Autograph letter from Lord Petersham to [Edmund Kean], [1818?].

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Autograph letter from Lord Petersham to [Edmund Kean], [1818?].

Concerns the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7009629

Folger Shakespeare Library

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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...

Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851

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Stanhope was known as Lord Petersham until he succeeded to the earldom in 1829. From the description of Autograph letter from Lord Petersham to [Edmund Kean], [1818?]. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 213472006 ...

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...