George Belmore Collection
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UC Davis. Special Collections
2021
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
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Davis, California 95616-5292
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Title: George Belmore Collection
Dates: 1854-1907
Collection Number: D-133
Creator/Collector:
Belmore, George, 1827 or 1828-1875
Extent: 6.1 linear feet
Repository:
UC Davis. Special Collections
Davis, California 95616-5292
Abstract: Correspondence, ephemera, photographs, playbills, programs, realia, and scripts collected by English character actor George
Belmore.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
George Belmore Collection. UC Davis. Special Collections
Biography/Administrative History
English character actor who played a variety of minor roles in Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, ephemera, photographs, playbills, programs, realia, and scripts. The bulk of this collection pertains to Henry
Irving and his Lyceum Theatre company and includes original scripts and lighting plots used at the Lyceum Theatre.
Performing arts
Irving, H. B. (Henry Brodribb), 1870-1919
Lyceum Theatre (London, England)