Papers, 1852-1895.

Samuel French, Inc.

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Founded by Samuel French (1821-1898) in New York City in 1846, Samuel French, Inc. is the largest and oldest publisher and supplier of plays for amateur and stock theatre in the world. Moreover, the company also serves as a licensing agent for performance rights and runs a theatrical bookshop. ...

Young, Charles L. (Charles Lawrence), Sir, 1839-1887

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Title: 6th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x000178 Title: 7th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x0003a4 ...

Frohman, Charles, 1860-1915

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Charles Frohman (1860-1915) was a theater manager in New York City and London. From the description of Charles Frohman Letterpress Copybooks, 1898-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455669 The theatrical manager and producer Charles Frohman was born in Sandusky, Ohio in 1860. He was the youngest brother of theatrical managers Daniel (1851-1940) and Gustave (1855-1930) Frohman. By 1883 Charles Frohman was working as an independent producer; in 1890 he organi...

Wyndham, Charles, 1837-1919

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English actor and theater manager. From the description of Letters, ca. 1897-1900, to son Howard Wyndham. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019039 English actor-manager. From the description of Better late than never : autograph sentiment signed : [London, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584377 Epithet: actor-manager, pseudonym of Charles Culverwell Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catal...

Howard, Bronson, 1842-1908

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Epithet: American dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0000aa Bronson Howard (1842-1908), playwight. Born and raised in Detroit, Howard worked as a journalist from the mid 1860s to mid 1870s before making his living as a playwright, earning him the reputation as the dean of American drama. From the description of Bronson Howard playscripts, 1866-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702...

Albery, James, 1838-1889

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James Albery was born in London, England on May 4, 1838 and was a dramatist. He is best known for his comedy, Two Roses, that was produced at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1870; the production ran for 300 performances. Other plays include A Pretty Piece of Chiselling (1864), Dr Davy (1866), Coquettes (1870), Pickwick (based on Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (1871), Pink Dominos (1877), Jingle (a farcical version of Pickwick) (1878), Oriana (with music by Frederic Clay); The Spectre Knight (operetta w...

Crane, William H., 1845-1928

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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...

McVicker, James Hubert, 1822-1896

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Robson, Stuart, 1836-1903

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Stuart Robson (born Henry Robson Stuart), 1836-1903, actor, successful comedian; played "Bertie the Lamb" in "The Henrietta;" teamed up with W.H. Crane, 1877-1889. From the description of Letter to Roy S. Baker, 1898 December 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57240143 ...

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 ...