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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of official copies of plays submitted for licensing between 1737 and 1824. Most of copies were written by professional copyists. Approximately 95 of the plays submitted were printed texts, either whole or partial. These have been cataloged individually and may be searched in the online catalog.
LA 2498
Manuscripts
A retelling of Pericles from the point of view of his daughter Marina. The prologue discusses the difficulty contemporary playwrights experience and frames this as justification for the Shakespearean influence of the play.
mssLA 9
Manuscripts
A play which was a Shakespearean hoax written by William Henry Ireland, who had claimed to have been the rightful descendant to one of Shakespeare's plays. In the play, King of the Britons Constantius offers half his crown to his adviser Vortigern.
mssLA 1110
Manuscripts
Manuscript copy shows the play was once entitled 'The Shawl'. The opening scene includes a discussion of society tastes and fashion for beauty and virtue in a woman.
mssLA 708
Visual Materials
Kaweah #3 - A mountain snow scene from the tramway.
photCL SCE 04 - 00239
Visual Materials
Image of American actor Thomas W. Keene dressed in a suit of armor as King Richard III and holding a sword, with a battle scene in the background; printed date information for performances beginning on January 12, [1885], at the Boston Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts; the poster advertises the tragedy "Richard III" written by William Shakespeare.
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