Actors -- England
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Janet Achurch and Charles Charrington Correspondence
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 215
Overview:
Autograph manuscript letters, signed, of Janet Achurch and Charles Charrington and their correspondents. Letters concern: casting of theatrical productions; investing in theatrical projects; Charrington's involvement in the Fabian Society; and other professional and domestic topics. Correspondents include Harley Granville-Barker, William Poel, and Kate Santley. Also included is a booking sheet for the Vaudeville Theatre, London, circa 1880.
Dates:
1847-1927
William Smith papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 57
Overview:
The papers consist of letters, poems by both William Smith and others, newspaper clippings and other material related to Smith's career in the theater and his life in retirement after 1788. The letters discuss personal news, requests for theater tickets, inquiries after Smith's health, and other matters. Letters by Thomas Coutts offer his opinion on various aspiring actors and gossip about theatrical personages; William Dolben's letters include drafts of epilogues and odes; Capel Lofft's...
Dates:
1760-1823