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Manuscripts
Musical score of incidental music used for a production of Macbeth: [proofs]
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- Description
- These proof sheets of music are corrected and annotated, probably by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Also included is a letter from Walter Smythe to Messrs. Henderson, Dec. 5, 1888, regarding the engraving of the music. This incidental music was used by Sir Henry Irving in his 1888-1889 revival of Macbeth.
- Production date
- 1888.
- Call number
- mssHM 63360
- Provenance
- Removed from Rare Book 287501; transferred from the Rare Books Dept., May 1981. This manuscript is one of a group of 35 letters and manuscripts written, mainly, by British actors and actresses; a small number were written by American, French, and Italian performers. The material was collected by Augustin Daly (1838-1899), an American playwright and producer, and bound in a volume entitled, Bills of the play, New York, 1892. The 35 items have been cataloged separately (HM 63331-63365) and a complete list of the material is available from the Manuscripts Dept.
