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Guide to the Playbills Relating to the Theatrical Career of David Garrick

 Collection
Identifier: G37753
Abstract

A guide to the playbills in the Folger Shakespeare Library relating to the professional career of David Garrick, spanning the years 1741-1776.

Dates: 1741-1776

Papers of the Goodricke family of Ribston Hall, Nidderdale, Yorkshire

 Collection
Identifier: G66753
Abstract

Contains 28 letters and 11 documents relating to the careers of Sir John Goodricke, his son Sir Henry Goodricke and their family, spanning the reigns of Charles I through the ascension of William & Mary.

Dates: 1639?-1689

Scrapboxes of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps

 Collection
Identifier: H35745
Abstract

Intended for inclusion in J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps' Shakespeareana scrapbook series (Folger MS W.b.201-256) mainly pertaining to Shakespeare's life, residences, friends, family, and literary predecessors. The scraps include: letters, printed book fragments, notes, clippings, prints, copies of accounts, maps, and photographs.

Dates: 19th century

Letters from Mary Hatton Helsby to various recipients

 Collection
Identifier: H38445
Abstract

The Letters of Mary Hatton Helsby consists of ten letters, 1651-1668 and thirteen newspaper clippings reproducing Hatton Helsby's correspondence, ca. 1900. The collection includes letters from both sides of the courtship between Mary Hatton Helsby and her eventual husband, Randolph Helsby, several containing commentary critical of both Royalist and Parliamentary factions.

Dates: 1651-1668

Manuscripts in the William Henderson collection of playbills, etc.

 Collection
Identifier: H46347
Abstract The William Henderson collection of playbills, etc. consists of varied materials (chiefly playbills) concerning music on the British stage, Shakespeare, stage adaptations of Waverley, and Scottish plays, assembled by the music printer and composer William Henderson. This finding aid describes only the manuscript content in the larger collection. The manuscript content includes numerous autograph letters of 19th century authors, poets, artists, composers,...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1801-1889; approximately 1750-1889 (bulk 1801-1889)

C. Walter Hodges collection of Elizabethan and other theatre drawings

 Collection
Identifier: H63373
Abstract

Materials by and relating to C. Walter Hodges, illustrator and Shakespearean scholar, including: production, set and costume designs, sketched reconstructions of Elizabethan theaters, book illustrations, and designs for a Shakespeare's Globe project in Detroit.

Dates: 1933-1990

Letters of Charles Kean

 Collection
Identifier: K43343
Abstract

Letters collected from various sources. Includes autograph letters signed or initialed by Charles Kean. Topics of these letters include Kean's opinions on Shakespeare, acting theory, and theater management, as well as more personal matters such as his engagement and marriage to Ellen Kean and comparisons of his own success as an actor to his father's success.

Dates: 1828-1866

Newdigate family collection of newsletters

 Collection
Identifier: N49649
Abstract

Largely English MS newsletters, dating from 1674 to 1715, received and compiled by the Newdigate family of Arbury Hall in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The letters cover a diverse range of topics, but are mainly concerned with contemporary domestic and Continental news.

Dates: 1673/1674-1715

Nichols family papers relating chiefly to The gentleman's magazine

 Collection
Identifier: N53446
Abstract

Printed and manuscript material, including proofs, letters, reviews, clippings, poems, obituaries, announcements, and business papers, relating to The Gentleman's Magazine.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1830-1860; 1778 to 1873

North family collection of letters and papers relating to Tate Wilkinson, Mrs. Siddons, and the North family of York

 Collection
Identifier: N67436
Abstract Collection of material relating to Tate Wilkinson (1739-1803), his descendants, and the York Theatre, especially the Siddons acting family; 2 scrapbooks of theatrical engravings including several York playbills; 5 letters to Wilkinson; 10 letters between H.G.I. Siddons and Mary North concerning North's collection of Siddons memorabilia; 2 commonplace books of Anne and Jane Wilkinson; photographs and silhouettes of members of the Wilkinson and Siddons families, and other miscellaneous...
Dates: 1732-1955

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Names
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883 5
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 5
Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899 4
England and Wales. Privy Council 4
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889 4
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Winter, William, 1836-1917 4
Covent Garden Theatre 3
Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908 3
Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 3
Leslie, Elsie, 1881-1966 3
Winter, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Campbell), 1841-1922 3
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 2
Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861 2
Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610 2
Bliss, Philip, 1787-1857 2
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 2
Brown, T. Allston (Thomas Allston), 1836-1918 2
Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888 2
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 2
Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872 2
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 2
Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869 2
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 2
England and Wales. Parliament 2
England and Wales. Royal Navy 2
Flower, C. E. (Charles Edward), 1830-1892 2
Forster, John, 1812-1876 2
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905 2
James II, King of England, 1633-1701 2
Jervis, Swynfen, 1797-1867 2
Jesse, Edward, 1780-1868 2
Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862 2
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588 2
Lyceum Theatre (London, England) 2
Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873 2
Madden, Frederic, 1801-1873 2
Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer), 1779-1863 2
Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892 2
Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876 2
Rodd, Thomas, 1796-1849 2
Shrewsbury, Gilbert Talbot, Earl of, 1552-1616 2
Siddons, Sarah , 1755-1831 2
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 2
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 2
Winter, Charles, 1800-1878 2
Winter, William Jefferson, 1878-1929 2
Young, Robert, 1927-2008 2
Abbot, George, 1562-1633 1
Addison, Edward P., 1809-1874 1
Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626 1
Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626 1
Angelo, Henry, 1780-1852 1
Arber, Edward, 1836-1912 1
Arlington, Henry Bennet, Earl of, 1618-1685 1
Arran, Dorothy Butler, Countess of, -1716 1
Arundel, Henry Fitz Alan, Earl of, 1512-1580 1
Ashman's Hall (England) 1
Atkinson, Charles, active 19th century 1
Bacon, Delia Salter, 1811-1859 1
Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622 1
Bacon, Nicholas, Sir, 1509-1579 1
Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895 1
Bagot family 1
Bagot, Richard, approximately 1530-1597 1
Bagot, Walter, 1557?-1623 1
Bailey , William H. , Sir (William Henry), 1838-1913 1
Bailey, James W. 1
Baltimore, George Calvert, Baron, 1580?-1632 1
Banbury, William Knollys, Earl of, 1547-1632 1
Barlow, Edward (treasurer) 1
Barrett, Lawrence, 1838-1891 1
Barry, Henry, 1807-1881 1
Bartley, George, 1782-1858 1
Baverstock, E. J., 19th century 1
Beauclerk, Henrietta Mary, -1887 1
Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802 1
Belasco, David, 1853-1931 1
Bell and Daldy 1
Bell, George, 1814-1890 1
Bennet, Robert, 1605-1683 1
Bennet, William, 1611 or 1612- 1
Bennett, Mrs. (Anna Maria), -1808 1
Bennett, W. C. (William Cox), 1820-1895 1
Berkshire, Francis Norris, Earl of, 1579-1622 1
Booth, John, 1584?-1659 1
Booth, John, 1641-1698 1
Booth, Thomas, 1646- 1
Booth, William, 1602- 1
Botfield, Beriah, 1807-1863 1
Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891 1
Bracebridge, Charles Holte, 1799-1872 1
Brachvogel, Udo, 1835-1913 1
Bradbourne family 1
Bradbourne, Anthony, active 1590 1
Bradbourne, Elizabeth, active 1575-1600 1
Bradbourne, Humphrey, -1581 1
Bradbourne, William, active 1581-1600 1
Bradshaw, John, 1602-1659 1
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939 1
Bristol, John Digby, Earl of, 1580-1654 1
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