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William Henry West Betty Theatre Royal playbill collection
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1805 |
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The collection consists of thirteen Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and Theatre Royal, Covent Garden playbills featuring William
Henry West Betty, including productions offered, list of cast members, and prices.
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ms2812 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Theatre Royal playbills
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Drury Lane Theatre |
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Dates: |
1796-1834 |
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This collection contains 13 broadside playbills from Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden advertising a variety of
dramas, operas, comedies, and other performances from 1796 through 1834.
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ms4219 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Herbert Norris costume designs
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Norris, Herbert |
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Dates: |
1897-1939 |
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The collection consists of costume designs by Herbert Norris from 1897-1939. The watercolor designs, signed and dated by the
artist, carry annotations giving the historical source of the design, the character, the actor and production for which the
costume was intended, and instructions on the construction and wearing of the costume. Many of the designs are for productions
of "The Rocklitz" (1931) and "Richard III" (1939).
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Identifier: |
ms820 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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University of Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club photograph album
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University of Cambridge. Amateur Dramatic Club |
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Dates: |
1874-1877 |
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The collection consists of a photographic album of the University of Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club from 1874-1877. The album
contains 185 photographs of 10 comic productions. Each photograph is labeled with the actor and character's name.
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Identifier: |
ms974 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden playbill
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Creator: |
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden |
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Dates: |
1790 December 11 |
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This collection contains a playbill advertising "Love In A Village" and "The Author" for December 11, 1790 by Theatre Royal,
Covent Garden in London. The playbill notes that the performances were given "by desire of the Cherokee Chiefs" referring
to a delegation of several Cherokee and Creek men led by William Augustus Bowles who traveled to England to seek military
support for a proposed separate Native American state, the Nation of Muskogee, on land in Florida belonging to Spain and the
United States.
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Identifier: |
ms4307 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden broadsides
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Creator: |
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden |
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Dates: |
1816 September 13-1821 January 29 |
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The collection consists of 92 broadsides advertising plays presented at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden from September 13,
1816 to January 29, 1821. The broadsides feature the names of many famous performers of the day including Charles Kemble,
William Charles Macready (making his "first appearance in London" in the play "Distressed Mother," on the second theatre broadside
in this group, dated September 16, 1816), Charles Mayne Young, William Farren, Joseph Grimaldi, Eliza O'Neill, and Catherine
"Kitty" Stephens among others. Among some of the advertised plays are Mrs. Centilivre's Comedy "The Wonder," a new musical
play "Guy Mannering," "Othello," (the parts of Othello and Desdemona being being played by Young and O'Neill), "Romeo and
Juliet," (with J.P. Warde and Sallie Booth in the title roles), "As You Like It," "Henri Quatre, or Paris in the Olden Time,"
"Comedy of Errors," King Richard III," a new tragedy "Virginius; or The Liberation of Rome," "Coriolanus," "Wallace, a Tragedy
in Five Acts," (its performance, with Macready in the leading role), "Harlequin and Friar Bacon," (a new comic pantomime,
with parts played by both Joseph Grimaldi and his son), etc.
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Identifier: |
ms4188 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Seymour Hicks papers
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Creator: |
Hicks, Seymour, Sir, 1871-1949 |
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Dates: |
1815-1948 |
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Contents: |
The collection consists of papers of Sir Seymour Hicks from 1815-1948. The collection includes loose correspondence (1856-1948),
invitations, autographs, newspaper clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain photographs of various British
actors and actresses and correspondence. The collection includes material on such well known individuals as David Lloyd George,
the Earl of Westmoreland, Lord Cromer, who was Lord Chamberlain, Gerald DuMaurier, Maude Adams, George M. Cohan, and Consuelo
Marlborough.
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Identifier: |
ms971 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Christy Desmet collection
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Creator: |
Schiller, David |
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Dates: |
1789-1977 |
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This collection contains articles, reviews, engravings and broadsides of 18th and 19th Century English Shakespearean performers.
Also included are 20th Century artifacts and photographs from Shakespearean plays.
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Identifier: |
ms4476 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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