Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817

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Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817

ยท To Jane Porter, novelist : 1 autograph letter signed ; ca. 8 May 1817 (MISC 2509), begins: "When Mr. B. went to the theatre yesterday he was a much surpris'd as what he heard there, as when you inform'd him on Friday of your being the Author!"

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SNAC Resource ID: 8129301

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850

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Sarah Bartley (formerly Smith), English actress. Her career included roles in plays by Mrs. Inchbald, Thomas Holcroft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and upon a visit to Dublin in 1808, she performed a musical piece composed for her by Thomas Moore. For a time following the retirement of foremost actress Sara Siddons, Bartley was considered the reigning tragedy queen of the London stage. From the description of Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817 (New York Public Librar...