Manuscripts
Research Material. Eliza Leicester, active 1769-1794: autograph note & clippings, (3 p.), ([before 1843])
- Description
- This collection consists of Winston's four volumes of Theatrical Records & Memoranda (1803-1816, 1820-1830), research material for his work on the lives of various performers in the form of autograph notes, clippings and printed material. The remainder of the collection consists of manuscripts, letters by various British performers and theatre people, and documents related to the daily running of theatres, such as receipts, invoices, statements of accounts and cheques. Among the subjects of the research material and correspondents are: Tony Aston, John Braham, William Dunn, Mary King, Elizabeth Leak, Henry Lee, Louis Leoni Lee, George William Reeve, Frederick Reynolds, Sarah Butcher Ward, Thomas Achurch Ward, James Prescott Warde, Mary Anne Welsh and Thomas Welsh.
- Production date
- 1760-1841.
- Call number
- HM 79491
