Series 1: Literature
1678-1985
Subseries 1: Unpublished materials
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes: Theatre Royal Haymarket Chronicle of Events (no date); and two auction catalogues (1964-1965).
box 1, folder 1
Theatre Royal Haymarket Chronicle of Events [original]
n.d.
box 1, folder 2
Theatre Royal Haymarket Chronicle of Events [transcription]
n.d.
box 1, folder 3
Autographs and documents Historiques catalog and German note
ca. 1965
box 1, folder 4
Ifan Kyrle Fletcher History of Entertainment Catalogue
1964-1965
Subseries 2: Newspaper Clippings
1678-1884
Scope and Contents
Includes the newspaper clippings on Panton Street (1678-1800) as well as an advertisement for
Miss C. Heenan's Tichborne Street show [C. 1870].
box 1, folder 5
Panton Street news clippings
1678-1800
box 1, folder 6
Tichborne Street
Miss C. Heenan Advertisement
ca. 1870
box 1, folder 7
Charles Braham Obituary
1884
Subseries 3: Journals and Magazines
1924-1985
Scope and Contents
Includes a run of
The Mask (1924-1927 and 1929) as well as
The American Mercury (1924), a single 1904 issue of Samhain, a 1935
Theatre Arts Monthly and a 1985
Theatrephile.
Sub-Subseries 1:
The Mask
1924-1929
box 1, folder 8
The Mask, Vol. 10, No. 1
1924
box 1, folder 9
The Mask, Vol. 10, No. 2
1924
box 1, folder 10
The Mask, Vol. 10, No. 3
1924
box 1, folder 11
The Mask, Vol. 10, No. 4
1924
box 1, folder 12
The Mask, Vol. 11, No. 1
1925
box 1, folder 13
The Mask, Vol. 11, No. 2
1925
box 1, folder 14
The Mask, Vol. 11, No. 3
1925
box 1, folder 15
The Mask, Vol. 11, No. 4
1925
box 1, folder 16
The Mask, Vol. 12, No. 1
1926
box 1, folder 17
The Mask, Vol. 12, No. 2
1926
box 1, folder 18
The Mask, Vol. 12, No. 3
1926
box 1, folder 19
The Mask, Vol. 12, No. 4
1926
box 2, folder 1
The Mask, Vol. 12bis, No. 1
1927
box 2, folder 2
The Mask, Vol. 12bis, No. 2
1927
box 2, folder 3
The Mask, Vol. 12bis, No. 3
1927
box 2, folder 4
The Mask, Vol. 12bis, No. 4
1927
box 2, folder 5
The Mask, Vol. 15, No. 1
1929
box 2, folder 6
The Mask, Vol. 15, No. 2
1929
box 2, folder 7
The Mask, Vol. 15, No. 3
1929
box 2, folder 8
The Mask, Vol. 15, No. 4
1929
Sub-Subseries 2:
American Mercury
1924
box 2, folder 9
American Mercury, Vol. 1, No. 3
1924
box 2, folder 10
American Mercury, Vol. 1, No. 4
1924
box 2, folder 11
American Mercury, Vol. 2, No. 5
1924
Sub-Subseries 3: Miscellaneous
1904-1985
box 2, folder 13
Theatre Arts Monthly
July 1935
Series 2: Plays
1799-1848
Subseries 1: Scripts
1799
Scope and Contents
Consists of the play, Pizzaro (1799).
Subseries 2: Stage Direction
1829-1848
Scope and Contents
Includes the R.J. Collier promptbook for the play
The Gambler's Life of Thirty Years (c. 1828) and the staging notes for the play
Die Huguenots (c. 1848). Materials are also listed in Series 7: Oversized Items.
box 3, folder 2
R.J. Collier Promptbook
1829
box 3, folder 3
Die Huguenots staging notes documentation
n.d.
Series 3: Playbills
1752-1878
Subseries 1: 18th Century English Playbills
1752-1805
Scope and Contents
Includes playbills for the Theatre Royal (1752-1805) and Playbills for the Opera house, James Beckett's and Phillip Breslaw's
theatres (1776-1803). Materials are also listed in Series 7: Oversized Items.
box 3, folder 4
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
1796-1797
box 3, folder 5
Opera house, James Beckett's and Phillip Brewslaw's
1776-1803
Subseries 2: 19th Century English Playbills
1809-1878
Scope and Contents
Includes playbills from the Theatre Royale (1816-1878), The Olympic Circus (1809-1878) and the Surrey and King's Theatre's
(1822-1845). Materials are listed in Series 7: Oversized Items.
Series 4: Artistic Representations
1752-1878
Subseries 1: Charles Cattermole's Macbeth Collection
1888
Scope and Contents
Includes folders containing The Lyceum Theatre sourvenir booklet, along with the rejected publication originals and the accepted
pen and ink and ink wash originals. All date from 1888. Materials are also listed in Series 7: Oversized Items.
box 3, folder 6
Rejected publication originals
1888
box 3, folder 7
Pen and Ink publication originals
1888
Subseries 2: Bernard Partridge Collection
1889-1892
Scope and Contents
Includes the watercolors for the Lyceum Theatre's
Dead Heart Souvenir Booklet [1889] and the sourvenir pamphlet for the Lyceum Theatre production of
Henry VIII (1892). Materials are also listed in Series 7: Oversized Items.
box 3, folder 9
King Henry the 8th booklet
1892
Subseries 3: James Towers Collection
1790-1897
Scope and Contents
Includes engravings and drawings of many of the major Haymarket area theaters such as Drury Lane, Her Majesty's and King's
(1791-1897), Scene engravings from plays that occurred in the Haymarket area as well as some playbills (1811-1847), Portraits
of actors in costume including Edmund Keane and James Carter (1820-1840), regular portraits of actors including one of Helena
Modjeska and one of William Farren (1790-1840) and finally, newspaper pictures of the Great Unionist Meeting at the Opera
House (1886). Materials are also listed in Series 7: Oversized Items.
Sub-Subseries 1: Haymarket Theatres
1791-1897
box 3, folder 11
Theatre Royale Haymarket floorplan
1821
Sub-Subseries 2: Plays
1811-1847
Sub-Subseries 3: Actors in Costume
1820-1840
box 3, folder 15
Assorted English Celebrity Actors
ca. 1820-1840
Sub-Subseries 4: Actor Portraits
1790-1840
box 3, folder 16
Small Engravings
ca. 1790-1840
box 3, folder 17
Signed Photograph of Helena Modjeska
n.d.
Sub-Subseries 5: Great Unionist Meeting Pictures
1886
General
Materials are listed in Series 7: Oversized Items.
Subseries 4: Thomas Downey Caricatures
n.d.
Scope and Contents
Includes several caricatures by Downey of C.H. (Charles Herbert) Workman while in costume for various roles, n.d.
box 3, folder 18
Thomas Downey Caricatures
n.d.
Subseries 5: Scene Engravings after 1900
ca. 1930
Scope and Contents
Includes an undated reproduction of a scene from Canterbury Tales as well as a 1930 poster for The Taming of the Shrew. Materials
are listed in Series 7: Overized Items.
Series 5: Letters and Autographs
1802-1999
Subseries 1: Ernest Noddall Willet Collection
1891-1931
Scope and Contents
Includes several mounted letters and autographs from actors such as Sybil Thorndike, Sir Henry Irving and Genevieve Ward (1891-1931)
and several unmounted autographs or letters from individuals like George Arliss and Lester Wallach (1913-1931).
box 3, folder 19
Front matter
n.d.
Includes:
Binder table of contents - undated;
Autograph list - undated
box 3, folder 20
Mounted letters and autographs
1891-1931
Includes:
Henry Irving, Sir - 1896;
Genevieve Ward - 1899;
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir - undated;
John Martin-Harvey, Sir - 1897;
John Martin-Harvey, Sir - undated;
Fred Terry, Matheson Lang and "Ellen" - undated;
Sybil Thorndike, Dame - 1923;
Franklin Dyall - undated;
Marie Elba and Irene Vanbrugh - undated;
William Archer and Arthur Bingham Walkley - circa 1903;
Edmund Tearle and Charles Morton - circa 1902;
Oscar Asche - undated;
Unidentified - 1904;
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Sir - 1902;
Ben Greet, Sir - undated;
Harry Furniss - 1905;
Israel Zangwill and M.O. Cullen (Max O'Rell) - undated;
Gerald du Maurier, Sir - undated;
Gerald du Maurier, Sir and Mrs. Patrick Campbell - undated;
Alfred Austin - undated;
Frederic H. (Frederic Hymen) Cowen - undated;
Robert Fowler - undated;
Frederick Harrison & Ella Overbeck, Baroness - undated;
Edward Knoblock - undated;
Robert Machray - 1903;
Sims Reeves - 1891;
Kate Santley and Ada Crossley - undated;
George Arliss - 1931;
Bram Stoker, Raymond Blathwayt, Henry Dana - undated
box 3, folder 21
Loose letters and autographs
1913-1931
Includes:
Charles Abbott and George Manville Fenn - undated;
Lester Wallach - undated;
Unidentified - undated;
B.L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon - undated;
Fred Terry - 1913;
George Arliss - 1923;
George Arliss - 1931
box 3, folder 22
Subseries 2: Charles Manby Collection
1853-1885
Scope and Contents
Includes generalized correspondence with the Adelphi Theatre Manager, Benjamin Webster (1855-1856) as well as correspondence
related to his resignation from the Haymarket theatre (1853), and general letters sent to Charles Manby from individuals like
June Bedford, Charles Braham and others (1847-1885).
box 3, folder 23
Benjamin Webster letters
1855-1856
Includes:
[Benjamin Webster] - April 1855;
[Benjamin Webster] - July 20;
[Benjamin Webster] - September 29, 1856;
[Benjamin Webster] - November 17;
[Benjamin Webster] - October 22, 1856;
[Benjamin Webster] - December 25;
[Benjamin Webster] - undated
box 3, folder 24
Webster Resignation letters
1853
Includes:
Joshua Silsbee - 1853 (Item has newspaper)
box 3, folder 25
General letters
1847-1885
Includes:
June Bedford - undated;
Hamilton Braham - [1885];
Charles Braham - undated;
Thomas E. Lyan - 1854;
Carlo (Pietro Carlo Giovanni Battista) Marochetti, Baron - 1863;
R.B. Pecke - undated;
J.A. Pecke - undated;
William Henry Oxberry - 1848;
Thomas H. Pitt - 1847;
H.G. Robinson - 1854;
J.C. Saurheel - 1854;
Unknown note - 1855;
Unknown note - undated;
Unknown note - undated;
Unknown note - undated
box 3, folder 26
Autographs
n.d.
Includes:
William Sydney Penley Photograph - undated
Subseries 3: General
1802-1999
Scope and Contents
Includes letters and notes to Gerard Larson from former students such as Tom Hanks (1964-1999), a grouping of mounted letters
including some from Charles Matthews and Charles Mayne Young (1861-1881), several miscellaneous letters including ones from
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Sean O'Casey, John M. Kemble and others (1852-1946), a grouping of autographed play ephemera that
includes a circus ticket signed by P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum (1881-[c. 1940]), and several other autographs including one
by Richard Peake and one by Albert Chevalier (1802-1897). Materials are also included in Miscellaneous Oversized (Oversize
1, Folder 13).
box 3, folder 27
Gerard Larson letters
1964-1999
Includes:
Misc. Student signatures including Tom Hanks - undated;
Tom Hanks - 1989;
Tom Hanks - 1999;
Laurence Olivier - 1964
box 3, folder 28
Letter book
1861-1881
Includes:
Sarah Bartley - undated;
Charles Matthews - 1881;
Charles Matthews - undated;
Thomas Morton - 1831;
Frederic Reynolds - no date;
[Charles Mayne Young] - undated;
[Charles Mayne Young] - undated;
Unsigned note - 1861
box 3, folder 29
Miscellaneous Letters
1852-1946
Includes:
Samuel Beazley - 1830;
J. Brasseur - undated;
Sergei Eisenstein - undated;
David Garrick - undated;
Henry Irving - 1886;
John M. Kemble - undated;
Charles Matthews with envelope - 1855;
Mary Marquet - undated;
Sean O'Casey - 1946;
Ignace Jan Paderewski - undated;
H. Phillips - 1845;
Cecile Porel - 1922;
Lennox Robinson - undated;
Timothy Twist [undated];
Bernard Shaw - 1929;
Sigmund Weber - undated;
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson - 1951;
Unsigned note - 1886;
Unsigned note with envelope - 1943;
Unknown signature - 1852;
3 mounted autographs W. Furren, Louisa Chatterby and L. Colman - ca. 1837
box 3, folder 30
Autographed play ephemera
ca. 1720-ca. 1940
Includes:
P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum signed ticket - 1881-1882;
The Playbill signed by Eva LaGalliene and Margaret Webster - [ca. 1940];
William Pitt Lennox, Lord - undated;
Joe Miller Benefit signed by William Hogarth - [ca. 1720-1764]
box 3, folder 31
Other autographs
1802-1897
Includes:
"Fred's" 1861 autographed picture addressed to Croker;
Nazimova note and envelope sent to [Anastazya Skowronska] - Aug 8, 1921;
Gaston Baty unsigned 1935 note;
Albert Chevalier - 1897 quote;
Richard Peake - 1802 check
Series 6: Modern Shakespeare Ephemera
1963-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes theatre booklets from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (1963-1964), an Ashland Shakespeare Theatre Booklet (1973), a
newsletter from the Utah Shakespearean festival (1973) and an undated map representing Britain as Shakespeare would have known
it. Materials are also listed in Series 7: Oversized Items.
box 3, folder 32
Ashland Shakespeare Festival booklet
1973
box 3, folder 33
Utah Shakespearean Festival Newsletter and booklet
1973
Series 7: Oversized Items
1752-1964
Scope and Contents
Includes the oversized items from previous series and subseries. Items relate to previous series: Playbills, Artistic Representations,
Letters and Autographs, and Shakespeare Ephemera. Each folder title has the relevant series and subseries included in parentheses.
Materials include artwork, stage directions, photographs, and ephemera.
box 4, folder 1
Theatre Royal Hay-Market-1752-1805 (Playbills, 18th Century English Playbills)
1752-1805
box 4, folder 2
Theatre Royal Drury Lane-1816-1878 (Playbills, 19th Century English Playbills)
1816-1878
box 4, folder 3
Theatre Royal Covent Garden-1816-1827 (Playbills, 19th Century English Playbills)
1816-1827
box 4, folder 4
Ink wash publication originals-1888 (Artistic Representations, Charles Cattermole's Macbeth Collection)
1888
box 4, folder 5
Dead Heart watercolors-1889 (Artistic Representations, Bernard Partridge Collection)
1889
box 4, folder 6
Drury Lane Theatre-N.D. (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection, Haymarket Theatres)
box 4, folder 7
New Brunswick Theatre ruins picture-N.D. (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection, Haymarket Theatres)
box 4, folder 8
St. Paul's floor plan and Theatre audience -N.D. (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection, Haymarket Theatres)
box 4, folder 9
Large Scene Engravings of Unknown play and The Bucks have at Ye All-c. 1811 (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection,
Plays)
1811
box 4, folder 10
Hamlet Costuming representations-N.D. (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection, Plays)
box 4, folder 11
Royal Shakespeare Theatre booklets and cast lists-1963-1964 (Modern Shakespeare Ephemera)
1963-1934
oversize 1, folder 1
Die Huguenots staging notes ca. 1848 (Plays, Stage directions)
1848
oversize 1, folder 2
Olympic Circus, 1809-1878 (Playbills, 19th Century English Playbills)
1809-1878
oversize 1, folder 3
Surry and King's Theatres, 1822-1845 (Playbills, 19th Century English Playbills)
1822-1845
oversize 1, folder 4
Astley's Amphitheatre interior engraving, 1791 (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection, Haymarket Theatres)
1791
oversize 1, folder 5
King's Theatre interior and chandelier, undated (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection, Haymarket Theatres)
oversize 1, folder 6
Her Majesty's Theatre, 1858-1897 (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection, Haymarket Theatres)
1858-1897
oversize 1, folder 7
James Carter, Lion King, undated (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection, Actors in Costume)
oversize 1, folder 8
Large Engravings of William Farren and John Lacy, 1821-1825 (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection, Actor Portraits)
1821-1825
oversize 1, folder 9
Great Unionist Meeting Pictures, 1886 (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection)
1886
oversize 1, folder 10
"Canterbury Tales" and "The Taming of the Shrew," ca. 1930 (Artistic Representations, Scene Engravings after 1900)
ca. 1930
oversize 1, folder 11
Shakespearean Souvenir material, (Modern Shakespeare Ephemera)
n.d.
oversize 1, folder 12
Miscellaneous Oversized, (Artistic Representations, James Towers Collection)
n.d.
oversize 1, folder 13
Miscellaneous Oversized
n.d.
oversize 1, folder 14
General Newspaper Isolation
n.d.
box 4, folder 1
Theatre Royal Hay-Market
1752-1805
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 2
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
1816-1878
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 3
Theatre Royal Covent Garden
1816-1827
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 4
Ink wash publication originals
1888
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 5
Dead Heart watercolors
1889
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 6
Drury Lane Theatre news clippings
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 7
New Brunswick Theatre ruins picture
n.d.
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 8
St. Paul's floor plan and Theatre audience
n.d.
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 9
Large Scene Engravings of Unknown play and The Bucks have at Ye All
ca. 1811
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 10
Hamlet Costuming representations
n.d.
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
box 4, folder 11
Royal Shakespeare Theatre booklets and cast lists
1963-1964
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 1
Die Huguenots staging notes
ca. 1848
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 3
Olympic Circus
1809-1878
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 4
Surry and Kings Theatre's
1822-1845
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 5
Astley's ampitheatre interior engraving
1791
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 6
King's Theatre Interior and chandelier
n.d.
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 7
Her Majesty's Theatre
1858-1897
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 8
James Carter, Lion King
n.d.
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 9
Large Engravings of William Farren and John Lacy
1821-1825
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 10
Great Unionist Meeting Pictures
1886
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 11
"Canterbury Tales" and "The Taming of the Shrew"
ca. 1930
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]
flat_file Flat File, folder 12
Shakespearean Souvenir material
n.d.
Note:
[This is an oversize folder.]