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
Writing from London, Lawrence discusses his last letter, Archer's thoughts on his manuscript, and the time of day Elizabethan plays were staged. He also asks for Archer's opinion on what to do with the manuscript.
Archer, William, 1856-1924; Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters
Lawrence writes to Archer and mentions Mrs. Macready, "the tragedian's mother," and J.H. Chute, "her stage manager & successor." He talks about how things are going badly due to the war and that now he despairs of ever getting two of his important...
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Archer, William, 1856-1924
Writing from Dublin, Lawrence tells Archer about a particular paragraph that is innacurate. Lawrence focuses on the paragraph concerning the Whitefriars and Beaumont & Fletcher's plays. He gives evidence of why the paragraph should be fix and shows...
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Archer, William, 1856-1924; Theater
Writing from Dublin, Lawrence gives Archer his corrections. He is doubtful as to the accuracy of the term 'scaffold' and goes on to discuss the referenecs to the shilling in plays. He gives a number of other corrections also.
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters
Lawrence thanks Starkey for the cheque, asks him to send him a copy of Miss Stockwell's book and mentions his plan to write an article on the career of "Crosbie the first Irish aeronaut."
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965; Barry, Spranger, 1719-1777
Lawrence inquires into the whereabouts of the magazine containing his article that Starkey had sent. He mentions a small book concerning Shakespeare he has written and plans to ask T. S. Eliot about publishing it. Lawrence also discusses how he has...
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters; Archer, William, 1856-1924
Writing from Dublin, Lawrence thanks Archer for sending him the cards of introduction and writing to Brander Matthews. He wonders what Matthews would say if he told him A. H. Bullen's opinion that Lawrence could easily be a professor at an American...
Bayfield, M. A. (Matthew Albert), 1852-1922; Poel, William, 1852-1934; Letters
Bayfield thanks Poel for sending the draft of a text concerning bad contemporary interpretations of Shakespeareand proposes some revisions. He gratefully returns Sykes' letter and muses in a postscript on the musicality of Shakespearean prose. The...
Poel, William, 1852-1934; Green-Armytage, R. N. (Robert N.), d. 1966; Letters; Envelopes (Stationery); Stratford-on-Avon (England : District); Theaters England
Poel writes of his dream to build an Elizabethan playhouse in Stratford-on-Avon. He also mentions his upcoming lecture on the disappearing art of the actor. The envelope is addressed to Green-Armytage in Bath.
Royalty Theatre (1840-1938); Elizabethan Stage Society; Poel, William, 1852-1934; Green-Armytage, R. N. (Robert N.), d. 1966; Chapman, George, 1559?-1634. Conspiracie and tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron, Marshall of France; Children of the...
Playbill announcing the Elizabethan Stage Circle's production of "Charles, Duke of Byron" at the Royalty Theatre. An excerpt from Dr. Wallace's "The Children of the Chapel, at Blackfriars" explains the history of the Blackfriars playhouse and the...
