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...
Barry writes to Sowdon apologizing for not replying to the letter sooner. Barry congratulates Sowdon success in acquiring the manger's friendship and asks for Sowdon's opinion on a second Playhouse in Dublin and whether he's still on friendly terms...
Charles Kemble writes Mr. Joseph Lunn refusing his request to produce his play. The letter contains notations by a second hand. The pages are torn. Page 4 is a self-cover. The page 4 scan was rotated 90 degrees clockwise.
M. Macklin writes her father from London asking that he attend her benefit. She claims that she would be the joke of both theatres, particularly Covent Garden, if he did not attend. In the post script, she updates her father on Woodward House and...
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868; Davis, E. D., 1806-1887; Scheduling; Holidays; Performances; Letters; Envelopes (Stationery); Postmarks
Charles Kean writes from Paris to E. D. Davis giving him his schedule and explaining why he cannot accept the two week engagement as Lent intervenes. The letter's envelope contains postmarks. The scan of the envelope back was rotated 180 degrees.
Book spines; Bookplates; Brenon, Herbert, 1880-1958; Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833; Latin language; Mistresses; Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947; Poetry; Watermarks; Wilke, William Hancock
Materials consist of a poem with box and tri-fold binder. Letter is attributed to Edmund Kean and, according to the binder, describes his experiences with Ophelia Benjamin, a woman with whom he lived on the Isle of Bute. The poem shows Kean's...
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Archer, William, 1856-1924
Writing from Dublin, Lawrence thanks Archer for a present and regrets the circumstances that caused him to leave London. He discusses Mr. Lucas' "query" about an actor in the farce "Free and Easy" and recommends looking in early copies of the...
Archer, William, 1856-1924; Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Theaters
Lawrence writes to Archer and gives him a summary of the details concerning various Elizabethan Theatres. Lawrence talks of the reasoning behind his corrections and omitions and gives examples.
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Archer, William, 1856-1924
In an undated letter written to Archer in London, Lawrence discusses the evolution of the physical characteristics of the European playhouse. [This letter may be the enclosure referred to in http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/phl,852.]
