Haymarket Theatre financial accounts, receipts, and letters, 1816-1855.

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Haymarket Theatre financial accounts, receipts, and letters, 1816-1855.

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The collection contains ten financial accounts of cash received for performances and copyrights due to the proprietors from various English, Scottish, and Irish theatres; nineteen receipts signed by playwrights (including R.F. Jameson, W.T. Dimond, Jas. Kenney, Joseph Lunn, John Poole, C.E. Walker, J.B. Buckstone, C.J. Mathews, J.R. Planché (for Eliza Planché), Catherine Frances Gore) giving the names of the plays concerned and brief details of the rights assigned; a detailed 1816 assignment between theatre manager David Edward Morris and playwright Robert Francis Jameson concerning his play Exit by Mistake; nineteen letters or notes on theatre business (including letters from R.F. Jameson, J. Cumberland, John Poole, and Benjamin Webster; letters to George Colman, David E. Morris, and actor William Macready); and two pages of financial calculations.

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Gore, Mrs 1799-1861.

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Kenney, James, 1780-1849

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Cumberland, John, 1787-1866

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Lunn, Joseph, 1784-1863

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Morris, David E., -1842

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Haymarket Theatre (London, England)

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The Theatre Royal Haymarket or Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre is a West End theatre in The Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London, England, which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. All the buildings on the east of the Haymarket from the theatre southward were rebuilt circa 1820 in connection with John Nash's schemes for the improvement of the neighbourhood. A lease dated 10 June 1821, was granted to David Edward Morris. The theatre was op...

Dimond, William, active 1800-1830

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Epithet: librettist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x000191 English dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Clifton, to Robert William Elliston, [postmark 1820 May 12] "Thursday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531540 ...

Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878

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Charles James Mathews, English actor and playwright. He was the son of Charles Mathews, the English comedic actor. From the description of Charles James Mathews manuscript material : 1 item, 1860 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 747730085 English comedian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], [no year] Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270636963 Charles James Thomas was an English actor and manager. He was born ...

Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879

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English comedian. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 23 January [n.y], to E.T. [i.e. Edward Tyrrell Smith], [n.y.] Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673876 John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879), British comic actor and playwright, manager of Haymarket Theater in 1853-1856. From the description of List of plays by John Baldwin Buckston and his letter to "My Dear Sir," 1841 and 1853. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Bot...

Planché, Eliza, 1796-1846

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Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873

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English actor, recognized as perhaps the greatest English character actor of his day. He was especially noted for his Shakespearean roles. From the description of Letter, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391814 William Charles Macready was a tragedian. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1821-1849, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886139 William Charles Macready was an English stage manager and actor...

Jameson, Robert Francis

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Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x000342 ...

Poole, John, 1786?-1872

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John Poole (1786?-1872) was an English playwright. From the description of Papers of John Poole, 1817?-1837. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122593618 ...

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...

Colman, George, 1762-1836 ,

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George Colman (1762-1836) was a British dramatist and, since July 1789, manager of the Haymarket Theatre. From the description of Letter by George Colman to Robert William Elliston, 1802. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 82677104 English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to the manager of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1833 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129692 From t...

Walker, C. E. (Charles Edward)

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Planché, J. R. 1796-1880.

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