Playbill for Shakespeare's play, "The merchant of Venice," being performed at St. George's Hall, London. The playbill contains the names of the actors and characters, two reviews, as well as part of a paper on the play's dramatic treatment on...
Program for Ben Jonson's "The Alchemist," directed by William Poel and presented by the Elizabethan Stage Society at the Imperial Theatre attached to the Royal Aquarium. The program contains the names of the 1902 cast and the casts from earlier...
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831; Membership; Membership campaigns; Associations, institutions, etc.
Information and application form for the Sarah Siddons Fellowship that will be used to collect funds for special festivals, form a library and museum, and secure a headquarters for the movement.
Sarah Siddons writes the Right Honourable William Windham inviting him to tea as she is "flying to rehearsal." Page 4 is a self-cover. The pages are torn.
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905; Dickens, Charles, 1837-1896; Crystal Palace (London, England); National Gallery (Great Britain); British Museum; Letters
Writing from London Irving discusses Wilkins' town, Irving's decision not to join the London Wall church, the issue of Sunday openings of public buildings and Charles Dickens' new work "written in favor of the opening." Signed J.H. Brodribb...
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Archer, William, 1856-1924
Writing from Dublin, Lawrence laments the inadequacy of the National Library of Ireland in Dublin to help answer Mr. Lucas' second question. He facetiously refers to the popularity of the book "The Unspeakable Scot" which criticizes the Scotch...
Archer, William, 1856-1924; Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Theaters
Lawrence writes to Archer thanking him for the translation and also talks about the obserbvations of a man named Platter who saw Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Globe. Lawrence talks about prices and possible methods of paying to get into the...
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Archer, William, 1856-1924; Garrick, David, 1717-1779; Woffington, Margaret, d. 1760
Writing from Dublin, Lawrence discusses the early careers of 18th-century aristocratic actor David Garrick and actress Peg Woffington in response to "Mr. Lucas'....query" and mentions a newspaper article enclosed for Archer. The letter is typed.
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Archer, William, 1856-1924; Santry, James Barry, Baron, 1603-1672
Writing from Dublin, Lawrence discusses the financial arrangement with Archer concerning his manuscript and examines whether Baron James Barry of Santry was the author of the play "Ram Alley."