Autograph letters signed from John Pritt Harley, London, to various people [manuscript], 1828-1857.

ArchivalResource

Autograph letters signed from John Pritt Harley, London, to various people [manuscript], 1828-1857.

Correspondents: Charles [John] Kean, Ellen [Tree] Kean, Benjamin [Nottingham] Webster and others.

6 items.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7090710

Folger Shakespeare Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Harley, John Pritt, 1786-1858

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69c70bj (person)

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...

Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69315nm (person)

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 ...

Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63n2ck7 (person)

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...

Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tx3s8t (person)

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