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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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[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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[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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Programmes: Hooley's Opera House, Haverly's Theatre, Academy of Music, Grand Opera House, Hamlin's Theatre, McVicker's Theatre
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Scrapbook with pasted playbills, programs, newspaper clippings, photographs of actors/actresses, a few handwritten letters from actors/actresses or others connected to the theatre, and a loose photograph in front. Theaters include: Hooley's Opera House (Chicago, Ill.) ; Grand Opera House (Chicago, Ill.) ; McVicker's Theatre ; Crosby's Opera House ; Lyceum Theatre (New York, N.Y. : 1871-1879) ; Boston Music Hall (Boston, Mass.) ; Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Haverly's Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) ; Hamlin's Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) ; New Chicago Theatre (Chicago, Ill.)..
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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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