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Egerton MS 1975
- Record Id:
- 032-001982898
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001982898
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000053.0x000136
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 1975
- Title:
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ORIGINAL letters from Richard Brinsley Sheridan, M.P., as manager of Drury Lane Theatre, to Richard Peake, treasurer, with accounts, agreements, memoranda, etc.; 1780-1812 and n.d. Included also, besides a large number of newspaper cuttings relative to members of the Sheridan family, are the following letters, etc.:-
1. E[sther] J[ane] Sheridan [2nd wife of R. B. Sheridan] to R. Peake n.d., f. 57.
2. M[ary] Sheridan to -, offering a play entitled, "The Lord of the Isles;" London, 24 Oct. [ 1819], f. 59.
3. "Mr. [Thomas] Sheridan's case," relative to the opposition against his theatre at Dublin by Barry in 1757, f. 131. Paper. Quarto.
- Scope & Content:
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London Theatres: Papers and letters relating to Sheridan's management of the same: 1780-1812.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Papers and letters relating to Drury Lane Theatre: 1780 - 1812.
Sheridan family: Letters and papers, chiefly on theatrical matters: 1757-1843.
Drama: Letters of the Sheridan family on Drury lane, and theatrical matters: 1780-1820.
includes:
- f. 57 Esther Jane Sheridan, 2nd wife of R B Sheridan: Letter to R. Peake: circ. 1800.
- f. 59 Mary Sheridan: Letter to-: 1819.
- f. 131 Thomas Sheridan: Case relating to his theatre at Dublin: 1757.
- f. 131 County of Dublin: Case of T. Sheridan relating to his theatre: 1756, 1757.
- f. 131 Spranger Barry: Opposition to Sheridan's theatre at Dublin: 1756, 1757.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001982898
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001982898
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1812
- Date Range:
- 1780-1812
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Barry, Spranger, actor, of Dublin, 1719-1777
Sheridan, Esther Jane, 2nd wife of R B Sheridan
Sheridan, Family
Sheridan, Mary
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, of Add MS 24228
Sheridan, Thomas, of Egerton MS 1975 - Places:
- Dublin, Ireland