David Garrick writes a letter in the third person to a Mr. Warnecke to request his appearance at the theatre. Letter is damaged and has been placed in a plastic sleeve. Letter has split into two leaves. First page contains a partial watermark....
Booth writes from the home of the Players at 16 Gramercy Place in reply to Boughton's letter and discusses mutual friends: the declining health of the artist Launt Thompson, the recent death of painter Jervis McEntee, and actor Thomas Doggett's...
Fanny Kemble writes Reverend William Henry Furness accepting his proposed answer to Mr. Butler and apologizing for her informal note of the day before. The pages are torn. Page 2 is a self-cover with a partial seal. The page 2 scan was rotated...
Bartley asks that the correspondent let him borrow a relic from his "former acting days" so that he may use it in his upcoming performance before royalty at Windsor Castle. He regrets not being able to call upon him that morning and offers a box...
Manuscript contains two poems and a brief entry on an unnamed author's stay with Edmund Kean before his trip to New York in the United States. Author notes that Kean is to sail aboard the ship called Sylas Richards. Manuscript's first poem, called...
Mary Somerville, scientist and writer, writes Cecilia Siddons Combe, that she regrets not being able to meet with Cecilia and her husband before she leaves for Edinburgh. The letter contains notations by a second hand.
Playbill for Shakespeare's play, "Twelfth Night," to be performed in St. George's hall. The playbill includes the names of the actors and musicians, information about The Elizabethan stage Society, as well as some information about aspects of the...
Theatre program of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," directed by William Poel and performed in the Middle Temple hall, where Twelfth Night was first performed in 1601. It contains the names of the cast, information about the play's costumes...
Barry writes impassionedly of his efforts to raise funds for the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin and encloses the 200 pounds he has raised so far. The second and third pages of the letter are blank.
In an urgent letter from London, Barry requests the remainder of the five hundred pounds from Sowdon in order to pay Coates.The second and third pages of the letter are blank, and there is a notation next to the address: "Letters From Barry with my...
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799-1861; Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850; Letters; Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, Marquis of, 1767-1845; Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831; Noah, M. M. (Mordecai Manuel), 1785-1851
Fanny Morres Gore and her daughter Catherine write from London to Bartley in America, inquiring after her new situation and her family and commenting on the doings of mutual acquaintances. She mentions how they will soon be obliged to move due to...
Booth writes from Geneva to inform Miller, his manager, when he will arrive in London and asks him to take care of his personal articles and finding lodgings. The second and fourth pages of the letter are blank.
John Jones writes David Jones discussing the birthplace of Sarah Siddons, saying that it "seems to create surprize", and that the people of Brecon were hurt at the denial of the truth. He adds that she was in service with the Cliffords "which she...
Thomas Moore writes from Sloperton Cottage, Devizes in Wiltshire to Sarah Siddons saying he hopes to see her at the Salisbury Music meeting. He expresses his regard for the "ballads" sent to him. The letter contains notations by a second hand. ...
Andrew Combe, M.D., a physiologist and phrenologist, writes Mrs. Henry Siddons, daughter-in-law of Mrs. Sarah Siddons, introducing a shipboard surgeon and speaks of his brother's winning argument with a clergyman. Page 4 is a self-cover.
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854; Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882; Dinners and dining; Letters
Charles Kemble writes the actor and dramatist, Benjamin Webster, asking that he not send the "Mss" and asks that he not forget their dinner date. The pages are discolored.
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854; Cooke, T. P. (Thomas Potter), 1786-1864; Theater; Letters
Charles Kemble writes T. P. Cooke accepting Cooke's offer to play in the "Pilot." Page 4 is a self-cover. The page 4 scan was rotated 90 degrees clockwise. The note written in pencil on the self-cover may have been written by Cooke. A portion...
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854; Acting; Theaters England; Drury Lane Theatre; Letters
Charles Kemble writes an unnamed correspondent saying he has been unwell and that he believes his brother acted as "Timon" at Drury Lane. The letter is pasted to a scrapbook page surrounded by small engravings of the actor in various roles. The...
