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Actors -- England

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

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William Smith papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 57
Abstract: 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