Theatrical letters sent to Herbert I. Jackson, 1898-1944.

Edgett, Edwin Francis, 1867-1946

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Edwin Francis Edgett (1867-1946) was the dramatic editor of the Boston Evening Transcript, and an 1894 graduate of Harvard College. He published multiple books on theater and theater history, including Slings And Arrows. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, was married to Evelyn Torrey Edgett, who was born in 1869, and he died in Cambridge, Massachusetts....

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...

Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942

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Otis Skinner (1858-1942) was an American actor and writer. Born June 28, 1858 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut where his father Charles Skinner was a Universalist minister. Otis Skinner was interested in theater from a young age, and through his father's friendship with P.T. Barnum was introduced to William Pleater Davidge, who gave him his first theatrical role. In the latter half of the 1870s, he played various bit roles in stock companies, and alongsid...

Smith, Harry Bache, 1860-1936

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Lyricist. From the description of Harry Bache Smith correspondence, 1895-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980474 American writer of short stories, plays, and librettos. A collector of rare books, manuscripts, and autographs, Smith also wrote about his collecting activities. From the description of Papers, 1773-1935, (bulk 1890-1930). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648359 ...

Willard, Catherine, approximately 1900-1954

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Kearns, Elsie Herndon, 1884-

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Gerdale?, Katherine.

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O?, Frederic.

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Lee, William H.

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Goodspeed, Charles E. (Charles Eliot), 1867-1950

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Charles E. Goodspeed was the founder of several bookstores in Boston and a dealer in rare books and manuscripts. Most of his writings were bibliographical, compiling A treasury of fishing stories and Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Museum of the Salem East India Marine Society, or, The gathering of a virtuoso's collection, both published in 1946. His autobiography, Yankee bookseller, published in 1937, gives a full picture of booksellers, collectors, and authors of his time. From the des...

Johnson, Theodore

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Castle Square Theatre (Boston, Mass.)

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Frances Jewett

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Carhart, James L.

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Griffith, Frank Carlos, 1851-1939

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Frank Carlos Griffith began his career on the Boston stage, but was best known as a theatrical manager, most notably of Lillie Langtry's tours from 1888 to 1890, and of the Mrs. Fiske Company, a theater company founded by Minnie Maddern Fiske, circa 1897 to 1924. He also served as the curator of the Poland Springs Art Gallery in Maine circa 1893 to 1900....

Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991

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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, ...

Goodspeed, George T.

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George Aaron Goodspeed was a pharmacist who operated a drug store in Granville, New York. From the description of Goodspeed collection, 1881-1932 (bulk 1990-1932). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155409026 Proprietor of Boston bookshop. From the description of Letters, 1936. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122618488 George Goodspeed, b. 1903, Book dealer of Boston, Mass. From the description of Or...

Lang, Albert.

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Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964

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English actor; d. 1964. From the description of Sir Cedric Hardwicke collection, 1935-1939. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70961685 ...

Leslie, Noel

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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...

Standing, Katherine.

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Carlon, Linda

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Yale University. Dramatic Association

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Stage Blue was produced by the Yale Dramatic Association and the Yale School of Drama to commemorate their respective 100th and 75th anniversaries and the Yale tercentennial. It was staged simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles on November 13, 2000. From the description of Records of the Yale Dramatic Association concerning Stage Blue, 2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702164050 From the guide to the Yale Dramatic Association records concerning stage blue, 2000, (Manu...

Copeland, Charles Townsend, 1860-1952

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Copeland (1860-1952) graduated from Harvard in 1882 and taught rhetoric and oratory at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles Townsend Copeland, 1862-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973011 Educator, editor, and author. From the description of Charles Townsend Copeland papers, 1898-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449796 Copeland (A.B. 1882) became an assistant professor of English at Harvard University in 1...

Jewett Repertory Theatre Fund (Boston, Mass.)

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Allen, C. Leslie (Charles Leslie), 1830-1917

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Born in June, 1830 in Boston, Massachusetts. He performed in the first stage presentation of Uncle Tom's Cabin in Troy, New York in 1852. Before he made his professional debut at Troy, he appeared in many amateur productions , and in one of these in Boston he spoke the last words on the stage of the Old Drury Theatre. He made his first appearance in New York in 1880 at Wallack's in Kit, but prior to that he was for many years a member of the stock company at the Boston T...

Martin-Harvey, John, Sir, 1863-1944

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Shaw was an Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, and Socialist propagandist. Martin-Harvey was an English actor, producer, and theatre manager. From the description of Papers concerning Bernard Shaw, 1908-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83426546 From the guide to the Papers concerning Bernard Shaw, 1908-1937 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Martin-Harvey was an English actor, producer and theatre manage...

Johnson, Emma

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Hulse, C. Wordley.

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Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978

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American actress and singer. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1956 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868285 ...

Clapp, John Bouvé

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Poole, L.

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Proctor, Elizabeth R.

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Guild, Courtenay.

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Henry Jewett.

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Proctor, Anna.

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Seymour, William, 1855-1933

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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...

John Craig.

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Young, James

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel; Military Secretary to Lord Hastings British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000329 Epithet: at Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x0002d0 Epithet: Provost of Aberdeen British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574....

Henderson, Lyn.

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Old Vic Company

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Craske, Leonard, 1878-1950

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Barrett, Edith, 1906-1977

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Vansittart, Robert Gilbert Vansittart, Baron, 1881-1957

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Kingsford, Walter, 1881-1958

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Field, Fanny Seymour.

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Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955

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American actor, director, manager, promoter, and critic. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1890-1955] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155508085 Hampden was an American actor. From the description of [Letter] 1930 Jun. 19, 16 Gramercy Park, New York [to] Marjory P. Nield / Walter Hampden. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 231685962 ...

Carlton, Hugh?

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Wingfield, H. Conway.

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Jackson, Herbert I., recipient.

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Herbert I. Jackson (1870-1955) was a Boston, Massachusetts collector of theatrical materials. His father was Charles E. Jackson and mother was Caroline A. Kerman. He was married on October 6, 1898 to Grace M. Greenough Jackson and they had a child, Emily C. Jackson. They lived in Hyde Park, Boston. From the guide to the Theatrical letters sent to Herbert I. Jackson, 1898-1944., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Birknell?, Olga.

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Ediss, May.

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Gould, Harold, 1923-2010

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S., Charles.

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Day, Roy, 1887 or 8-1963.

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Yardale, Katherine.

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Howson, Charles Edwin, -1907

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Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917

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

Skinner, Maud Dubin, d. 1936

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