Autograph letters signed from James Robertson Anderson to various recipients [manuscript], 1840-1857.

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Autograph letters signed from James Robertson Anderson to various recipients [manuscript], 1840-1857.

Recipients: T.C. Boddie, Sir Thomas N. Talfourd, Benjamin Webster, J.B. Wright, Kennedy Frishny (?), Gladstane, and Charles Kean. Also, Kean's reply.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7255832

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Frishny, Kennedy, fl. 1840-1857

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Anderson, James R. (James Robertson), 1811-1895

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Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854

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English judge and author, friend and executor of Charles Lamb. From the description of ALS : London, to Andrew Willis, 1847 Aug. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122690123 Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854) was an English judge and author. From the description of Letters to Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, 1835-1844 (bulk 1835-1836). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122396791 English j...

Wright, J. B. (John B.), 1814-

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Gladstane, fl. 1840-1857

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Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882

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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, 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 ...

Boddie, T. C., fl. 1840-1857

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