Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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 952
Visual Materials
Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of French opéra bouffe actor and singer Marie Aimée; date sheet for a September 13, [1886], show at the Park Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, pasted above image; the poster presumably advertises the farce comedy "Mam'zelle" written by George Jessop and William Gill.
priJLC_ENT_000266
Manuscripts
Manuscript copy of this four act comedy.
mssLA 478
Visual Materials
Image of American actor and comedian John Sheridan dressed as the female character Mrs. O’Brien, an old woman in a feathered hat, entering through a door carrying hat boxes and an umbrella, with a painted screen with an image of a heron landing on a pond in the background; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Mrs. Bridget O'Brien, Esq." that was based on a character by that name in the 1880s comedy "Fun on the Bristol."
priJLC_ENT_000289
Manuscripts
Manuscript copy of this popular farce. Shown first at Drury Lane and then revived at Covent Garden.
mssLA 131
