Master Burton, the juvenile Roscius, 1828-1837.

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Master Burton, the juvenile Roscius, 1828-1837.

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of several hundred newspaper clippings, letters, playbills, autographs, and engraved portraits concerning the stage career of F.C. Burton, juvenile actor, as well as that of other contemporary actors and actresses. The volume begins with numerous newspaper clippings advertising and reviewing Burton's acting and singing performances as a five year old child. These are followed by handwritten notes and letters of gratitude to Burton for his performances; newspaper clippings reviewing the performances of other actors such as Charles Kemble and Charles Kean; and playbills, including one for Sam Weller by W. T. Moncrieff, and another for a German program in which Burton performed as nine characters. Some of the newspaper clippings are in German, including one annotated, "Performance for an orphan asylum at the Old City of London Hotel in Hamburg March 34 for which I was presented with a gold watch." The manuscript also contains many signatures, including those of actors Richard Jones, annotated "the original Charles Surface, 'School for Scandal'"; Charles Kean; Fred Yates; Charles Kemble; and Maria Foote. The manuscript also contains several dozen engravings pasted in. These include a colored engraving of Charles Kean as Richard III; Sarah Siddons; Louisa Brunton, Countess of Craven; Maria Foote; Dorothy Jordan; Charles Kemble; and William Henry West Betty, age 13; as well as many other actors and actresses in costume. Other engravings include the inscription at the tomb of Mrs Jordan and an engraving of Paganini.

1 v. (218 p.) ; 24 x 20 cm.

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