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SHERBORN AUTOGRAPHS. Vol. IV (ff. 251). Music and Drama.

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Poetry ENGLISH: Speght's edition of Chaucer, with G. Harvey's marginalia.: 1598.

includes:

f. 1 Janet Achurch, actress; wife of C Carrington: Letter to Miss Becher: n.d.
f. 3 Sir George Alexander, actor and manager, St James's Theatre: Letter to W. J. Locke: n.d.
f. 4 Florence Almond: Letter to T.F.D. Croker: 1895.
f.6 Antonio, 'Il Diavolo'; slack rope vaulter: Letter to R.W.Elliston: 1818.
f. 8 Samuel James Arnold, dramatist: Letter to Miss Smith: 1813.
f. 10 Lina Balfe, née Roser; singer: Letter to - Homer: 1884.
f. 11 Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and singer: Letter to -: 1838.
f. 12 Sir Squire Bancroft Bancroft, formerly Butterfield; actor-manager: Letter to Messrs May and Williams: 1888.
f. 13 Daniel Edward Bandmann, actor and writer of plays: Letter to H. Neville: 1879.
f. 14 Wilson Barrett, actor: Letter to G. R. Sims: 1888.
f.15 Rutland Barrington, d 1922 actor and vocalist: Letter to -: 1922, n.d.
f.16 Helen Barry, actress: Note by: 1877.
f. 17 George Bartley, comedian: Letter to J. P. Collier: 1833.
f. 18 William Barton: Letter to -: 18th cent.
f. 19b Isabel Bateman, actress: Letter to Rose -: 1880.
f. 20 Virginia Frances Bateman, actress: Signature: 1880.
f. 20 Kate Josephine Bateman Crowe, actress: Signature: 1880.
f. 21 Kate Josephine Bateman Crowe, actress: Letter to Miss - Pillinger: 1871.
f. 22 Eliza Becher neé O'Neill, actress; wife of Sir W W Becher: Letter to - Duke: n.d.
f. 23 Fanny Mary Beere, d 1915 actress; married 2ndly: (1876) Bernard Beere, of Ostend; and 3rdly (1900) A C S Olivier: Letter to W. Farren: circ 1876-1900.
f. 25 Sir Julius al. Jules Benedict, composer and conductor: Letter to W. H. Glover: 1855.
f. 26 Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer: Letter to A. H. Tull: 1848.
f. 27 Marie Beatrice Binda, actress: Letter to B. Webster: 1878.
f. 30 Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, composer: Letter to R. Cole: 1851.
f. 31 Hugues Marie Désiré Bouffé, actor: Letter to - Mitchel: n.d.: Fr.
f. 32 Sir John Frederick Bridge, composer, organist and writer: Letter to -: n.d.
f. 33 Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield: Letter to W. Stokes: 1874.
f. 34 Fanny Whiteside Brough, actress: Letter to -: 1890.
f. 35 Lionel Brough, actor: Letter to J. Comins: 1878.
ff. 36, 37 John Brougham, actor and dramatist: Letters to J. -: circ. 1839, 1866.
f. 38 Pattie Browne, actress: Letter to H. Dundas: 1895.
f. 40 Edgar Bruce, actor: Letter to Miss E. Farren: 1874.
f. 41 Eric S. Bruce, actor and reciter: Letter to -: 19th cent.
f. 42 John Baldwin Buckstone, called 'H Younge'; actor-manager and dramatist: Letter to -: 1851.
f. 44 Alfred Bunn, theatrical manager and writer: Letter to - Kenneth: n.d.
f.45 Henry James Byron, called 'Nick Nemo'; actor and dramatist: Letter to W. Reeve: 1880.
f.47 Richard D'Oyly Carte, opera promoter: Letter to Miss De Grey: 1875.
f. 48 [J?] 0. Cave: Letter to T. F. D. Croker: 19th cent.
f. 49 Arthur Cecil Blunt, actor: Letter to C. D. Sherborn: 1883.
f.50 Madame Céleste-Elliott, d 1882 actress: Letter to - Mantz: n.d.: Fr.
f. 51 Mary Jane Chippendale, d 1888 actress; wife of William Henry Chippendale: Letter to A. Garner: n.d.
f.53 William Henry Chippendale, d 1888 actor: Letter to - Crosby: n.d.
f. 54 John Alfred Calthrop, called 'John Clayton'; actor: Letter to C. D. Sherbom: 1883.
f. 55 John Coleman, actor: Letter to T. F. D. Croker: 19th cent.
f. 56 George Augustus Oliver, alias 'George Conquest', actor and manager: Letter to J. P. Simpson: 1873.
f.57 Sir Michael Costa, composer: Letter to W. Kuhe: 1876.
f.58 Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer: Letter to Lady Lonsdale: n.d.
f.59 Joseph Stirling Coyne, dramatist: Letter to E. Falconer: 1862.
f. 61 Charlotte Saunders Cushman, American actress: Letter to - Rolt: 1847.
f. 62 Augustin Daly, theatre-manager: Letter to -: 1893.
f. 63 Charlotte Helen Dolby, singer; wife of Prosper Sainton: Letter to -: n.d.
f. 65 Edwin Drew: Letter to Prof. Stokes: 1893.
f. 66 Daniel Egerton, actor: Letter to F. Jones: 1823.
f. 68b John Ella, conductor and critic: Letter to R. Owen: 1874.
f. 70 Robert William Elliston, actor: Letter to R. Jones: 1815.
f. 71 b Richard Jones, actor: Note on letter from R. W. Elliston: 1815.
f. 72 Edmund O'Rourke, d 1879 alias Falconer; actor and dramatist: Letter to - May: n.d.
f. 73 Henry Farren, d 1860 actor: Letter to -: n.d.
f. 74 Percy Farren, actor-manager: Letter to the owner of the Plymouth theatre: 1805.
f. 75 William Farren, actor; son of William Farren (d. 1908): Letter to T. F. D. Croker: circ. 1880.
f. 76 William Farren, actor; son of William Farren (d. 1908): Letter to Mrs Obert: n.d.
f. 77 William Farren, actor; son of William Farren (d. 1908): Letter to Miss De Grey: 1882.
f. 78 Helena Saville Faucit, actress; afterwards wife of Sir Theodore Martin: Letter to - Wilde: 1848.
f. 80 Charles Albert Fechter, actor: Letter to Madame-: [? 1861].: Fr.
f. 81 Edward Fitzball, dramatist: Letter to -: 1857.
f. 82 Richard Flexmore, pantomimist: Letter to B. Webster: 1857.
f. 83 Lydia Foote, actress: Letter to H. Neville: 1874.
f. 84 Charles John Formes, singer: Letter to Sir M. Costa: 1883.
f. 85 Henry Forrester: Letter to H. Neville: 19th cent.
f. 86 Daniel Frohman, d 1940 theatre-manager: Letter to Messrs May and Williams: bef. 1903.
f. 87 Tom Gallon, novelist and dramatist: Letter to J. W. T. Ley: 1908.
f. 88 Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt, pianist, conductor and composer; husband of Jenny Lind: Letter to R. Owen: 1859.
f. 90 Giulia Grisi, soprano: Letter to W. C. Macready: 1843.
f.92 Giulia Grisi, soprano: Letter to - Baccani: n.d.: Ital.
f. 93 George Grossmith, II; actor and author; d.1912: Letter to E. C. Stafford: n.d.
f. 94 George Grossmith, III; actor, author and theatrical manager; d.1935: Letter to E. C. Stafford: n.d.
f.95 Walter Weedon Grossmith, d 1919 comedian: Letter to -: n.d.
f. 96 Sir George Grove, musicologist: Letter to R. Owen: 1851.
f. 98 John Rudge Harding, actor: Letter to H. Dundas: 1895.
f. 99 John Hare; actor; knt. 1907: Letter to -: 1905.
f. 100 Clifford Harrison, reciter: Letter to -: late 19th cent.
f.101 John Liptrot Hatton, composer and pianist: Letter to - Stewart: 1884.
f.102 Charles Henry Hawtrey, actor; Knight 1922: Letterto W. J. Locke: [1907?].
ff. 103, 105 John Holland, miscellaneous writer: Letter to Miss - Sterndale: 1850.
f. 107 John Hollingshead, theatre-manager: Letter to - Chasemore: 1883.
f. 108 John Pyke Hullah, LLD; composer: Letter to -: [1850-1860?].
f. 109 Sir Henry Irving, actor: Letter to P. Thomas: 1875.
f. 111 John Johnston: Letter to G. Colman: 1818.
f. 112 Louis Antoine Jullien, conductor and composer: Letter to - Tutt: 1845.
f.113 Louis Antoine Jullien, conductor and composer: Letter to J. Benedict: 1854.: Fr.
f. 114 Robert Keeley, actor: Letter to T. Dickerson: 1853.
f. 115 Charles Kemble, actor: Letter to - Brown: 1822.
f. 116 Henry Kemble, actor: Letter to H. Neville: 1878.
f. 117 John Knowles, theatre manager: Letter to C. J. Kean: [1851?].
f. 118 Louis Lablache, Italian singer: Letter to F. Gye: 1856.: Fr.
f. 119 Clara Laurence, pianist: Letter to T. F. D. Croker: 1895.
f. 121 Henry Lazarus, musician: Letter to Mrs - Chasemore: 1878.
f. 123 Frederick Leslie, actor: Letter to Mr and Mrs - Garner: 1891.
f. 124b Eric Lewis, actor: Letter to Poynder: 1881.
f. 126 William Thomas Lewis, actor: Letter to - Shaw: 1803.
f. 128 Marie Litton, actress: Letter to Ellis: n.d.
f. 129 W. Loveday, actor: Letter to: 1813.
f. 130 Sir George Alexander Macfarren, composer: Letter to Miss - Cartwright: 1880.
f. 131 Sir George Alexander Macfarren, composer: Letter to n.d.
f. 132 Charles Macklin, actor: Draft of his agreement with Covent Garden theatre: 1768.
f. 134 Francis Henry Macklin, actor: Letter to J. Comins: 1878.
f.135 William Charles Macready, actor: Letter to C. Stanfield: n.d.
f.136 Marie Marimon, French singer: Letter to Madame -: n.d.: Fr.
f. 137 Conte Giovanni Matteo di Candia, called 'Joseph Mario'; Italian singer: Terms of his contract with Covent Garden: 1853.: Fr.: Signed.
f. 139 Anne Francoise Hippolyte Boutet, called 'Mademoiselle Mars'; French actress: Receipt from Citoyen Préville: 1801.: Fr.
f. 140 Anne Francoise Hippolyte Boutet, called 'Mademoiselle Mars'; French actress: Letter to V. de la Pelouse: n.d.: Fr.
f. 142 Ada Marshall, actress: Letter to T. F. D. Croker: 1892.
f. 143 Charles James Mathews, actor and dramatist: Letter to J. B. Buckstone: 1872.
f. 144 Tito Mattei, pianist: Note to -,: 19th cent: Ital.
f.145 Thomas Matthews, d 1889 pantomimist: Letter to T. F. D. Corker: n.d.
f. 147 Paul Meritt, playwright: Letter to A. -: n.d.
f. 149 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer: Letter to J. N. G. Vaez: n.d.: Fr.
f. 151 Louise Moodie, actress: Letter to J. P. Simpson: 1876.
f. 152 Thomas Morton: Letter to -: n.d.
f.153 Charlotte Moscheles, wife of I Moscheles: Letter to R. Owen: 1855.
f. 155 Joseph Shepherd Munden, actor: Admittance order by: 1820.
f. 156 Alma Forman, née Murray; actress; wife of Alfred Forman: Letter to H. Neville: 1879.
f. 157 Garstin Parker Wilson, alias 'Gaston Mztrray'; actor: Letter to T. F. D. Croker: 1881.
f.158 Julia Terry, née Neilson; actress; wife of F Terry: Letter to the Directors of the New Gallery: 1893.
f.160 Wilma Maria Francisca Norman-Neruda, d 1911 afterwards Hallé; violinist: Letter to Lady Hervey: n.d.
f.162 Nora Norreys: Letter to the Directors of the New Gallery: 1893.
f. 163 E. J. Odell: Letter to - Andrews: 1913.
f. 164 Eugène Espérance Oudin, singer: Letter to Fräulein -: 1891.
f. 166 John Orlando Parry, actor, musician and composer: Letter to A. H. Tull: 1839.
f. 167 Adelina Juana Maria Clorinda Patti, singer: Letter to Herbert -: 1884.
f. 168 Ernst Pauer, composer: Letter to Black: 1861.
f. 169 Katherine Elizabeth Macready Perugini, daughter of Charles Dickens: Letter to -: 1903.
f. 170 Alfredo Piatti, cellist and composer: Letter to -: 1860.
f. 171 Jane Pope, actress, d. 1818: Letter to -: n.d.
f.172 Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer: Letterto-: 1839.
f.173 Oliveria Louisa Prescott, composer and writer: Letter to - Stewart: n.d.
f. 174 G. Puzzi, horn player: Letter to Mrs Cartwright: n.d.
f. 175 Elizabeth Rachel Félix, dite Rachel, Actress: Letter to n.d. Fr.
f. 176 Robert Reece, called 'E G Lankester', writer of plays: Letter to G. E. Gibney: 1884.
f. 177 Wybert Reeve, comedian: Letter to T. F. D. Croker: 1871.
f.179 John Sims Reeves, singer: Letter to W. A. Greatorex: 1848.
f. 180 Frederic Reynolds, dramatist: Letter to T. Hill: 1801.
f. 182 Joseph Richardson, flautist: Letter to A. H. Tull: 1844.
f.183 Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, actor: Letter to -: 1883.
f. 185 Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, actor: Letter to W. J. Locke: n.d.
f. 187 Wybert Rousby, actor: Letter to W. Reeve: 1871.
f. 189 Walter Rowton, author: Letter to T. F. D. Croker: 1855.
f. 190 Hermine Rudersdorff, d 1882 singer: Letter to J. H.: n.d.
f. 191 Charles Kensington Salaman, pianist, composer and conductor: Letter to H. Deane: 1863.
f. 193 Kate Santley, actress: Letter to Wilde: n.d.
f. 195 Clara Josephine Schumann, née Wieck; pianist and composer; wife of R Schumann: Letter to - Chappell: 1872.
f. 197 Clara Josephine Schumann, née Wieck; pianist and composer; wife of R Schumann: Letter to -: n.d.: Germ.
f. 198 Jane Sherriff, actress: Letter to Wilmot: n.d.
f. 199 Mrs Sarah Siddons, née Kemble; actress: Shakespearean lines, copied by: 1826.
f.200 G. R. Mason: Letter authenticating autograph of Mrs Siddons: 1826.
f. 201 Edward Yeats Lowne: Letter to - C.: 1899.
f.203 John Palgrave Simpson, dramatist and novelist: Letter to T. F. D. Croker: 1861.
f.205 Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Letter to Miss Smith: 1813.
f. 206 G. F. Stanley, actor: Letter to: 19th cent.
f. 207 Mary Ann Stirling, d 1895 called 'Fanny Stirling', actress; wife of Sir C H Gregory, 1894: Letter to Miss - Clement: n.d.
f. 209 Thomas Strutt Stuart, actor: Letter to C. W. Sherborn: 1876.
f. 211 Charles Sugden, actor: Letter to Messrs May: n.d.
f.212 Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, composer: Letter to W. Kuhe: 1874.
f. 213 Thomas Barry Sullivan, actor: Letter to Mrs A. Hopewell: 1878.
f. 214 Marie Taglioni, dancer; afterwards Comtesse Gilbert de Voisins: Letter to Mlle -: 1874.: Fr.
f. 217 Antonio Tamburini, singer: Letter to -,: 1848.
f. 219b Edith Terry: Letter to - Poulton: 1886.
f. 220 Edward O'Connor Terry, actor: Letter to - Sims: 1881.
f. 221 Kate Terry, actress: Letter to Mrs - Paget: 1866.
f. 221 Kate Terry, actress: Paget: 1866.
f. 223 John Lawrence Toole, actor-manager: Letter to K. Summers: 1877.
f.224 Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor-manager: Letter to [G. R.?] Sims: n.d.
f.225 Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor-manager: Letter to W. J. Locke: 1907.
f. 226 Lottie Venne, actress: Letter to n.d.
f. 227 Jane Elizabeth Vezin, actress; wife of H Vezin: Letter to Mrs Farren: 1864.
f. 228 James William Wallack, actor-manager: Letter to J. P. Harley: 1845.
f. 230 Ellen Wallis, actress: Letter to J. P. Simpson: 1875.
f. 231 Geneviève Ward, Comtesse de Guerbel; actress: Inscription: 1883.: Autogr.
f. 232 Charles John Lickfold, d 1909 called 'Charles Warner', actor: Letter to Miss de Grey: n.d.
f.234 Mrs Harriet Waylett, actress and singer: Letter to Lady Scott: n.d.
f. 236 Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor and dramatist: Letter to - Manly: 1860.
f. 238 Alfred Sydney Wigan, actor: Letter to -: 1863.
f.239 James Winston, theatre manager: Letter to the author of 'Frederick': 1823.: Signed.
f. 241b Standon, Hertfordshire: Verses, etc., on the churchyard by W. Woolgar: bef. 1886.
f.241b William Woolgar, d 1886 actor: Lines on Standon churchyard: n.d.
f. 242 James Wrighten, actor: Letter to D. Garrick: 1776.
f.244 Richard Wroughton, actor: Letter to J. Bounden: 1808.
f. 246 b Charles Wyndham, actor; Knight 1902: Letter to G. R. Sims: 1879.
f. 248 Robert Henry Wyndham, Scottish actor manager: Letter to - May: 1888.
f. 249 Sarah Edith Wynne, singer: Letter to -: 1875.
ff. 250, 251 Charles Mayne Young, actor: Letters to J. St Aubyn: 1822, 1823.

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