Drury Lane Theatre records

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 844", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"844", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Drury Lane Theatre records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1795-1816", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1795/1816"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 linear foot (3 folders)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1795

date_inclusive_end

1816

origination

{"value"=>"Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Theatre Royal in Drury Lane was built in London in 1663 on the site of an early 17th-century cockpit. The theater was later known as the Royal Theatre, Drury Lane, and then the Drury Lane Theatre.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection contains parchment documents including licenses, assignments and releases of property relating to the Royal Theatre, Drury Lane. Several items concern the activities of Richard Brinsley Sheridan in Drury Lane.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 57M117"}

{"date"=>"1957", "source"=>"Fletcher, I.K", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, Fletcher, I.K, 1957"}

keydate

1795

prefercite

{"value"=>"Drury Lane Theatre records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Theatre Royal in Drury Lane was built in London in 1663 on the site of an early 17th-century cockpit. The theater was later known as the Royal Theatre, Drury Lane, and then the Drury Lane Theatre. Collection contains parchment documents including licenses, assignments and releases of property relating to the Royal Theatre, Drury Lane. Several items concern the activities of Richard Brinsley Sheridan in Drury Lane.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.3 linear feet (3 folders)

date_start

1795

date_end

1816

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