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2.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1780s]
- Call Number:
- Print00519
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Demons, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A lecture on heads and no heads: [graphic].
3.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1780s]
- Call Number:
- Print00518
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Hearses, Coats of arms, and Obelisks
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A representation of the several humorous heads, exhibited in the lecture: etched in caricatura. [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692
- Published / Created:
- 1691.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fpb38
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- BEIN: With J.M. Osborn's ms. notes from W. Oldys, T. Percy, G. Steevens, and E. Malone. (Osborn fpb38)
- Publisher:
- Printed by L.L. for G. West and H. Clements
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- English drama, Opera, and Theater
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An account of the English dramatick poets, or Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings, of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces, or opera's in the English tongue
5.
- Call Number:
- Osborn c192
- Image Count:
- 156
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a treatise on the conjuration of angels. The manuscript begins with directions to conjure the airy spirits on Sunday, followed by instructions for conjurations on the other days of the week. Each entry incl...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Angels, Astrology, Incantations, Magic, Theater, and Tragicomedy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ars magic, [circa 1780].
6.
- Creator:
- Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931
- Call Number:
- YCGL MSS 31
- Container / Volume:
- Box 4
- Image Count:
- 431
- Abstract:
- 267 autograph letters, signed; 209 autograph postcards, signed; 5 autograph postcards; 3 typed letters, signed; 22 telegrams; and 17 calling cards with notes, from Arthur Schnitzler to Richard Beer-Hofmann, 1891 May 23-1928 September 24 and undated. ...
- Description:
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), Austrian author and dramatist.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Austria.
- Subject (Name):
- Auernheimer, Raoul, 1876-1948., Beer-Hofmann, Paula, -1939., Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945., Brahm, Otto, 1856-1912., Goldmann, Paul, b. 1865., Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929., Kramer, Leopold., Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936., Salten, Felix, 1869-1945., Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931., Schnitzler, Olga, 1882-1970., Sonnemann, Leopold, 1831-1909., and Wassermann, Jakob, 1873-1934.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, Austrian, Austrian literature, and Theater
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arthur Schnitzler and Olga Schnitzler letters to Richard Beer-Hofmann, 1891-1928
7.
- Creator:
- Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931
- Call Number:
- YCGL MSS 31
- Container / Volume:
- Box 3
- Image Count:
- 628
- Abstract:
- 267 autograph letters, signed; 209 autograph postcards, signed; 5 autograph postcards; 3 typed letters, signed; 22 telegrams; and 17 calling cards with notes, from Arthur Schnitzler to Richard Beer-Hofmann, 1891 May 23-1928 September 24 and undated. ...
- Description:
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), Austrian author and dramatist.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Austria.
- Subject (Name):
- Auernheimer, Raoul, 1876-1948., Beer-Hofmann, Paula, -1939., Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945., Brahm, Otto, 1856-1912., Goldmann, Paul, b. 1865., Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929., Kramer, Leopold., Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936., Salten, Felix, 1869-1945., Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931., Schnitzler, Olga, 1882-1970., Sonnemann, Leopold, 1831-1909., and Wassermann, Jakob, 1873-1934.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, Austrian, Austrian literature, and Theater
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arthur Schnitzler and Olga Schnitzler letters to Richard Beer-Hofmann, 1891-1928
8.
- Creator:
- Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931
- Call Number:
- YCGL MSS 31
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 431
- Abstract:
- 267 autograph letters, signed; 209 autograph postcards, signed; 5 autograph postcards; 3 typed letters, signed; 22 telegrams; and 17 calling cards with notes, from Arthur Schnitzler to Richard Beer-Hofmann, 1891 May 23-1928 September 24 and undated. ...
- Description:
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), Austrian author and dramatist.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Austria.
- Subject (Name):
- Auernheimer, Raoul, 1876-1948., Beer-Hofmann, Paula, -1939., Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945., Brahm, Otto, 1856-1912., Goldmann, Paul, b. 1865., Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929., Kramer, Leopold., Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936., Salten, Felix, 1869-1945., Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931., Schnitzler, Olga, 1882-1970., Sonnemann, Leopold, 1831-1909., and Wassermann, Jakob, 1873-1934.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, Austrian, Austrian literature, and Theater
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arthur Schnitzler and Olga Schnitzler letters to Richard Beer-Hofmann, 1891-1928
9.
- Creator:
- Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931
- Call Number:
- YCGL MSS 31
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 714
- Abstract:
- 267 autograph letters, signed; 209 autograph postcards, signed; 5 autograph postcards; 3 typed letters, signed; 22 telegrams; and 17 calling cards with notes, from Arthur Schnitzler to Richard Beer-Hofmann, 1891 May 23-1928 September 24 and undated. ...
- Description:
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), Austrian author and dramatist.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Austria.
- Subject (Name):
- Auernheimer, Raoul, 1876-1948., Beer-Hofmann, Paula, -1939., Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945., Brahm, Otto, 1856-1912., Goldmann, Paul, b. 1865., Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929., Kramer, Leopold., Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936., Salten, Felix, 1869-1945., Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931., Schnitzler, Olga, 1882-1970., Sonnemann, Leopold, 1831-1909., and Wassermann, Jakob, 1873-1934.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, Austrian, Austrian literature, and Theater
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arthur Schnitzler and Olga Schnitzler letters to Richard Beer-Hofmann, 1891-1928
10.
- Creator:
- Covent Garden Theatre
- Published / Created:
- [1755]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B C838 1755
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- This playbill records a performance at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden of The constant couple by George Farquhar (1676-1707) on 22 May 1755 in which Margaret Woffington (1720?-1760) played the leading part of Sir Harry Wildair - one of the roles fo...
- Description:
- A playbill.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707., Woffington, Margaret, -1760., and Covent Garden Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > At the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, this present Thursday, being the 22d of May, will be acted a comedy, call'd The constant couple; or, A trip to the jubilee. : The part of Sir Harry Wildair by Mrs Woffington ...
11.
- Creator:
- Covent Garden Theatre
- Published / Created:
- [1796]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B C838 1798
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- At head of title: Twentieth time.
- Publisher:
- Covent Garden Theatre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821., Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803., Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > At the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Saturday, Nov. 17, 1798 will be preformed a new play, (in five acts) called Lover's vows : the principal characters by Mr. Pope, Mr. Munden, Mr. H. Johnston ... After which will be performed a farce, called Two strings to your bow. ... To which will be added, 11th time, a news musical piece, in one act, called The mouth of the Nile ... in which will be introduced a representation of the battle of the glorious first of August. The overture and music composed by Mr. Attwood ...
12.
- Published / Created:
- 1966-
- Call Number:
- Za Zb745
- Container / Volume:
- 3-6 / 1967:Jan.-1968:Feb.
- Image Count:
- 32
- Alternative Title:
- Bread & puppet newspaper
- Description:
- Title from cover.
- Publisher:
- Bread and Puppet Theatre
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Political aspects, and Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bread and puppet newspaper 1967:Jan.-1968:Feb. / 3-6
13.
- Published / Created:
- [1832]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B Al452 1832 07/20
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Theatre, Rothbury. Blue Bell Inn
- Description:
- Caption title.
- Publisher:
- Davison, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Northumberland., and Northumberland (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852., Glengall, Richard Butler, Earl of, 1794-1858., and Kenney, James, 1780-1849.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > By desire and under the immediate patronage of Col. Judgson. On Friday evening, July 20th, 1832, will be presented the fashionable comedy of Charles the Second; or, The merry monarch ... To which will be added ... The Irish Tutor; or, The new lights ... The whole to conclude with a truly laughable farce called The illustrious stranger, or, Married and buried ... : Mr. W. Palmer will feel obliged to those shopkeepers who will show the bills to be seen in their windows
14.
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1798]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B B859+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Title from first line of text.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Bristol., and England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Shadow shows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > By particular desire for this night only, Mr. and Mrs. Gallager respectfully inform the ladies and gentlemen of [blank] that on Wednesday evening, July [blank] at Mr. [blank] they will present A medley of entertainments ... Part I. Mechanism, will be performed The grand le [sic] ombres chinoises ... Part II. Activity, dancing, singing, &c ... By the powers of machinery will be presented an ancient and splendid representation of Egypt, with the town of Rosetta, the places of worship, and ancient fortifications. Likewise the Battle of the Nile, between the English and French fleets ... Neptune riding in his triumphal car ...
15.
- Creator:
- Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
- Call Number:
- Gen Mss 959
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 279
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a b...
- Description:
- Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776).
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Great Britain., and England
- Subject (Name):
- Dibdin, Anne, 1757-1835., Dibdin, Anne, approximately 1776-, Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814., Dibdin, E. Rimbault 1853-1941. (Edward Rimbault),, Freemantle, W. T. (William Thomas), Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827., and Sievier, Robert William, 1794-1865.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, English, Composers, English drama, Engravers, Illustration of books, Manuscripts, Collectors and collecting, Music, Instructions and study, Songs, English, Theater, and Vocal music
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Charles Dibdin collection, 1794-1915 (bulk 1794-1824).
16.
- Creator:
- Burn, Jacob Henry, -1869
- Call Number:
- Osborn d1
- Image Count:
- 366
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in primarily one hand, of a collection of several hundred documents related to the office of the Master of the Revels, including printed matter, engravings, and handwritten notes. The volume contains historical information pertaining to t...
- Description:
- Partial finding aid available.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., Great Britain, and England
- Subject (Name):
- Buck, George, Sir, 1560-1622., Burn, Jacob Henry, -1869., Herbert, Henry, Sir, 1595-1673., Killigrew, Charles, 1655-1724 or 1725., and Killigrew, Thomas, 1612-1683.
- Subject (Topic):
- English drama, History, Royal households, Theater, Women authors, and Officials and employees
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection towards forming a history of the now obsolete office of the Master of the Revells, [1874].
17.
- Call Number:
- Folio LWL Mss Vol. 182
- Image Count:
- 49
- Abstract:
- Clippings relating to the French Revolution and Louis XVI; playbills, School for Scandal, New-England weekly journal (numbr. LV. Monday April 8, 1728). With later additions of ephemera, circa 1896-1898. With additions of ephemera related to Fred A. ...
- Description:
- Colonel F. Grant, book collector and author.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Eaton, Fred. A. (Frederick Alexis).
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Colonel F. Grant's scrapbook, 1795-1898
18.
- Call Number:
- Osborn c144
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poetical, historical, and economic material, primarily on such subjects as politics, government, love, and marriage. Many of the entries are lighthearted or satirical, including poems by Joseph Addison...
- Description:
- In English and French.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Great Britain., and Europe
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry, Epigrams, English, Nobility, Theater, Verse satire, English, Economic conditions, Population, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, [1720-1760].
19.
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 125
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 22
- Abstract:
- Letters, manuscript poems, financial papers, and other documents relating to David Garrick and his tenure as manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. Letters include a lengthy 1751 letter from Richard Berenger describing theaters and operas in Paris; transc...
- Description:
- David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most celebrated Shakespearean actor of his time and the successful manager of the Drury Lane Theatre for almost three decades.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., England, and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Berenger, Richard, 1719 or 1720-1782., Garrick, David, 1717-1779., Garrick, Peter., Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776., O'Brien, William, -1815., Rackett, Thomas, 1757-1841., and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Landscape painting, English, Theater, and Theatrical managers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > David Garrick papers from the Thomas Rackett collection. 1741-1776
20.
- Creator:
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
- Published / Created:
- 1591 May 10
- Call Number:
- Eliz Vault
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Alternative Title:
- Mock charter
- Description:
- This manuscript, a unique specimen of dramatic composition by Queen Elizabeth, represents the only surviving piece of stage property from the Elizabethan theater. It was passed from player to player during the great Theobalds Entertainment of 1591, an...
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and History
- Found in:
- Elizabethan Club > Elizabetha Anglo[rum], id est a intore Angelo[rum] Regina fformosissima & felicissima. Too the disconsolate & retyred spryte, the hermyte of Tybolles. ...: manuscript on vellum
21.
- Creator:
- Wells, Charles B., 1851-1924
- Published / Created:
- 1921.
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 1187
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Record of the acting career of Charles B. Wells, typescript carbon copy, bound, dated 1921. Dates, cities, theaters, plays, and roles played by Wells, salaries he received, and names of acting companies and actors with whom he worked are listed in a ...
- Description:
- Charles B. Wells (1851-1924) was an American actor who performed throughout the continental United States and Hawaii Territory.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Wells, Charles B., 1851-1924. and Players (Club)
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Theater, and Theatrical companies
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fifty years of an actor's work, 1871-1921 : typescript
22.
- Creator:
- O'Neale, Jefferyes Hamett, -1801, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1765]
- Call Number:
- Print00520
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Frontispeice to the celebrated lecture on heads and Frontispiece to the celebrated lecture on heads
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- John Pridden
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Phrenology, Physiognomy, Coats of arms, and Heads (Anatomy)
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Frontispeice [sic] to the celebrated lecture on heads [graphic].
23.
- Creator:
- Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773-1835, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1825]
- Call Number:
- Print20008
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Published by Messrs. Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall, East, March Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Actors, Theater, Pharmacists, Skulls, Books, and Specimens
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Garrick, in the character of Abel Drugger [graphic]
24.
- Published / Created:
- [1812]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B Al452 1812 12/14+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title.
- Publisher:
- Davison, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Northumberland., and Northumberland (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Adcock, Miss (Actor) and Adcock, Master (Actor)
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > In the Free-Mason's Lodge room, at Mr. Cumming's, Nag's Head, Silver Street. Mr. Adcock respectfully solicits the patronage of the ladies, gentlemen, and public in general, on Monday evening December 14th, 1812 ... will be performed ... The Travellers; or Hit or miss. Consisting of recitations, singing and dancing. By Mr. Master and Miss Adcock, from the Theatre-Royal Newcastle. Part I> Excordium ... PArt II. A lecture upon hearts (with appropriate paintings) ... Part III. The barber's petition ... Tickets to be had of Mr. Davison, printer
25.
- Creator:
- Brownell, John Charles
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 132
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 316
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of correspondence, scripts, contracts, photographs, a production program, press clippings and other materials documenting the script development and production history of John Charles Brownell's play, Mississippi Rainbow. Corr...
- Description:
- John Charles Brownell was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1877. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City, and worked as a professional actor and scenario editor for film companies before undertaking a playwrighting career. ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984., Brownell, John Charles., Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977., Finn, Bennet R., Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969., Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham., Kondolf, George., McElhany, Thomas J., Sheil, Frank J., Ward, Theodore, 1902-1983., Federal Theatre Project (Chicago, Ill.), Federal Theatre Project (Chicago, Ill.). Negro Unit., Federal Theatre Project (New York, N.Y.), Playhouse Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio), Richard J. Madden Play Service., Samuel French, Inc., and United States. Works Progress Administration.
- Subject (Topic):
- African American actors, African American theater, Dramatists, American, Literary agents, Theater, Production and direction, and Theatrical producers and directors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John Charles Brownell papers relating to Mississippi Rainbow, 1923-1961
26.
- Creator:
- Watts, Jane (Waldie), 1793-1826
- Call Number:
- Osborn d185
- Image Count:
- 123
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Holograph diary of a stay in Brussels and France after the Battle of Waterloo. Many of the author's observations reflect the recent battle; she reports, for example, on the celebrations in Brussels when its inhabitants receive news of Napoleon's surr...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France, Great Britain, and Belgium
- Subject (Name):
- Eaton, Charlotte Ann (Waldie), 1788-1859., Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610., Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Waldie, John, 1781-1862., and Watts, Jane (Waldie), 1793-1826.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Travelers' writings, English, Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal of a four months' absence from England, in the summer of 1815 - including a tour in Flanders, Holland, and France; and a short residence at Brussels and Paris in 2 volumes. Volume 2nd, [1815].
27.
- Creator:
- Waldie, John, 1781-1862
- Call Number:
- Osborn d331
- Image Count:
- 187
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a daily journal recording the events of Waldie's daily life. He goes on daily excursions with his family and describes the landscapes and estates they visit; mentions teas, dinners, dances, and singing with acquaintan...
- Description:
- John Waldie (1781-1862) was the administrator of Hendersyde Park at Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland. While a student at the University of Edinburgh, he began to keep daily journals recording his extensive travels and his observations of theaters, muse...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Eaton, Charlotte Ann (Waldie), 1788-1859., Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849., Hill, Aaron, 1685-1750., Kemble, Priscilla, 1756-1845., Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831., Waldie, John, 1781-1862., Watts, Jane (Waldie), 1793-1826., and Waldie family.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Social life and customs, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal, 1801 May 11 - 1803 Mar 23.
28.
- Published / Created:
- [17--]
- Call Number:
- Print00696
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Physicians
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le docteur Ballouard [graphic].
29.
- Published / Created:
- [17--]
- Call Number:
- Print00720
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Quacks and quackery, Theater, Wife abuse, Spouses, Staffs (Sticks)., and Physicians
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le docteur Tricotin [graphic].
30.
- Creator:
- Jacque, Charles Emile, 1813-1894, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 November 1843] and [1843]
- Call Number:
- Print00315
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Chez Pannier Editr. R. du Croissant, 16, Chez Aubert, Pl de la Bourse, 29., and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
- Subject (Topic):
- Quacks and quackery, Therapeutics, Shopping, Theater, Spouses, and Physicians
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le médecin de dames. "Pour calmer cette névralgie ...". [graphic]
31.
- Creator:
- Mason, William, 1725-1797
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 163
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letter from Mason to Horace Walpole, in which Mason writes that he has read Walpole's tragedic play, The Mysterious Mother, several times and has provided a sketch of alterations he believes necessary to improve the ...
- Description:
- William Mason (1724-1797) was a poet, editor, and gardener. In 1747, his poem "Musaeus, a Monody on the Death of Mr. Pope" was published to acclaim and quickly went through several editions. In 1775, he published the Poems of Mr Gray, a friend who w...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Mason, William, 1725-1797. and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- English drama (Tragedy), Family, Incest, Religion, and Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Letter to Horace Walpole, 1769 May 8.
32.
- Published / Created:
- [1810?]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B Al452 1810 08/24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title.
- Publisher:
- Davison, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Northumberland., and Northumberland (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Colman, George, 1732-1794. and Rutherford (Actor)
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Never acted here. Theatre, Whittingham-Lane, on Friday evening, August 24th, will be presented the much admired tragedy of Percy, Earl of Northumberland ... End of the play, the following enterments: two entire new comic songs, by Mr. Rutherford. A new comic song by Mr. Lamb, a new comic song & the cottagers hornpipe by Mr. Rutherford ... To which will be added the much admired laughable farce of the Village Lawyer ... Tickets to be had of Mr. Rutherford
33.
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1781-1792]
- Call Number:
- Osborn Music MS 534
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 97
- Abstract:
- Manuscript orchestra and chorus parts, either single parts or incomplete sets, most for plays performed in London, circa 1781-1792. Parts are written in unidentified hands, and some have corrections or revisions. Plays include Henry Fielding, The Mo...
- Description:
- Words in English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710., Colman, George, 1732-1794., Dryden, John, 1631-1700., Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754., Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759., Lloyd, T. A., O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833., Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695., and Shield, William, 1748-1829.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dramatic music, Incidental music, and Theater
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Orchestra and chorus parts for theater music
34.
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1781-1792]
- Call Number:
- Osborn Music MS 534
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 64
- Abstract:
- Manuscript orchestra and chorus parts, either single parts or incomplete sets, most for plays performed in London, circa 1781-1792. Parts are written in unidentified hands, and some have corrections or revisions. Plays include Henry Fielding, The Mo...
- Description:
- Words in English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710., Colman, George, 1732-1794., Dryden, John, 1631-1700., Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754., Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759., Lloyd, T. A., O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833., Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695., and Shield, William, 1748-1829.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dramatic music, Incidental music, and Theater
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Orchestra and chorus parts for theater music
35.
- Call Number:
- Ht10 P19
- Container / Volume:
- 1840:ch.1-2
- Image Count:
- 820
- Alternative Title:
- Panteon (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Description:
- "Zhurnal literaturno-khudozhestvennyĭ, izdavaemyĭ Ḟedorom Koni."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Russia
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Russian literature
- Found in:
- Sterling Memorial Library > Panteon 1840:ch.1-2
36.
- Call Number:
- Ht10 P19
- Container / Volume:
- 1840:ch.3-4
- Image Count:
- 802
- Alternative Title:
- Panteon (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Description:
- "Zhurnal literaturno-khudozhestvennyĭ, izdavaemyĭ Ḟedorom Koni."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Russia
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Russian literature
- Found in:
- Sterling Memorial Library > Panteon 1840:ch.3-4
37.
- Call Number:
- Ht10 P19
- Container / Volume:
- 1841:ch.1
- Image Count:
- 450
- Alternative Title:
- Panteon (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Description:
- "Zhurnal literaturno-khudozhestvennyĭ, izdavaemyĭ Ḟedorom Koni."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Russia
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Russian literature
- Found in:
- Sterling Memorial Library > Panteon 1841:ch.1
38.
- Call Number:
- Ht10 P19
- Container / Volume:
- 1841:ch.2
- Image Count:
- 444
- Alternative Title:
- Panteon (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Description:
- "Zhurnal literaturno-khudozhestvennyĭ, izdavaemyĭ Ḟedorom Koni."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Russia
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Russian literature
- Found in:
- Sterling Memorial Library > Panteon 1841:ch.2
39.
- Call Number:
- Ht10 P19
- Container / Volume:
- 1841:ch.3-4
- Image Count:
- 464
- Alternative Title:
- Panteon (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Description:
- "Zhurnal literaturno-khudozhestvennyĭ, izdavaemyĭ Ḟedorom Koni."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Russia
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Russian literature
- Found in:
- Sterling Memorial Library > Panteon 1841:ch.3-4
40.
- Call Number:
- Ht10 P19
- Container / Volume:
- 1843:t.1
- Image Count:
- 718
- Alternative Title:
- Panteon (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Description:
- "Zhurnal literaturno-khudozhestvennyĭ, izdavaemyĭ Ḟedorom Koni."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Russia
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Russian literature
- Found in:
- Sterling Memorial Library > Panteon 1843:t.1
41.
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 February 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.02.11.01
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on the theatre; an aspiring actor is shown in eight separate scenes
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by W. Holland Feb. 11, 1793 No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Actors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Progress of a player [graphic]
42.
- Creator:
- Pitt, Charles Dibdin
- Call Number:
- Osborn d156
- Image Count:
- 27
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a promptbook of Macbeth, written in an interleaved copy of a printed edition of the play. The handwritten notes provide stage directions; scene descriptions; and sound and lighting directions; as well as directions fo...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States. and United States
- Subject (Name):
- Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century, Pitt, Charles Dibdin., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dramatic production, History, Stage history, English drama, Promptbooks, Stage fighting, Theater, and Production and direction
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shakespeares tragedy of Macbeth, prepared for the stage / 1848
43.
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1749]
- Call Number:
- 749.00.00.50
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An allegorical representation of the nationalistic riot occasioned by a troupe of French comedians in London. This satirical print refers to the controversy and protest surrounding a French theatrical company, nicknamed the 'French Strollers', who app...
- Alternative Title:
- Modern cramers
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Foreign public opinion, French, Theater, Actors, Actresses, Fighting, and Riots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The beaux nurses, or, The modern cramers acted at the French Theatre in the Haymarket Novr. [the] 14th. [graphic]
44.
- Creator:
- Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- October 1st, 1802.
- Call Number:
- Maidment H67 no. 9 Box 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- [Top image]: "Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of ...
- Description:
- Titles etched below images.
- Publisher:
- Published by G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Humor, Animals in human situations, Musicians, Opera singers, Clowns, and Comedies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The beggars opera [graphic]
45.
- Published / Created:
- [1707?]
- Call Number:
- 707.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Fair in an uproar and Dancing-doggs
- Description:
- Caption title.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold by J. Morphew, near Stationers Hall
- Subject (Name):
- Pinkethman, William, -1725 and Bartholomew Fair.
- Subject (Topic):
- Opera, Theater, Animals in human situations, Dogs, Fairs, Musicians, Theater curtains, and Trained animals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fair in an uproar, or, The dancing-doggs : as they perform in Mr. Pinkeman's new opera in Bartholomew Fair
46.
- Creator:
- Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1720-1790
- Call Number:
- Osborn c368
- Image Count:
- 13
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in multiple hands, of about 36 essays and verse translations on various subjects. The collection begins with an essay titled "Character & Design of the Author," which compares his collection of works to the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1720-1790., Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius., and Theocritus.
- Subject (Topic):
- English periodicals, English poetry, Philosophy, Theater, and Intellectual life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The philosopher or essays on various subjects begun at Cambridge, 1738-1741
47.
- Published / Created:
- 1819.
- Call Number:
- Osborn pd330
- Image Count:
- 3
- Description:
- BEIN Osborn pd330: 22 cm. Armorial bookplate: Richard Strachey, Ashwick Grove. No. 14 of 14 works bound together with binder's title: Ilchester Gaol tracts etc.
- Publisher:
- Printed by and for Joseph Grove
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London, and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Hone, William, 1780-1842. and Covent Garden Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Political satire, English, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The theatrical house that Jack built : with thirteen cuts
48.
- Creator:
- Theatre Royal (Birmingham, England)
- Published / Created:
- [1813]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B B619 1813
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Playbill advertising a performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham which principally takes the form of an apology announcing that the lead of the evening's entertainment, Italian opera singer Angelica Catalani (1780-1849), is unable to attend due to ...
- Alternative Title:
- Mr. Bartley most respectfully begs leave to inform the public ...
- Description:
- Caption title.
- Publisher:
- Theatre Royal and [J]onathan Knott, printer, Birmingham
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Theatre Royal (Birmingham, England), Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849., Centlivre, Susanna, 1667?-1723., and Birch, Samuel, 1757-1841.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Mr. Bartley most respectfully begs leave to inform the public, that he received on Wednesday morning an intimation from Mr. Elliston, that Madame Catalani laboured under an indisposition of so serious a nature, that it precluded her from performing here on Friday evening ... : This present Friday, October 29, 1813, will be presented the favourite comedy of A bold stroke for a wife ... to conclude with the favourite farce of The adopted child ...
49.
- Creator:
- Covent Garden Theatre
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B C838 1807 6/2a
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Mrs. Mattocks' benefit
- Description:
- A playbill.
- Publisher:
- Printed by E. Macleish, 2, Bow-Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Morton, Thomas, 1764-1838., Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, on Tuesday the 2nd of June, 1807, will be presented a comedy, called The way to get married : Captain Faulkner by Mr. Pope, Caustick by Mr. Munden ... End of the play, an address to the audience will be spoken by Mrs. Mattocks. Between the play and farce, an interlude in which Mrs. C. Kemble will perform with singing by Mr. Incledon, Mr. Emery, and Mrs. Liston. To which will be added, for the grand serio-comick romantick melo-drama (in two acts), called Valentine and Orson. The overture, and whole of the musick, composed by Mr. Jouve ... the piece to conclude with a grand pageant ...
50.
- Creator:
- Covent Garden Theatre
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B C838 1807 5/18
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- A playbill.
- Publisher:
- Printed by E. Macleish, 2, Bow-Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Pantomimes and Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Monday, May 18, 1807, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy called, Coriolanus, or, The Roman matron : Romans. Caius Marcius Coriolanus by Mr. Kemble ... To which will be added, for the 82nd time, a new pantomime, called Harlequin and Mother Goose, or The golden egg. The scenes, musick, machinery, dressses and decroations are entirely new ...