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Arthur W. McDonald collection of theatre engravings and playbills

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

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.


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.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Actors -- England.
Actors -- Great Britain.
Covent Garden Theatre
Drury Lane Theatre
Engravings (prints)
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Kemble, Roger, Roger, 1722-1802
Playbills -- England.
Portraits.
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Theater -- Great Britain.
Theater.
Theaters -- England.
Theatre Royal. (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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.


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Yorkshire Engravings

volumeitem
11Baddley-Suspicious-Strickland, 1776
12Bannister, John-Suspicious-Dick
13Barry--Almida
14Bennett--Portrait, 1808
15Bennett--Lucius Catline
16Bernard, John--Portrait, 1794
17Bernard, John-Suspicious-Jack Meggot
18Bernard, John-Suspicious-Jack Meggot (2 copies), 1794
19Bland--Miss Notable, 1785
110Bulkeley-Love's Labour's-Prince of France, 1785
111Carey, G. S.--Portrait
112Caulfield-Charactacus-, 1783
113Clarke-Eurydice-Phocles, 1777
114Collin-Lying Valet-Sharp, 1806
115Cornleys--Lingo
116Crouch-Beggar's Opera-Polly, 1791
117Cummins-Charactacus (photocopy)-Charactacus
118Death, T.--Portrait, 1782
119De Camp-False Delicacy-Miss Rivers, 1788
120Diamond, William--Portrait, 1799
121Dignum--Portrait, 1808
122Dimond-Wonder-Don Felix, 1792
123Dodd-Love Makes A-Clodio, 1777
124Dodd-Drummer-Tinsel, 1777
125Dodd-Careless Husband-Lord Foppington, 1776
126Dodd--Taddle, 1780
127Dodd-Cymon-Linco, 1778
128Edwin-Plain Dealer-Jerry Blackacre
129Edwin--Benefit Ticket
130Edwin--Portrait, 1812
131Elliston-Mountaineers-Octavian
132Emery--Farmer Ashfield, 1825
133Esten-Venice Preserved-Belvidera, 1794
134Esten-Discovery-Lady Flutter, 1793
135Esten--Portrait, 1804
136Farme-Midsummer-Hermia, 1785
137Fawcett--Portrait
138Gough-Zenobia-Zenobia
139Cooke, G. F.--Portrait
140Heard-Twin Rivals-Aurelia, 1796
141Holland--Portrait
142Holman-Douglas-Douglas
143Holman, Warren--Young Belmont
144Holman-Albina-Edward, 1797
145Holman-King John-Faulconbridge, 1786
146Hopkins, P.-Lady's Last Stake-Miss Notable, 1778
147Hopkins-Funeral-Lady Brumpton, 1777
148Hopkins, P.-Country Lasses-Aura (2 copes), 1778
149Hull-Cymbeline-Pisanio
149Hunter-Ulysses-Penelope, 1778
150Inchbald--Portrait, 1785
151Inchbald, Elizabet--Portraits
152Inchbald--5 Portraits / Playwright, 1800
153Inchbald--Portraits, 1819
154Inchbald--Portrait (color), 1794
155Inchbald--Portrait
156Inchbald--Portrait
157Inchbald-Lady Jane Grey-Lady Jane Grey, 1791
158Inchbald--Portrait
159Inchbald--Portrait, 1798
160Jefferson--Portrait, 1804
161Johnston, H.--Portrait, 1812
162Johnston, H.--Portrait, 1805
163Jones-Critic-Puff
164Jones--Archer (2 copies)
165Kelly, Michael--Portrait / Musician, 1804
166Kemble-Oroonko-Imoinda
167Kemble, J. P.--Portrait, 1797
168Kemble, J. P.-Hamlet-Hamlet (photocopy)
169Kemble, J. P.--Gamester (photocopy)
170Kemble, J. P.-Timon of Athens-Timon
171Kemble, J. P.-King Richard III-King Richard III
172Kemble, J. P.-Tamberlane-Bajazet, 1792
173Kemble, J. P.-Hamlet-Hamlet
174Kemble, J. P.-Hamlet-Hamlet
175Kemble, J. P. & Siddons-Gamester- .Kemble and . Beverly, 1783
176Kemble, J. P.-Hamlet-Hamlet (photocopy)
177Kemble, J. P.-Play by Kemble-Illustration From
178Kemble, Charles--Portrait
179Knight-Chapter Of-Jacob, 1796
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21Lewes, Lee-Every Man In His-Capt. Bobadil
22Lewis-Douglas-Douglas
23Lewis-Rule A Wife And-Copper Captain
24Lewis- -Portrait
25Mahon-Accomplished-Fanny, 1781
26Marshall--Portrait, 1793
27Matthews, Charles--Goldfinch, 1819
28Matthews, Charles--Risk, 1804
29Mathews--Portrait
210Mattocks-Achilles-Achilles, 1777
211Mattocks-Spainish Friar-Elvira, 1777
212Mattocks-Know Your Own-Epilogue
213Mattocks-Love for Love-Miss Prue Ben
214Mountain-Foundling-Fidelia, 1792
215Munden-Winter's Tale-Autolicus, 1813
216Munden--Portrait, 1799
217Murray--Demetrius
218Palmer, John-George Barnwell-George Barnwell, 1792
219Palmer, John--Portrait, 1799
220Pope-Cymbeline-Posthumus, 1786
221Pope-Anthony and Cleopatra-Cleopatra, 1791
223Powell-Bodicea-Boadicea, 1791
223Powell, Smith--Cyrus
224Powell-Bodicea-Boadicea, 1791
225Rock-Committee-Teague (2 copies), 1792
226Ross-Earl of Essex-Essex (3 copies), 1776
227Shuter, Edward--Portrait
228Shuter-Miser-Lovegold, 1776
229Shuter-Bold Stroke for A-Oradiah Prim, 1776
230Siddons, Sarah--Portrait, 1783
231Siddons, Sarah-Medea-Medea, 1791
232Siddons, Sarah--Portrait
233Siddons, Sarah-Mourning Bride-Zara, 1791
234Siddons, Sarah-King Henry V-Princess Katherine, 1785
235Siddons, Sarah-Isabella -Isabella, 1792
236Siddons, Sarah-Isabella-Isabella, 1783
237Siddons, Sarah--Portrait, 1834
238Siddons, Sarah--The Tragic Muse (2 copies)
239Stephens-King John-Blanche
240Suett, Richard--Portrait, 1803
241Suett, Richard--Portrait
242Suett, Richard--Ibrahim, 1823
243Taylor, Charles--Portrait
244Toms-Lucius Junius-Titus, 1796
245Towsend-Gustavus Vasa-Cristina (2 copies), 1798
246Twisleton--Portrait, 1796
247Vincent-Merope-Dorilas (2 copies), 1777
248Wallis-Irene-Aspasia, 1796
249Wallis-Mahomet-Palmira, 1795
250Ward-All for Love-Octavia, 1792
251Ward-Royal Convert-Rodogune, 1794
252Ward-Royal Convert-Rodogune, 1776
253Ward-Brothers-Lady Dove, 1792
254Wells-Titus Andronicus-Lavinia
255Whitelock-Earl of Warwick-Margaret
256Weston-Love's Labour's-Costard
257Weston-Trip to The-Scrub
258Wewitzer--Doctor Caius, 1819
259Wilkinson, Tate--Portrait, 1799
260Wilkinson, Tate-Cartoon Drawing-The Wandering
261Woodward-Recruiting Officer-Captain Brazen (2)
262Yates, And-Provoked Husband-Lord and Lady Townley, 1776
263Yates-Isabella fatal-Isabella, 1778
264Yates-Coriolanus-Volumnia, 1786
265Yates-Relapse-Berinthia, 1777
 

2. Non-Yorkshire engravings

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31Rule A Wife--Estafania--Abingdon, Mrs., 1776
32Corrina--Abingdon, Mrs., 1779
33Fair Penitene--Horatio--Aikin, Mr., 1776
34Titus--Aaron--Aldridge, Ira
35Portrait / Author--Baker, David E., 1810
36Portrait--Bancroft, B.
37Tamerlane--Bajazrt / Selima--Barry, Mr. / Mrs., 1776
38Jealous Wife--Oakly--Bensley, Mr., 1792
39Lovers Vow--Fredrick--Betty, W. H.
310Alexaundateder--Betty, W. H., 1818
311"Young Rosicus"--Betty, W. H., 1813
312King John--Faulconbridge--Betty, Henry
313Double Dealer--Lord Forth--Booth, Mr., 1777
314Othello--Othello--Brooke, g v
315Portrait--Centlivre, Mrs., 1814
316Orphan--Monimia--Cibber, Mrs., 1776
317Portrait / Playwright--Colman, George
318George Barnwell--Barnwell--Cooper, Mr., 1822
319Padlock--Mungo--Dibden, Mr.
320Sir Oliver Surface--Dowton, Mr.
321Arataxertes--Artaxertes / Artabanes--Farrel, Mrs. / Reinhold, Mr.
322Major Sturgeon--Foote, Samuel
323Portrait--Foote, Samuel, 1769
324Portrait--Foote, Samuel
325Minor--Mrs. Cole--Foote, Samuel, 1777
326Minor--Mrs. Cole--Foote, Samuel, 1777
327Minor--Mrs. Cole--Foote, Samuel
328Portrait--Garrick, David
329Suspicious Husbaundated--Ranger / Clariundateda--Garrick, Mr. / Abington, Mrs, 1776
330Brothers--Demetrius--Garrick, David, 1777
331Tancred--Tancred--Garrick, David, 1778
332King Richard III--Richard Iii--Garrick, David
333All for Love--Cleopatra--Hartley, Mrs., 1778
334All for Love--Cleopatra--Hartley, Mrs., 1778
335Roderick--Hicks, Mr., 1776
336Rehersal--Bayes--Heundatederson, Mr.
337Portrait / Author--Hill, Aaron, 1777
338King Richard III--Richard Iii--Holloway, Mr.
339Volpone--Voltore--Hull, Mr.
340Portrait--Kean, Charles, 1777
341Portrait--Kean, Mrs. Charles
342Sir Giles Overreach--Kean, Edmuundated, 1860
343Annette--Kelly, Miss
344Hamlet--Laetres--Kemble, Charles, 1802
345Romeo aundated Juliet--Romeo--Kemble, Charles, 1819
346Portrait--Kemble, Mrs. Charles, 1809
347Rivals--Puff--King, Thomas, 1789
348Hamlet--Ophelia--Lessingham, Mrs., 1775
349Portrait--Liston, Mrs., 1811
350Portrait--Macklin, Charles, 1792
351Mistake--Camillo--Macklin, Charles, 1778
352Macbeth--Macbeth--Macklin, Charles
353Portrait--Macklin, Charles
354Merchant of Venice--Shylock--Macklin, Charles
355Refusal--Sir Gilbert--Macklin, Charles, 1777
356Badger--Macklin, Charles, 1777
357Provoked Husband--Sir Wronghead / John Moody--Macklin, C. Dunstall, Mr.
358Macbeth--Macbeth--Macready, Mr., 1785
359Portrait--Midleton, Mr., 1793
360Rob Roy--McReady, Mr.
361Virginius--Virginius--Macready, Mr., 1821
362Merchant of Venice--Shylock--Macklin, Charles
363Author--O'Keefe, John, 1793
364Author--O'Keefe, John, 1788
365Portrait--O'Neill, Miss
366Portrait--O'Neill, Miss, 1875
367Portrait--O'Neill, Miss, 1814
368Portrait--Oldfield, Mrs.
369Portrait--Parsons, Mr., 1792
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41Way of the World--Lady Wishfort--Pitt, Mrs., 1776
42Portrait--Prichard, Mrs., 1807
43Fair Quaker of Deal--Dorcas Zeal--Pope, Miss, 1777
44Conscious Lovers--Beverley--Reddish, Mr., 1779
45Conscious Lovers--Beverley--Reddish, Mr.
46Conscious Lovers--Young Beville--Reddish, Mr., 1777
47Portrait--Reeves, John, 1798
48Portrait / Playwright--Reynolds, Frederick, 1804
49Miser--Lovegold--Ryder, Mr., 1788
410She Wou'd Aundated She Wou'd Not--Viletta--Rock, Mrs.
411Portrait--St. Leger, Mrs.
413Oedipus--Oedipus--Sheridan, Thomas, 1776
414Portrait / Playwright--Sheridan, Richard, 1847
415Ella Rosenberg--Siddons, Mrs. Henry, 1807
416Portrait--Siddons, Miss
417Two Portraits--Siddons, Maria
418Portrait--Siddons, Sally
419Artaxerxes--Areaces--Sinclair, Mr.
420Guy Fawkes--Smith, Mr. O.
421French Actor/Portrait--Talma, 1817
422Portrait-Talma
423Orestes--Talma
424Author--Thompson, Benjamin
425Henri Quatre--Louison--Tree, Miss M., 1823
426Beggar's Opera--Macheath--Vernon, Mr., 1776
427Cymon--Cymon--Vernon, Mr., 1778
428Beggar's Opera--Polly--Weller, Miss, 1788
429Farmer's Return To Loundatedon--Farmer--Wilson, Mr., 1779
430Patie--Wilson, Mr., 1779
431Provoked Husbaundated--Sir Francis Wronghead--Wilson, Mr., 1791
432Inconstant--Old Mirabel--Wilson, Mr.
433Author--Winston, John, 1807
434Portrait--Woffington, Margaret
435George Barnwell--Barnwell--Wroughton, Mr., 1776
436She Wou'd Aundated She Wou'd Not--Don Manuel--Yates, Mr., 1776
437Portrait--Master Albert, 1790
 

3. Playbills

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51Bath--Cymbeline--The Citizen--Simpson, Mrs.; Rossignole, Signoir--Simpson, Mrs., 1783 May 13
52London, Drury Lane--The School for Scandal--Farce--Bannister, John--Ward, Mrs., 1787 May 14
53Tunbridge-Wells--Beaux Startagem--Thomas and Sally--Jackson, Mr., 1788 July 14
54Leeds-A New Way--Royal Chace:Harlequin--Cummins, Mr. and Mrs., 1781 July 13
55Newcastle--Lionel and Clarissa--Comus--Bowden, Mr.; Inchbald, George--Bowden, Mr., 1792 January 4
56Newcastle--Every Man in His Humour--Quaker--Lewis, Lee; Whitlock, Elizabeth--Lewis, Lee, 1792 February 15
57Wakefield--George Barnwell--Crotcher Lodge, 1795 September 15
58London, Drury Lane--Almeyda--Wedding Day--Siddons, Sarah; Kemble, J.P.--Siddons, Sarah, 1796 May 16
59London, Drury Lane--The Rivals--Richard Coeur de Lion--Kemble, J. P.; Bannister, John, 1795 November 8
510London, Drury Lane--Vortigern--My Grandmother--Jordan, Mrs.; Kemble, Charles, 1796 April 2
511Manchester--Love A La Mode, 1797 July 3
512York--Castle Spectre--Wandering Jew--Matthews, Charles--Burton, Mr. and Mrs., 1800 May 6
513Hull--Citry Wives Confederacy--Farmer--Matthews, Charles--Carr, Mr. and Mrs., 1803 December 31
514Hull--Voice of Nature--Irish Widow--Matthews, Charles, 1803 February 10
515Hull--Januarye Shore--Midnight Hour--Door-Keepers, 1803 November 7
516Sacrborough--Castle Spectre, 1806 September 3
517London, Covent Garden--Oratories, 1806 March 26
518Hull--Zorinski--Blind Boy--Phillips, Mr., 1808 December 13
519London, Drury Lane--All in the Wrong--Caractacus--Elliston, Mr.; Jordan, Mrs., 1808 October 11
520Whitby--Exile--Weathercock, 1809 December 11
521London, Hay Marchket--Who Wants a Guinea--Doldrums or 1819--Matthews, Charles; Munden, Mr., 1812 September 5
522London, Covent Garden--School of Reform--Hit or Miss!--Emery, John; Kemble, Mrs.--Emery, John, 1813 June 16
523London, Drury Lane--Speed the Plough--Ella Rosenberg--Munden, Mr.; Bannister, John, 1813 October 8
524London, Covent Garden--The Stranger--Who Wants a Wife?--Kemble, J. P.; O'Neill, Elizabeth, 1816 May 9
525London, Hay Marchket--Wild Oats--Actor of All Work--Matthews, Charles--, 1817 September 1
526York--Climbing Boy--Sledge Driver----Wilkinson, John, 1818 April 5
527Richmond--Animal Magnetism--Devil to Pay--Benefit, 1818 October 28
528Bristol--Viriginus--Fate of Calas--Marcheady, W. C.--, 1821 April 9
529London, Drury Lane--Dramatist--Therese--Elliston, Mr.--, 1821 February 2
530Belfast--Animal Magnetism--Mogul Tale----Mccormick, Mr., 1822 January 18
531Richmond--She Stoops to Conquer--Miller's Maid--Matthews, Charles--Matthews, 1822 October 9
532Sheffield--Wallace--Turnpike Gate----Bunn, Mrs., 1822 December 5
533Birmingham--Januarye Shore--Timour the Tartar--Bunn, Mrs., 1826 August 5
534London, Drury Lane--Pizarro--Queen Bee--Faucit, Mrs., 1829 January 7
535London, English Opera House--Mr. Matthews at Home--Matthews, Charles, 1826 November 25
536London, Drury Lane, 1828 October 1
537Leeds--Macbeth--Giovanni in London--Burrell, Miss, 1828 June 26
538London, Hay Marchket--Foundling of the Forest--Green Eyed Monster--Faucit, Mrs., 1830 August 16
539Wolberhampton--Pizarro--Turn Out--Betty, Mr. Henry, 1839 August 26
540York--Animal Magnetism--Midnight Hour, 1847 July 16
541York--Wandering Jew--Bottle, 1848 May 6
542Capitol--The Beggar's Opera--The Anatomist--Parker, Mrs., June 3
543Capitol--The Miser--The Brave Irishman--Charlton, Mr., June 8
544Virgina Gazette, Number 401--American Company of Comedians, 1774 January 13
545Laurinburg--Seven Hours in New York, 1915 February 19
546Laurinburg--Buster Brown
547Laurinburg--J.A. Coburn's Greater Minstrel, 1913 April 4
548London, Hay-Market--Redemption, 1792 February 24
549Southampton, Theatre Royal--MacBeth--Where Shall I Dine?--Betty, H., 1851 September 10
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1London, Drury Lane--Plain Dealer--Old Maid--Clive, Kitty Portrait, 1767 December 17
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2London, Drury Lane--Suspicious Husband--Deserter--Garrick, David; Siddons, Sarah--Garrick/Ranger, 1776 June 1
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3London, Covent Garden--She Wou'd--Author--Wilkinson, Tate; Lewes, Lee--Portrait, 1778 February 6
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4London, Drury Lane--Every Man In His Humour--Richard Coeur de--Kemble, J. P.; Suett--Kemble/Portrait (1783), 1786 November 1
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5London, Covent Garden--King Henry the Eighth--Ozmyn and Dara--Siddons, Sarah; J. P. Kemble--Siddons/Queen Katharine, 1793 March 9
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6London, Drury Lane--Adopted Child--Jordan, Dorothy; Suett, Richard--Jordan/Country Girl, 1795 December 10
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7London, Drury Lane--Jane Shore--Desrter--Siddons, Sarah; Aickin, Mr.--Siddons/Jane Shore, 1796 September 22
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8London, Drury Lane--Twelfth Night--Shipwreck--Jordan, Dorothy; Suett, Richard--Jordan/Fidella, 1797 May 17
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9London, Covent Garden--Pizarro--Rival Soldier--Kemble, J. P.; Siddons, Sarah--Cartoon of Kemble, 1803 October 17
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10London, Drury Lane--Veroni--No Song No Sup--Siddons, Henry; Siddons, Mrs. H., 1808 December 1
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11Salisbury--Hamlet--Of Age Romorro--Betty, Master-- Betty/Hamlet, 1808 March 28
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12London, Covent Garden--Cato--Broken Sword--Kemble, J. P.; Kemble, Charles--Kemble, J. P./Cato, 1816 October 23
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13London, Drury Lane--Othello--Dragon's Gift--Kean, Edmund; Faucit, Mrs.--Kean (Portrait), 1830 April 19
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14London, Covent Garden--Much Ado About Nothing--Romance of a D--Kemble, Fanny; Kemble, Charles--Kemble, Fanny, 1831 February
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15London, Princess Theatre--Henry V--Kean, Charles; Kean, Mrs. Charles, 1859 April 25
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16London, Haymarket Theatre--Babmegide/Hamlet--Kemble, Mr. and Mrs.
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17Portrait and Letter--Kemble, 1871
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1Edinburgh--George Herriot--Forest of Bondy--Young, Mr.; Siddons, Mrs. H, 1823 March 6
1London, Covent Garden--Grecian Daughter--Harlequin, Cock--Kemble, Fanny; Kemble, Charles, 1830 January 25
1London, Princess Theatre--Louis the Eleventh--Muleteer of Tole--Kean, Charles, 1855 May 11
1London, Hay-Market--Welsh Girl--One Hour, 1842 November 15
1Lichfield--Jacobite--Two Gregorites, 1858 August 30
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2Univeristy of York, Minster Library, playbills microfilm
 

4. Theatre Buildings

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11Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1794 June 14
11Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London [with the signature of William Capon, scenic designer who used some historically accurate scenery], 1793
11Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London "Burnt 1809 - Rebuilt 1812"
11Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1812
11Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1818
11Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1825
11Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane-London, 1830
11Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh "North Bridge, The Theatre, & c."
11Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh "North Bridge, The Theatre, & c."
11Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh, 1830
11Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh
11Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh "Waterloo Place, the National and Nelson's Monument, & c." [with a side view of the theatre], 1829
11Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh-Edinburgh [ew theatre building, "Register House, Theatre Royal, Waterloo Place, and Nelson Monument"]
11Theatre-Royal, Doncaster-Doncaster "Town Hall and Theatre" [photograph of the engraving]
11Theatre-Royal, Doncaster-Doncaster [photograph of the auditorium made just before the building was demolished], 1900
11Theatre-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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20Kemble, John Philip (Oedipus)--Siddons, Sarah (Medea)--Oedipus (1791 Dec 17), Orestes (undated), Medea (1795 Feb 18), 1791, 1795
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21Kemble, Charles (Portrait)--Unfinsihed Oil Portrait by G. Harlowe
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12Covent Garden--King Henry VIII--Kemble, John Philip (Cardinal Wolsey)--Siddons, Sarah (Queen Catherine)--Portrait of Sarah Siddons as Queen Catherine
12Kemble, Roger (Portrait)--The strolling actor who established the Kemble dynasty
12Earl of Warwick--Whitlock, Elizabeth Kemble (Margaret)--Mrs. Whitlock and her husband appeared in the Charleston Theatre while on tour in the United States
12Sartoris, Adelaide (Totty) Kemble--Sartoris (Charles Kemble's daughter) was an opera singer
12Catherine and Petruchio--Kemble, Mrs. Charles (Catherine)
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1Kemble, Charles--portrait (W. Sharp, M. A. Shree], 1803 April 7
 

6. Miscellaneous

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61La Lanterna Magica
62Il Casotto dei Burattini in Roma
63Cato--Kemble, John Phillip
64Portrait--Bannister, John, 1802 April 10
65Douglas--Roscius, 1805 January 1
66Portrait--Talma, F.J.
67Portrait--Kelly, Michael, 1825 June 1
68Conte--Fresnoy
69Drawing, 1870
610Lucius Junius--Brutus--Kean, 1818
611Shylock--Kean, Charles
612Gilbert Wrangle--The Refusal--Macklin, 1779
613Grimaldis, Bang up--Harlequin & Padmanaba, 1812 Jamuary 23
614Apollo--Midas--Vestris
615The Mystery of Masonry brought to Light by the Gormagons, 1809 May 1
616The town of Isthmus of Corinth
617Corinth, 1892
618Plan of the Academy, 1784 May-1789 March
619Aristote, Cathedrale de Chartres
620Othello Relating his Adventures--Othello
621As You Like It
622The Company of Strollers, 1831 June 30
623Vauxhall Gardens, Thomas Rowlandson
624Milnes Bridge House, 1829 January 31
625Fountains Abbey Appeal
626Roman Father, 1750
627Inkle and Yarico
628Magic Island, 1974 December 18
629Theatre Royal--Author of Farce/Miller, Joe
630Hay-Market--Authors Benefit/Theatre Royal--Walker, M.
631Emmette Robinson Theatre--Richard Thomas, 1989 January 27
632Covent Garden, London--Theatre Museum National Museum of the Performing Arts--bags
633Chatsworth--Home of the Duke & Duchess of Devonshire (2 copies)--bags
634Shakespeare (Greek)--bags
635Shakespeare (Greek)--bags
636Portrait--Virginius--Macready, 1820 June 20
637London--Georgii III, 1777
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18Rob Roy McGregor--Macready, Mr., 1848 September 11
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19Hanover--Sig. Rolsi
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13Letters related to the English theatre [Tate Wilkinson, Charles Mathews, Charles Kemble], 1799-1825
14Part of the [Shakespeare] Jubilee ribbon worn by David Garrick, 1769
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2Inchbald diary microfilm (Folger Library)