Autograph letters signed from George Bartley to various people [manuscript], 1842-1857.

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Autograph letters signed from George Bartley to various people [manuscript], 1842-1857.

Correspondents: Frederick J. Smythe, [Drinkwater] Meadows, Charles John Kean and others. In a letter to "Sam," Bartley comments on the acting ability of Fanny Kemble.

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre. In 1834, Kemble married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832....

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 ...

Smythe, Frederick J., fl. 1842-1857

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Bartley, George, 1782-1858

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. [Henry] Sudlow, 1852 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671997 English actor, also prominent in America. From the description of George Bartley letters, 1819-1836. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936497 ...

Meadows, Drinkwater, 1799-1869

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