- Creator
- Rendle, Henry A.
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2006-026
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
Henry A. Rendle papers, *T-Mss 2006-026. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Henry A. Rendle (d. 1873) was a playwright. The Henry A. Rendle papers primarily consist of materials on his play, Chesney Wold, adapted from Bleak House. The papers include a letter from the actor Fanny Janauschek to Rendle, dated 1873, in which she discusses her travels and playing in Chesney Wold; and letters from Janauschek's husband, Frederick J. Pillot, to Henry Rendle's wife, Mary Rendle, offering condolences on the death of her husband and notifying her of royalty payments for Chesney Wold. There are also clippings about the play. The collection contains copyright records for other plays by Rendle: Little Amy (1871), If (1872), and Fame (1872), and a copy of the deed for Henry Rendle's burial plot. A photograph, dating to about the 1860s, depicts a member of the family who was an actor.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by Jill Rendle Martin, 2006.
Processing information
Compiled by Kit Fluker, 2015
Key terms
Names
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Bleak House
- Janauschek, Francesca Romana Magdalena, 1830-1904
- Pillot, Frederick J., -1884
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Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
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The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.