Arthur W. McDonald collection of theatre engravings and playbills

Descriptive Summary
Title: Arthur W. McDonald collection of theatre engravings and playbills
Creator: McDonald, Arthur W.
Inclusive Dates: 1767-1915
Bulk Dates: 1770-1820
Language(s): English
Extent: 7.25 Linear Feet 6 volumes, 21 items, 1 box
Collection Number: ms3762
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Arthur W. McDonald, former chair of the Department of Fine Arts at the College of Charleston, is the author of several works about the Yorkshire theatre including The Yorkshire stage, 1766-1803 : a calendar of plays, together with cast lists for Tate Wilkinson's circuit of theatres (Doncaster, Hull, Leeds, Pontefract, Wakefield, and York) and the Yorkshire Company's engagements in Beverley, Halifax, Newcastle, Sheffield, and Edinburgh.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 18th and 19th Century British theatre playbills and engravings that document the Yorkshire theatre circuit and non-Yorkshire theatre. Of note are playbills and engravings related to the Kemble family, Elizabeth Inchbald, and productions at Drury Lane and Covent Gardens.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Arthur W. McDonald collection of theatre engravings and playbills, ms3762, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Processing Information

For each engraving the following is provided (if known): play, character, actor, and date. The playbills include the following information (if known): location, play, afterpiece, actors, benefit, and date.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2013.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Collections in the Hargrett Library: Frances Anne Kemble letters, ms1601, ms2240, ms2434; William Henry West Betty Theatre Royal playbill collection, ms2812; Theater Program Collection, ms3521.

Collections in Other Repositories: Yorkshire Theatres playbills and posters, Theatre Royal Archive, York St. John University; Playbills for Drury Lane and Covent Garden theaters, Bancroft, University of California; Broadside Playbills collection, Princeton University.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Yorkshire Engravings
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1	1	Baddley-Suspicious-Strickland, 1776
1	2	Bannister, John-Suspicious-Dick
1	3	Barry--Almida
1	4	Bennett--Portrait, 1808
1	5	Bennett--Lucius Catline
1	6	Bernard, John--Portrait, 1794
1	7	Bernard, John-Suspicious-Jack Meggot
1	8	Bernard, John-Suspicious-Jack Meggot (2 copies), 1794
1	9	Bland--Miss Notable, 1785
1	10	Bulkeley-Love's Labour's-Prince of France, 1785
1	11	Carey, G. S.--Portrait
1	12	Caulfield-Charactacus-, 1783
1	13	Clarke-Eurydice-Phocles, 1777
1	14	Collin-Lying Valet-Sharp, 1806
1	15	Cornleys--Lingo
1	16	Crouch-Beggar's Opera-Polly, 1791
1	17	Cummins-Charactacus (photocopy)-Charactacus
1	18	Death, T.--Portrait, 1782
1	19	De Camp-False Delicacy-Miss Rivers, 1788
1	20	Diamond, William--Portrait, 1799
1	21	Dignum--Portrait, 1808
1	22	Dimond-Wonder-Don Felix, 1792
1	23	Dodd-Love Makes A-Clodio, 1777
1	24	Dodd-Drummer-Tinsel, 1777
1	25	Dodd-Careless Husband-Lord Foppington, 1776
1	26	Dodd--Taddle, 1780
1	27	Dodd-Cymon-Linco, 1778
1	28	Edwin-Plain Dealer-Jerry Blackacre
1	29	Edwin--Benefit Ticket
1	30	Edwin--Portrait, 1812
1	31	Elliston-Mountaineers-Octavian
1	32	Emery--Farmer Ashfield, 1825
1	33	Esten-Venice Preserved-Belvidera, 1794
1	34	Esten-Discovery-Lady Flutter, 1793
1	35	Esten--Portrait, 1804
1	36	Farme-Midsummer-Hermia, 1785
1	37	Fawcett--Portrait
1	38	Gough-Zenobia-Zenobia
1	39	Cooke, G. F.--Portrait
1	40	Heard-Twin Rivals-Aurelia, 1796
1	41	Holland--Portrait
1	42	Holman-Douglas-Douglas
1	43	Holman, Warren--Young Belmont
1	44	Holman-Albina-Edward, 1797
1	45	Holman-King John-Faulconbridge, 1786
1	46	Hopkins, P.-Lady's Last Stake-Miss Notable, 1778
1	47	Hopkins-Funeral-Lady Brumpton, 1777
1	48	Hopkins, P.-Country Lasses-Aura (2 copes), 1778
1	49	Hull-Cymbeline-Pisanio
1	49	Hunter-Ulysses-Penelope, 1778
1	50	Inchbald--Portrait, 1785
1	51	Inchbald, Elizabet--Portraits
1	52	Inchbald--5 Portraits / Playwright, 1800
1	53	Inchbald--Portraits, 1819
1	54	Inchbald--Portrait (color), 1794
1	55	Inchbald--Portrait
1	56	Inchbald--Portrait
1	57	Inchbald-Lady Jane Grey-Lady Jane Grey, 1791
1	58	Inchbald--Portrait
1	59	Inchbald--Portrait, 1798
1	60	Jefferson--Portrait, 1804
1	61	Johnston, H.--Portrait, 1812
1	62	Johnston, H.--Portrait, 1805
1	63	Jones-Critic-Puff
1	64	Jones--Archer (2 copies)
1	65	Kelly, Michael--Portrait / Musician, 1804
1	66	Kemble-Oroonko-Imoinda
1	67	Kemble, J. P.--Portrait, 1797
1	68	Kemble, J. P.-Hamlet-Hamlet (photocopy)
1	69	Kemble, J. P.--Gamester (photocopy)
1	70	Kemble, J. P.-Timon of Athens-Timon
1	71	Kemble, J. P.-King Richard III-King Richard III
1	72	Kemble, J. P.-Tamberlane-Bajazet, 1792
1	73	Kemble, J. P.-Hamlet-Hamlet
1	74	Kemble, J. P.-Hamlet-Hamlet
1	75	Kemble, J. P. & Siddons-Gamester- .Kemble and . Beverly, 1783
1	76	Kemble, J. P.-Hamlet-Hamlet (photocopy)
1	77	Kemble, J. P.-Play by Kemble-Illustration From
1	78	Kemble, Charles--Portrait
1	79	Knight-Chapter Of-Jacob, 1796
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2	1	Lewes, Lee-Every Man In His-Capt. Bobadil
2	2	Lewis-Douglas-Douglas
2	3	Lewis-Rule A Wife And-Copper Captain
2	4	Lewis- -Portrait
2	5	Mahon-Accomplished-Fanny, 1781
2	6	Marshall--Portrait, 1793
2	7	Matthews, Charles--Goldfinch, 1819
2	8	Matthews, Charles--Risk, 1804
2	9	Mathews--Portrait
2	10	Mattocks-Achilles-Achilles, 1777
2	11	Mattocks-Spainish Friar-Elvira, 1777
2	12	Mattocks-Know Your Own-Epilogue
2	13	Mattocks-Love for Love-Miss Prue Ben
2	14	Mountain-Foundling-Fidelia, 1792
2	15	Munden-Winter's Tale-Autolicus, 1813
2	16	Munden--Portrait, 1799
2	17	Murray--Demetrius
2	18	Palmer, John-George Barnwell-George Barnwell, 1792
2	19	Palmer, John--Portrait, 1799
2	20	Pope-Cymbeline-Posthumus, 1786
2	21	Pope-Anthony and Cleopatra-Cleopatra, 1791
2	23	Powell-Bodicea-Boadicea, 1791
2	23	Powell, Smith--Cyrus
2	24	Powell-Bodicea-Boadicea, 1791
2	25	Rock-Committee-Teague (2 copies), 1792
2	26	Ross-Earl of Essex-Essex (3 copies), 1776
2	27	Shuter, Edward--Portrait
2	28	Shuter-Miser-Lovegold, 1776
2	29	Shuter-Bold Stroke for A-Oradiah Prim, 1776
2	30	Siddons, Sarah--Portrait, 1783
2	31	Siddons, Sarah-Medea-Medea, 1791
2	32	Siddons, Sarah--Portrait
2	33	Siddons, Sarah-Mourning Bride-Zara, 1791
2	34	Siddons, Sarah-King Henry V-Princess Katherine, 1785
2	35	Siddons, Sarah-Isabella -Isabella, 1792
2	36	Siddons, Sarah-Isabella-Isabella, 1783
2	37	Siddons, Sarah--Portrait, 1834
2	38	Siddons, Sarah--The Tragic Muse (2 copies)
2	39	Stephens-King John-Blanche
2	40	Suett, Richard--Portrait, 1803
2	41	Suett, Richard--Portrait
2	42	Suett, Richard--Ibrahim, 1823
2	43	Taylor, Charles--Portrait
2	44	Toms-Lucius Junius-Titus, 1796
2	45	Towsend-Gustavus Vasa-Cristina (2 copies), 1798
2	46	Twisleton--Portrait, 1796
2	47	Vincent-Merope-Dorilas (2 copies), 1777
2	48	Wallis-Irene-Aspasia, 1796
2	49	Wallis-Mahomet-Palmira, 1795
2	50	Ward-All for Love-Octavia, 1792
2	51	Ward-Royal Convert-Rodogune, 1794
2	52	Ward-Royal Convert-Rodogune, 1776
2	53	Ward-Brothers-Lady Dove, 1792
2	54	Wells-Titus Andronicus-Lavinia
2	55	Whitelock-Earl of Warwick-Margaret
2	56	Weston-Love's Labour's-Costard
2	57	Weston-Trip to The-Scrub
2	58	Wewitzer--Doctor Caius, 1819
2	59	Wilkinson, Tate--Portrait, 1799
2	60	Wilkinson, Tate-Cartoon Drawing-The Wandering
2	61	Woodward-Recruiting Officer-Captain Brazen (2)
2	62	Yates, And-Provoked Husband-Lord and Lady Townley, 1776
2	63	Yates-Isabella fatal-Isabella, 1778
2	64	Yates-Coriolanus-Volumnia, 1786
2	65	Yates-Relapse-Berinthia, 1777

 

2. Non-Yorkshire engravings
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3	1	Rule A Wife--Estafania--Abingdon, Mrs., 1776
3	2	Corrina--Abingdon, Mrs., 1779
3	3	Fair Penitene--Horatio--Aikin, Mr., 1776
3	4	Titus--Aaron--Aldridge, Ira
3	5	Portrait / Author--Baker, David E., 1810
3	6	Portrait--Bancroft, B.
3	7	Tamerlane--Bajazrt / Selima--Barry, Mr. / Mrs., 1776
3	8	Jealous Wife--Oakly--Bensley, Mr., 1792
3	9	Lovers Vow--Fredrick--Betty, W. H.
3	10	Alexaundateder--Betty, W. H., 1818
3	11	"Young Rosicus"--Betty, W. H., 1813
3	12	King John--Faulconbridge--Betty, Henry
3	13	Double Dealer--Lord Forth--Booth, Mr., 1777
3	14	Othello--Othello--Brooke, g v
3	15	Portrait--Centlivre, Mrs., 1814
3	16	Orphan--Monimia--Cibber, Mrs., 1776
3	17	Portrait / Playwright--Colman, George
3	18	George Barnwell--Barnwell--Cooper, Mr., 1822
3	19	Padlock--Mungo--Dibden, Mr.
3	20	Sir Oliver Surface--Dowton, Mr.
3	21	Arataxertes--Artaxertes / Artabanes--Farrel, Mrs. / Reinhold, Mr.
3	22	Major Sturgeon--Foote, Samuel
3	23	Portrait--Foote, Samuel, 1769
3	24	Portrait--Foote, Samuel
3	25	Minor--Mrs. Cole--Foote, Samuel, 1777
3	26	Minor--Mrs. Cole--Foote, Samuel, 1777
3	27	Minor--Mrs. Cole--Foote, Samuel
3	28	Portrait--Garrick, David
3	29	Suspicious Husbaundated--Ranger / Clariundateda--Garrick, Mr. / Abington, Mrs, 1776
3	30	Brothers--Demetrius--Garrick, David, 1777
3	31	Tancred--Tancred--Garrick, David, 1778
3	32	King Richard III--Richard Iii--Garrick, David
3	33	All for Love--Cleopatra--Hartley, Mrs., 1778
3	34	All for Love--Cleopatra--Hartley, Mrs., 1778
3	35	Roderick--Hicks, Mr., 1776
3	36	Rehersal--Bayes--Heundatederson, Mr.
3	37	Portrait / Author--Hill, Aaron, 1777
3	38	King Richard III--Richard Iii--Holloway, Mr.
3	39	Volpone--Voltore--Hull, Mr.
3	40	Portrait--Kean, Charles, 1777
3	41	Portrait--Kean, Mrs. Charles
3	42	Sir Giles Overreach--Kean, Edmuundated, 1860
3	43	Annette--Kelly, Miss
3	44	Hamlet--Laetres--Kemble, Charles, 1802
3	45	Romeo aundated Juliet--Romeo--Kemble, Charles, 1819
3	46	Portrait--Kemble, Mrs. Charles, 1809
3	47	Rivals--Puff--King, Thomas, 1789
3	48	Hamlet--Ophelia--Lessingham, Mrs., 1775
3	49	Portrait--Liston, Mrs., 1811
3	50	Portrait--Macklin, Charles, 1792
3	51	Mistake--Camillo--Macklin, Charles, 1778
3	52	Macbeth--Macbeth--Macklin, Charles
3	53	Portrait--Macklin, Charles
3	54	Merchant of Venice--Shylock--Macklin, Charles
3	55	Refusal--Sir Gilbert--Macklin, Charles, 1777
3	56	Badger--Macklin, Charles, 1777
3	57	Provoked Husband--Sir Wronghead / John Moody--Macklin, C. Dunstall, Mr.
3	58	Macbeth--Macbeth--Macready, Mr., 1785
3	59	Portrait--Midleton, Mr., 1793
3	60	Rob Roy--McReady, Mr.
3	61	Virginius--Virginius--Macready, Mr., 1821
3	62	Merchant of Venice--Shylock--Macklin, Charles
3	63	Author--O'Keefe, John, 1793
3	64	Author--O'Keefe, John, 1788
3	65	Portrait--O'Neill, Miss
3	66	Portrait--O'Neill, Miss, 1875
3	67	Portrait--O'Neill, Miss, 1814
3	68	Portrait--Oldfield, Mrs.
3	69	Portrait--Parsons, Mr., 1792
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4	1	Way of the World--Lady Wishfort--Pitt, Mrs., 1776
4	2	Portrait--Prichard, Mrs., 1807
4	3	Fair Quaker of Deal--Dorcas Zeal--Pope, Miss, 1777
4	4	Conscious Lovers--Beverley--Reddish, Mr., 1779
4	5	Conscious Lovers--Beverley--Reddish, Mr.
4	6	Conscious Lovers--Young Beville--Reddish, Mr., 1777
4	7	Portrait--Reeves, John, 1798
4	8	Portrait / Playwright--Reynolds, Frederick, 1804
4	9	Miser--Lovegold--Ryder, Mr., 1788
4	10	She Wou'd Aundated She Wou'd Not--Viletta--Rock, Mrs.
4	11	Portrait--St. Leger, Mrs.
4	13	Oedipus--Oedipus--Sheridan, Thomas, 1776
4	14	Portrait / Playwright--Sheridan, Richard, 1847
4	15	Ella Rosenberg--Siddons, Mrs. Henry, 1807
4	16	Portrait--Siddons, Miss
4	17	Two Portraits--Siddons, Maria
4	18	Portrait--Siddons, Sally
4	19	Artaxerxes--Areaces--Sinclair, Mr.
4	20	Guy Fawkes--Smith, Mr. O.
4	21	French Actor/Portrait--Talma, 1817
4	22	Portrait-Talma
4	23	Orestes--Talma
4	24	Author--Thompson, Benjamin
4	25	Henri Quatre--Louison--Tree, Miss M., 1823
4	26	Beggar's Opera--Macheath--Vernon, Mr., 1776
4	27	Cymon--Cymon--Vernon, Mr., 1778
4	28	Beggar's Opera--Polly--Weller, Miss, 1788
4	29	Farmer's Return To Loundatedon--Farmer--Wilson, Mr., 1779
4	30	Patie--Wilson, Mr., 1779
4	31	Provoked Husbaundated--Sir Francis Wronghead--Wilson, Mr., 1791
4	32	Inconstant--Old Mirabel--Wilson, Mr.
4	33	Author--Winston, John, 1807
4	34	Portrait--Woffington, Margaret
4	35	George Barnwell--Barnwell--Wroughton, Mr., 1776
4	36	She Wou'd Aundated She Wou'd Not--Don Manuel--Yates, Mr., 1776
4	37	Portrait--Master Albert, 1790

 

3. Playbills
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5	1	Bath--Cymbeline--The Citizen--Simpson, Mrs.; Rossignole, Signoir--Simpson, Mrs., 1783 May 13
5	2	London, Drury Lane--The School for Scandal--Farce--Bannister, John--Ward, Mrs., 1787 May 14
5	3	Tunbridge-Wells--Beaux Startagem--Thomas and Sally--Jackson, Mr., 1788 July 14
5	4	Leeds-A New Way--Royal Chace:Harlequin--Cummins, Mr. and Mrs., 1781 July 13
5	5	Newcastle--Lionel and Clarissa--Comus--Bowden, Mr.; Inchbald, George--Bowden, Mr., 1792 January 4
5	6	Newcastle--Every Man in His Humour--Quaker--Lewis, Lee; Whitlock, Elizabeth--Lewis, Lee, 1792 February 15
5	7	Wakefield--George Barnwell--Crotcher Lodge, 1795 September 15
5	8	London, Drury Lane--Almeyda--Wedding Day--Siddons, Sarah; Kemble, J.P.--Siddons, Sarah, 1796 May 16
5	9	London, Drury Lane--The Rivals--Richard Coeur de Lion--Kemble, J. P.; Bannister, John, 1795 November 8
5	10	London, Drury Lane--Vortigern--My Grandmother--Jordan, Mrs.; Kemble, Charles, 1796 April 2
5	11	Manchester--Love A La Mode, 1797 July 3
5	12	York--Castle Spectre--Wandering Jew--Matthews, Charles--Burton, Mr. and Mrs., 1800 May 6
5	13	Hull--Citry Wives Confederacy--Farmer--Matthews, Charles--Carr, Mr. and Mrs., 1803 December 31
5	14	Hull--Voice of Nature--Irish Widow--Matthews, Charles, 1803 February 10
5	15	Hull--Januarye Shore--Midnight Hour--Door-Keepers, 1803 November 7
5	16	Sacrborough--Castle Spectre, 1806 September 3
5	17	London, Covent Garden--Oratories, 1806 March 26
5	18	Hull--Zorinski--Blind Boy--Phillips, Mr., 1808 December 13
5	19	London, Drury Lane--All in the Wrong--Caractacus--Elliston, Mr.; Jordan, Mrs., 1808 October 11
5	20	Whitby--Exile--Weathercock, 1809 December 11
5	21	London, Hay Marchket--Who Wants a Guinea--Doldrums or 1819--Matthews, Charles; Munden, Mr., 1812 September 5
5	22	London, Covent Garden--School of Reform--Hit or Miss!--Emery, John; Kemble, Mrs.--Emery, John, 1813 June 16
5	23	London, Drury Lane--Speed the Plough--Ella Rosenberg--Munden, Mr.; Bannister, John, 1813 October 8
5	24	London, Covent Garden--The Stranger--Who Wants a Wife?--Kemble, J. P.; O'Neill, Elizabeth, 1816 May 9
5	25	London, Hay Marchket--Wild Oats--Actor of All Work--Matthews, Charles--, 1817 September 1
5	26	York--Climbing Boy--Sledge Driver----Wilkinson, John, 1818 April 5
5	27	Richmond--Animal Magnetism--Devil to Pay--Benefit, 1818 October 28
5	28	Bristol--Viriginus--Fate of Calas--Marcheady, W. C.--, 1821 April 9
5	29	London, Drury Lane--Dramatist--Therese--Elliston, Mr.--, 1821 February 2
5	30	Belfast--Animal Magnetism--Mogul Tale----Mccormick, Mr., 1822 January 18
5	31	Richmond--She Stoops to Conquer--Miller's Maid--Matthews, Charles--Matthews, 1822 October 9
5	32	Sheffield--Wallace--Turnpike Gate----Bunn, Mrs., 1822 December 5
5	33	Birmingham--Januarye Shore--Timour the Tartar--Bunn, Mrs., 1826 August 5
5	34	London, Drury Lane--Pizarro--Queen Bee--Faucit, Mrs., 1829 January 7
5	35	London, English Opera House--Mr. Matthews at Home--Matthews, Charles, 1826 November 25
5	36	London, Drury Lane, 1828 October 1
5	37	Leeds--Macbeth--Giovanni in London--Burrell, Miss, 1828 June 26
5	38	London, Hay Marchket--Foundling of the Forest--Green Eyed Monster--Faucit, Mrs., 1830 August 16
5	39	Wolberhampton--Pizarro--Turn Out--Betty, Mr. Henry, 1839 August 26
5	40	York--Animal Magnetism--Midnight Hour, 1847 July 16
5	41	York--Wandering Jew--Bottle, 1848 May 6
5	42	Capitol--The Beggar's Opera--The Anatomist--Parker, Mrs., June 3
5	43	Capitol--The Miser--The Brave Irishman--Charlton, Mr., June 8
5	44	Virgina Gazette, Number 401--American Company of Comedians, 1774 January 13
5	45	Laurinburg--Seven Hours in New York, 1915 February 19
5	46	Laurinburg--Buster Brown
5	47	Laurinburg--J.A. Coburn's Greater Minstrel, 1913 April 4
5	48	London, Hay-Market--Redemption, 1792 February 24
5	49	Southampton, Theatre Royal--MacBeth--Where Shall I Dine?--Betty, H., 1851 September 10
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1		London, Drury Lane--Plain Dealer--Old Maid--Clive, Kitty Portrait, 1767 December 17
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2		London, Drury Lane--Suspicious Husband--Deserter--Garrick, David; Siddons, Sarah--Garrick/Ranger, 1776 June 1
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3		London, Covent Garden--She Wou'd--Author--Wilkinson, Tate; Lewes, Lee--Portrait, 1778 February 6
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4		London, Drury Lane--Every Man In His Humour--Richard Coeur de--Kemble, J. P.; Suett--Kemble/Portrait (1783), 1786 November 1
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5		London, Covent Garden--King Henry the Eighth--Ozmyn and Dara--Siddons, Sarah; J. P. Kemble--Siddons/Queen Katharine, 1793 March 9
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6		London, Drury Lane--Adopted Child--Jordan, Dorothy; Suett, Richard--Jordan/Country Girl, 1795 December 10
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7		London, Drury Lane--Jane Shore--Desrter--Siddons, Sarah; Aickin, Mr.--Siddons/Jane Shore, 1796 September 22
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8		London, Drury Lane--Twelfth Night--Shipwreck--Jordan, Dorothy; Suett, Richard--Jordan/Fidella, 1797 May 17
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9		London, Covent Garden--Pizarro--Rival Soldier--Kemble, J. P.; Siddons, Sarah--Cartoon of Kemble, 1803 October 17
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10		London, Drury Lane--Veroni--No Song No Sup--Siddons, Henry; Siddons, Mrs. H., 1808 December 1
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11		Salisbury--Hamlet--Of Age Romorro--Betty, Master-- Betty/Hamlet, 1808 March 28
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12		London, Covent Garden--Cato--Broken Sword--Kemble, J. P.; Kemble, Charles--Kemble, J. P./Cato, 1816 October 23
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13		London, Drury Lane--Othello--Dragon's Gift--Kean, Edmund; Faucit, Mrs.--Kean (Portrait), 1830 April 19
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14		London, Covent Garden--Much Ado About Nothing--Romance of a D--Kemble, Fanny; Kemble, Charles--Kemble, Fanny, 1831 February
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15		London, Princess Theatre--Henry V--Kean, Charles; Kean, Mrs. Charles, 1859 April 25
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16		London, Haymarket Theatre--Babmegide/Hamlet--Kemble, Mr. and Mrs.
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17		Portrait and Letter--Kemble, 1871
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1		Edinburgh--George Herriot--Forest of Bondy--Young, Mr.; Siddons, Mrs. H, 1823 March 6
1		London, Covent Garden--Grecian Daughter--Harlequin, Cock--Kemble, Fanny; Kemble, Charles, 1830 January 25
1		London, Princess Theatre--Louis the Eleventh--Muleteer of Tole--Kean, Charles, 1855 May 11
1		London, Hay-Market--Welsh Girl--One Hour, 1842 November 15
1		Lichfield--Jacobite--Two Gregorites, 1858 August 30
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2		Univeristy of York, Minster Library, playbills microfilm

 

4. Theatre Buildings
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1	1	Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1794 June 14
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London [with the signature of William Capon, scenic designer who used some historically accurate scenery], 1793
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London "Burnt 1809 - Rebuilt 1812"
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1812
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1818
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1825
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1830
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh "North Bridge, The Theatre, & c."
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh "North Bridge, The Theatre, & c."
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh, 1830
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh "Waterloo Place, the National and Nelson's Monument, & c." [with a side view of the theatre], 1829
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh [ew theatre building, "Register House, Theatre Royal, Waterloo Place, and Nelson Monument"]
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Doncaster-Doncaster "Town Hall and Theatre" [photograph of the engraving]
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Doncaster-Doncaster [photograph of the auditorium made just before the building was demolished], 1900
1	1	Theatre-Royal, Doncaster-Doncaster [photograph of the theatre building made just as the demolition was beginning], 1900

 

5. Kemble Family
The Kemble family was very active in English theatre for three generations. Actor and manager Roger Kemble (1721-1802) married Sarah Ward and the couple had twelve children. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), John Philip Kemble (1757-1823), and Charles Kemble (1775-1854) became distinguished actors of the English stage.
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20		Kemble, John Philip (Oedipus)--Siddons, Sarah (Medea)--Oedipus (1791 Dec 17), Orestes (undated), Medea (1795 Feb 18), 1791, 1795
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21		Kemble, Charles (Portrait)--Unfinsihed Oil Portrait by G. Harlowe
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1	2	Covent Garden--King Henry VIII--Kemble, John Philip (Cardinal Wolsey)--Siddons, Sarah (Queen Catherine)--Portrait of Sarah Siddons as Queen Catherine
1	2	Kemble, Roger (Portrait)--The strolling actor who established the Kemble dynasty
1	2	Earl of Warwick--Whitlock, Elizabeth Kemble (Margaret)--Mrs. Whitlock and her husband appeared in the Charleston Theatre while on tour in the United States
1	2	Sartoris, Adelaide (Totty) Kemble--Sartoris (Charles Kemble's daughter) was an opera singer
1	2	Catherine and Petruchio--Kemble, Mrs. Charles (Catherine)
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1		Kemble, Charles--portrait (W. Sharp, M. A. Shree], 1803 April 7

 

6. Miscellaneous
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6	1	La Lanterna Magica
6	2	Il Casotto dei Burattini in Roma
6	3	Cato--Kemble, John Phillip
6	4	Portrait--Bannister, John, 1802 April 10
6	5	Douglas--Roscius, 1805 January 1
6	6	Portrait--Talma, F.J.
6	7	Portrait--Kelly, Michael, 1825 June 1
6	8	Conte--Fresnoy
6	9	Drawing, 1870
6	10	Lucius Junius--Brutus--Kean, 1818
6	11	Shylock--Kean, Charles
6	12	Gilbert Wrangle--The Refusal--Macklin, 1779
6	13	Grimaldis, Bang up--Harlequin & Padmanaba, 1812 Jamuary 23
6	14	Apollo--Midas--Vestris
6	15	The Mystery of Masonry brought to Light by the Gormagons, 1809 May 1
6	16	The town of Isthmus of Corinth
6	17	Corinth, 1892
6	18	Plan of the Academy, 1784 May-1789 March
6	19	Aristote, Cathedrale de Chartres
6	20	Othello Relating his Adventures--Othello
6	21	As You Like It
6	22	The Company of Strollers, 1831 June 30
6	23	Vauxhall Gardens, Thomas Rowlandson
6	24	Milnes Bridge House, 1829 January 31
6	25	Fountains Abbey Appeal
6	26	Roman Father, 1750
6	27	Inkle and Yarico
6	28	Magic Island, 1974 December 18
6	29	Theatre Royal--Author of Farce/Miller, Joe
6	30	Hay-Market--Authors Benefit/Theatre Royal--Walker, M.
6	31	Emmette Robinson Theatre--Richard Thomas, 1989 January 27
6	32	Covent Garden, London--Theatre Museum National Museum of the Performing Arts--bags
6	33	Chatsworth--Home of the Duke & Duchess of Devonshire (2 copies)--bags
6	34	Shakespeare (Greek)--bags
6	35	Shakespeare (Greek)--bags
6	36	Portrait--Virginius--Macready, 1820 June 20
6	37	London--Georgii III, 1777
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18		Rob Roy McGregor--Macready, Mr., 1848 September 11
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19		Hanover--Sig. Rolsi
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1	3	Letters related to the English theatre [Tate Wilkinson, Charles Mathews, Charles Kemble], 1799-1825
1	4	Part of the [Shakespeare] Jubilee ribbon worn by David Garrick, 1769
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2		Inchbald diary microfilm (Folger Library)