Found 3 collections related to Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)

Samuel Whitbread, English politician. · To "Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Mar 1814 : (MISC 3359) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from [?H--------] : relating to Drury Lane Theatre; begins, "It would not become us to surrender a Right of Exemption which you say all the other Theatres are disposed to maintain . . . .". less

Jane Porter, English novelist. The Jane Porter manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and memoranda. The writings include a holograph poem, "To a friend of the Battle of Waterloo"; an unidentified story fragment; and a draft for an epitaph for her sister, the novelist Anna Maria Porter. The bulk of the correspondence dates from between 1834 and 1846, and much of it is in draft form. Correspondents include Longman Co., the publishers; Sir Robert Peel, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Mary Robinson, the author and actress; and over fifty others. Most of the memoranda list topics to be addressed with certain people when she next sees or writes them. less

Two quarto scrapbooks put together by an unidentifed compiler, containing a large collection of newspaper clippings, playbills (printed originals and manuscript tracings), and various theatrical notices relating to the career of Sarah Siddons. Includes manuscript accounts, checks, and statements of payment to her; and letters, most by her husband, William Siddons, some by her son, Henry Siddons, a few by Sarah Siddons herself. Bound in drab wrappers, paper-covered cloth spines with manuscript spine titling. Formerly owned by Alfred Morrison, with his monogram bookplate in each volume. less