Playbills. Announcements.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Programs or posters announcing a theatrical performance.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts and proofs probably at one time in the possession of Andrew Shortrede, printer., 1819-1842, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8997
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Manuscript, 1824-1825, entitled 'Notes and anecdotes, Border worthies' (folio 1);
(ii) Manuscript, circa 1827, of a poem by James Hogg, 'The wyffe of Ezdelmore' (folio 11);
(iii) Manuscript, circa 1829, by John Wilson ('Christopher North'), of a part of ‘Noctes ambrosianae’ (folio 23);
(iv) Manuscript, undated of a poem by Sir William Hamilton, 'La vase antique' (folio 28);
(v) Manuscript, 1829, of a poem 'Oh maid unloving but beloved' (folio 29);
(vi)...
Dates:
1819-1842, undated.
'Pirate' by Sir Walter Scott, first edition, volumes 2 and 3 (bound in one volume) (Edinburgh, 1822), with playbills of two plays based on the novel, both produced in 1822, inserted., 1822.
File
Identifier: MS.5024
Scope and Contents
The playbills are on folios 282-283.
Dates:
1822.
Playbills, photographs and miscellaneous personal and medical papers., 1872-1949, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6427 Box 19(1)-(5)
Playbills, press cuttings and notes relating to theatrical performances of works by Lord Byron., 1816-1863, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43546
Scope and Contents
Notes have been placed at the beginning of the sequence, followed by press cuttings and playbills.Manuscript notes regarding the actress Charlotte Mardyn during the years 1815-1824, undated: folios 1-3;Press cutting showing a letter of Charlotte Mardyn to the editor of the 'Morning Chronicle', reprinted in 'The Examiner', 23 Jun 1816: folio 4;Press cutting regarding a Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, performance of 'Marion Faliero, Doge of Venice', 1 Nov 1820:...
Dates:
1816-1863, undated.