Manuscripts

Used Up: a petit comedy in two acts

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Description: The list of actors and a few interspersed corrections in the handwriting of Charles Dickens.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1843.
Call number: mssHM 17513
Creator: Boucicault, Dion (1820-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from George D. Smith, Coggeshall sale, April 1916.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

The Devil upon Two Sticks. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. H2, May 30, 1768. MS: last two pages of Act II and two pages in Act III lacking; a few corrections in hand of author. Comp. 1778 (K-D 91): slight differences, especially near end of last act.

LA 282

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The Strange gentleman and The Village coquettes :

Manuscripts

Copies of two plays by Charles Dickens used by a prompter of the St. James Theater, showing action of the play, cues, movements of actors, properties, costume, and scene and light plots.

mssHM 63183-63184

The miniature picture. : A comedy in three acts

Manuscripts

Contains a few revisions, including a manuscript prologue with numerous corrections. The epilogue in the manuscript copy states that it was spoken by the Honourable Mrs Hobart at Lady Cravens.

mssLA 525

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Charles Dickens letter to Sir James Murray

Manuscripts

An autograph letter written while Charles Dickens lived in Italy; the letter is written to the Irish physician Sir James Murray and concerns the illness of Dickens' youngest surviving daughter, Catherine (Kate) Dickens Perugini. Also included is a trimmed page with the address of Sir James Murray and a black and white engraving of Charles Dickens. The items were originally framed behind glass but were removed by Huntington Library staff.

mssHM 75953

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A Souvenir of Charles Dickens' Last Visit to America

Manuscripts

A series of letters written to Charles Kent on the occasion of a dinner held in honor of Charles Dickens before his departure to the United States in November 1867. The letters were written in response to Kent's request the letter writers would be stewards for the dinner on November 2, 1867. The majority of the letters are short notes accepting or declining the invitation; many of the letters with envelopes. The letters were written by many of the most famous men of Victorian Britain, including prime ministers, politicians, authors, actors, artists, and businessmen, including, among others, Wilkie Collins, Frederick Locker-Lampson, and William Henry Wills. The collection also includes a small number of letters by Charles Dickens, printed copies of all the letters and other ephemera, a large printed poster announcing the dinner, and the original separated bindings.

mssHM 18584-18746

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Letters addressed to Charles Kent, HM 18584-18630

Manuscripts

mssHM 18584-18746

Used Up: a petit comedy in two acts

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