Found 1 collection related to Bartley, Sarah : manuscript material

Sarah Bartley (formerly Smith), English actress. Her career included roles in plays by Mrs. Inchbald, Thomas Holcroft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and upon a visit to Dublin in 1808, she performed a musical piece composed for her by Thomas Moore. For a time following the retirement of foremost actress Sara Siddons, Bartley was considered the reigning tragedy queen of the London stage. To Jane Porter, novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 8 May 1817 : (MISC 2509) : begins: "When Mr. B. went to the theatre yesterday he was a much surpris'd as what he heard there, as when you inform'd him on Friday of your being the Author!". less