of Carmarthen and Pembroke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0000cc Epithet: ...

Theatre Workshop

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6647vm4 (corporateBody)

Adelphi Theatre

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r345c6 (corporateBody)

Wallack, Frances.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w51xjb (person)

Buhot, Félix Hilaire, 1847-1898

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68d14w4 (person)

Barrett, Lawrence, 1838-1891

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k64mbm (person)

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 ...

Wood, Jessie

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65r9742 (person)

Mrs. Sakes

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vz5256 (person)

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 ...

Miliken, Elsie (Leslie)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k72kq (person)

Théâtre des Tuileries.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tp0hk0 (corporateBody)

Wade, Nellie Frances.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fp5p38 (person)

Goldoni

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s58zc7 (person)

Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821

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Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) was a British actress, novelist, and dramatist. From the description of Hamlet, ca.1805? (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80027720 Elizabeth Inchbald, English writer and actress. From the description of Elizabeth Inchabald manuscript material : 5 items, 1799-1809 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 436880525 English actress, novelist, and dramatist. Fr...

Théatre de la République

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Isadora Duncan.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67j62sx (person)

Lyons, Louis Martin, 1897-1982

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68342k9 (person)

Lyons (1897-1982) served as Curator of Nieman Fellowships at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Louis M. Lyons, 1957-1958 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973105 ...

Frederic Atherton

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cm20sh (person)

Christina Nilsson

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f32t2g (person)

Abbeme, Louise, 1858-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67n3pj4 (person)

Jameson, Anna Brownell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67n3pv5 (person)

Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t0qfg (person)

British-born actress, director, and producer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westport, Conn., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1967 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864535 Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991) was an actress, producer, director, translator, teacher and writer. From the description of Eva Le Gallienne, prop letters from Camille, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517244 From the guide to the Eva Le Gallienne, ...

William Watts

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz0wzv (person)

Faulkner, S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6682s15 (person)

Alice

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv7k3m (person)

Epithet: wife of Henry the merchant of Wilburton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x000398 ...

Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957

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English classical scholar. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 131 Banbury Road, Oxford, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1907 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612718 Epithet: of Stowe MS 208 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x00020a Epithet: OM, classical scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100...

Mrs Eldridge

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t299tv (person)

Tyler, George C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67w95t6 (person)

marquis de La Maisonfort

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg28gn (person)

Ernes Waters Wescott

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb3vt6 (person)

Mr. Carpier

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f89tcw (person)

Lawrence Irving

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6585p43 (person)

Guy Smith

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s7x1n (person)

Lyceum

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J. C. Dibdin.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64s29qw (person)

Arthur Freeman

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6111rfs (person)

La Rounat

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g59c2r (person)

Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby, 1800-1853

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g45b9m (person)

Willard, Helen D.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w113kg (person)

the Misses Campbell

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Proctor, Joseph, 1816-1897

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John Campbell Gordon

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Mee, Charles L.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ht4kwz (person)

Charles L. Mee, jr., playwright. From the description of Anyone! anyone! : a play in one act : typescript, 1960. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122431628 ...

Thompson, True Terry.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64p2w1x (person)

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945

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Theodore Dreiser was an American literary naturalist and author of two of the most significant works of early twentieth-century American fiction, SISTER CARRIE (1900) and AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1925). From the description of The mercy of God : manuscript, [1900-1945?] / by Theodore Dreiser. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 63051908 Editor and author. From the description of Theodore Dreiser papers, 1910-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009534 ...

Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852

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American actor and playwright. From the description of Scrapbook, 1813-1852 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811929 From the description of Letter : Washington, to Elizabeth Payne, 1850 April 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22772908 From the description of Home, sweet home, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 237626353 Appointed by President Tyler, the actor and playwright served as U.S. Consul in Tunis from 1842-1845, a...

David Garrick

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z3vd6 (person)

Bartet, Julia, 1854-

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Captain Brassbound.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b4222s (person)

Piis, Pierre-Antoine-Augustin ˜deœ 1755-1832

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p98168 (person)

Lafarque

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

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Field, R. M. (Richard Montgomery), 1834-1902

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Richard Montgomery Field (1834-1902) was manager of the Boston Museum from 1864 to 1898. The Boston Museum began staging musical performances in 1841, then added dramatic performances in 1843 and continued presenting shows for sixty years. Located at the corner of Tremont and Bromfield Streets, the museum was founded in 1841 and was known as the Boston Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts until 1847. The final season at the museum was 1902-3. From the guide to the Boston Museum Company co...

Chase, Arthur B. (Arthur Branscomb), 1850 or 1851-1895

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Mr. David Hays

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Erwin Feldman.

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Augustin Daly

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Katharine Sergava Sznycer

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Lambert, Joseph de.

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Talbot, Montague, approximately 1774-1831

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Baron Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis Howard de Walden

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Archer, William H.

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Epithet: Deputy Register of the Vice-Admiralty Court, Barbados British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x0000f9 Epithet: of Kelmscott Press British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00031a Epithet: of Add MS 20723 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Des...

Gye, Frederick, 1810-1878

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English theatre manager. From the description of Autograph document signed by Gye and Edward Tyrrell Smith, dated : London, 19 August 1854, 1854 Aug. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578471 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 29 April 1876, to R[ichard] Peyton, 1876 Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578466 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London?], 9 August 1854, to E[dward] T[yrrell] Smith, 1854 Au...

S. A Lounger

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Sarah Bernhardt

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Prudhomme, Armand.

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Mr. Robert Chapman

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George Grant

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Huguet, Louis.

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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...

New National Theatre.

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Burton Booth.

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Robert Keeley

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Ishbel Maria (Marjoribanks) Gordon

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Elliston, R. W. (Robert William), 1774-1831

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Elliston was an English actor and theatrical manager, as well as lessee of the Surrey Theatre, London, beginning in 1809. He later served as manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1792-1826 (inclusive), 1812-1820 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79392295 English actor. From the description of Autograph letter not signed (retained draft?) : [Bath], to George Colman, [ca. 1803-04?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2706141...

Ionesco, Eugene 1912-

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Romanian and French author, playwright, and critic, Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994), was one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd. From the description of Letters, photographs, and ephemera, 1969-2001. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 436464327 Eugene Ionesco, playwright. Tina Howe, translator. From the description of The lesson : typescript, 2004. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79468111 From the description of Th...

Montez, Lola, 1818-1861

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Irish dancer, actress, lecturer, writer, and political activist, Lola Montez was also known as Marie Dolores Eliza (or Elisa) Rosanna Gilbert, Maria Dolores Parris Montez, and Comtesse de Landsfeld. From the description of Lectures and correspondence of Lola Montez, 1842-1950 (inclusive), 1842-1858 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612379070 Born Marie Eliza Gilbert in Ireland, Lola Montez was an internationally-known dancer who performed in San Francisco and various mi...

Birrell, A. J.

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Luis

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Ferdinand Heine

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Mme. Katharine Sergava Synycer

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Jane Mary Morrisset

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Quick, John, 1931-

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Jean Baptiste Fauchard de Grand-Ménil

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Aïdé, Hamilton, 1826-1906

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Aïdé was both a musician and author of many novels. From the description of Hamilton Aïdé papers, 1824-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78494864 From the description of Hamilton Aïdé papers, 1824-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702135911 ...

Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?

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John, Griffith, 1831-1912

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Griffith John is one of the great figures of the British missionary movement. During his 55 year period of service in China he was among the first to initiate Protestant missionary work in Hupeh, Hunan and Szechwan provinces, was a prolific author and pamphleteer and made major contributions to the translation of the Bible into Chinese. He was born at Swansea, South Wales on December 14th 1831, studied at Brecon College and Bedford Academy and was ordained in 1855. In that year he married his fi...

Albert? Matthews

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Mme. Cilnache

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Lane, J. V.

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Guild

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Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797

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Epithet: actor; of Add MS 42578 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x000197 Charles Macklin, born in Ireland, became a famous actor-manager and playwright based in London at Drury Lane, Haymarket, and Covent Garden. He was especially famed for comedy; Shylock was considered his best role. He carried on a vigorous feud with David Garrick. From the description of Charles Macklin collection, 1743-1...

Slous, Angiolo Robson, -1883

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Vezin, Hermann, 1829-1910

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English actor of American birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 12 March 1865, to [Lewis Strange Wingfield?], 1865 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677986 Epithet: actor and writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x000028 ...

Norton, Elliot, 1903-

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American drama critic, teacher, and author. From the description of Elliot Norton collection, 1930-1994. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969523 ...

Margaret Webster

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Aickin, James, -1803

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to "Frank," "Friday Morning" [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270994446 ...

Guilbert de Préscérecourt

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Cox, Richard, 1755-1816

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Davidge, George B., 1793-1842

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