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.
