A collection of seven copper theater passes or tickets for London theatres dating between 1762 and approximately 1820, all blank on the obverse sides except for the token for the Box Prince's Side (BPS 1796) which is decorated with a chain of small li...
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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. ...
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...
Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry, Epigrams, English, Nobility, Theater, Verse satire, English, Economic conditions, Population, and Politics and government
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
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...
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.
"Portrait of Hans Buling from a Delft plate, full-length, slightly turned to the left, a paper in one hand and holding the chain of a small monkey dressed in clothes with the other, dressed in petticoat breeches and a doublet with a ruff about his nec...
Alternative Title:
Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine vendor, dressed in theatrical costume while selling his wares, assisted by another costumed person and a monkey. Engraving by I.R. Cruikshank after a Delft plate by B.S., 1750
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Buling, Hans,
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Entertainers, Impostors and imposture, Monkeys, Performing arts, Theater, Costume, and Playing cards
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
[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
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
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
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.
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"[1] 'H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Punch (left) points to a large butt or tun inscribed 'WYNNSTAY', from the top of which hang comic masks which encircle its upper circumference; in his right hand is a stick with an ass's head. On the right side of the butt ...
Description:
Title from text above images.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feby. 1, 1786, by I. Sewell, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561 (Ursula), and Wynnstay Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Masks, Barrels, Demons, Theaters, and Pedestals
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"[1] 'H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Punch (left) points to a large butt or tun inscribed 'WYNNSTAY', from the top of which hang comic masks which encircle its upper circumference; in his right hand is a stick with an ass's head. On the right side of the butt ...
Description:
Title from text above images.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feby. 1, 1786, by I. Sewell, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561 (Ursula), and Wynnstay Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Masks, Barrels, Demons, Theaters, and Pedestals
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1749-1789), politician and patron of the arts, held summer performances at his estate at Wynnstay, in North Wales. Bunbury incorporates into the design of this admission ticket the titles for the 1785 season: The Confederacy,...
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1749-1789), politician and patron of the arts, held summer performances at his estate at Wynnstay, in North Wales. Bunbury incorporates into the design of this admission ticket the titles for the 1785 season: The Confederacy,...
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraved ticket for a program of four plays presented in 1781 by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the wealthy fourth baronet devoted to private theatricals. This ticket, an oval design in a rectangular frame, is for the 1781 performance of Rule a wife and...
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraved ticket for a program of four plays presented in 1781 by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the wealthy fourth baronet devoted to private theatricals. This ticket, an oval design in a rectangular frame, is for the 1781 performance of Rule a wife and...
Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman, shown full-length, stands in a field in front of a theater, holding a dramatic mask; other masks are at her feet. Surrounding the scene is an oval frame of laurel with 'Wynnstay' on the ribbon at the bottom. A design for an admission ticket f...
Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Admission ticket for the theatre at Wynnstay, the private theatre of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. ... A full length woman standing in a field in front of the theatre, holding a dramatic mask, others at her feet, in oval frame of laurel with 'Wynnstay' o...
An oversized John Bull with a carbuncled-faced sits at a round table across from a very young looking William Betty and his father, both handsome and not caricatured. John Bull toasts the two, full wine glass in hand: "Youngster, heres to you I'm glad...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd January 4, 1805, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Betty, William Hen. West 1791-1874. (William Henry West),, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Theater, Actors, British, and Child actors
Some with unidentified notes; also some with dates and locations including: Drury Lane and Covent Garden; the provinces, including Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other locations
Description:
Includes some undated playbills.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., England, London., Ireland, Dublin., Scotland, Edinburgh., and Glasgow.
Subject (Name):
Covent Garden (London, England) and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Holograph diary which chronicles a journey through France, Switzerland and Italy, compiled from several diaries of different journeys, the earliest being a tour in the summer of 1816. The author travels to Calais from London with members of her famil...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Italy, Europe, Switzerland, and Vesuvius (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Mountaineering, Alps, Theater, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A Punch-like figure is shown standing to front, with head in profile to the left, holding a paper in each hand. A goat stands beside him on the right; a pole with a sign 'To Wynnstay' (lettered backwards) is on the left, pointing to the right. A desig...
Alternative Title:
To Wynnstay
Description:
Title and date from those supplied in the British Museum catalog for the print made after this drawing.
