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- Creator
- Walbrook, H. M. (Henry Mackinnon), 1865-1941
- Call number
- MssCol 3199
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Relaxations, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Undated reminiscences of English playwright, drama critic, and author Henry Mackinnon Walbrook, describing the English stage and social customs during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including sketches of drama critics Clement Scott and Mowbray Morris; the actor Sir Henry Irving; performances by Adelaide Ristori, Sara Bernhardt, the Kendals, Edward Terry, Nellie Farren, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, J. Forbes-Robertson, and others. Walbrook recollects his friendship with Arthur Stanley Cooke, poet and author of Sussex Down; a trip to Ireland; essays on the Ruskin-Turner friendship and Ruskin's correspondence with Mrs. Sophia Caroline Booth, Turner's housekeeper; and on the history of tennis. Typescript (carbon)
Key terms
Names
- Walbrook, H. M. (Henry Mackinnon), 1865-1941
- Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923
- Booth, Sophia Caroline
- Campbell, Patrick, Mrs., 1865-1940
- Cooke, Arthur Stanley
- Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966
- Farren, Nellie, 1848-1904
- Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937
- Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
- Kendal, Madge, 1849-1935
- Kendal, William Hunter, 1843-1917
- Morris, Mowbray
- Ristori, Adelaide, 1822-1906
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
- Scott, Clement, 1841-1904
- Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
Subjects
- Actors -- Great Britain
- Tennis -- History
- Theater -- England -- 19th century
- Theater -- England -- 20th century
- Theater -- Great Britain -- History
- Theater critics -- Memoirs
Places
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Ireland -- Description and travel
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328