Expenses of dramatic representations given before the Queen and the Prince Consort [manuscript], 1848-1857.

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Expenses of dramatic representations given before the Queen and the Prince Consort [manuscript], 1848-1857.

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The accounts give the names of the plays and of the players and backstage hands. Charles Kean was the director. Also a letter from Kean to Miss Montague, October 12, 1848, about her refusal to play before the Queen.

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