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Playbills from London theatres, (bulk 1830-1839)
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[Playbills for performances at the Haymarket Theatre, London, between July 30, 1811, and September 22, 1852, (one dated circa 1872)]
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Includes two bills from the Theatre Royal, English opera house (Lyceum) and one from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. One bill has clippings attached.
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[Scrapbook containing playbills and newspaper clippings of Covent Garden Theatre, for the season 1838-1839]
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Contains playbills, newspaper reviews, and commercial engravings of performances at Covent Garden Theatre for the season 1839-1840. Also contains numerous pencil sketches depicting actors in costumes, sets and props for various productions.
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[Scrapbook containing playbills and newspaper clippings of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, for the season 1842-1843]
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Contains playbills and newspaper reviews of performances at Drury Lane Theatre for the season 1842-1843. Also contains numerous pencil sketches depicting actors in costumes, sets and props for various productions.
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[Scrapbook containing playbills and newspaper clippings of Covent Garden Theatre, for the season 1837-1838]
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Contains playbills and newspaper reviews of performances at Covent Garden Theatre for the season 1837-1838. Also contains numerous pencil sketches depicting actors in costumes, sets and props for various productions, primarily of Shakespeare.
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[Playbills for London and provincial productions of Shakespeare's plays from August 4, 1803, through November 6, 1862]
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Comprises bills from Drury Lane, Covent Garden, Haymarket, Princess's, Sadler's Wells, and Surrey theatres, and Theatres Roayl of Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, and Edinburgh. Covers the period of the London careers of Edmund Kean, William Charles Macready, Charles Kemble, and Charles Young.
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An Address for the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
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An address to be spoken at Theatre Royal Drury lane in October 1802. Speaks of the Shakespearean character Falstaff.
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