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Drury Lane Theatre. Drury Lane Theatre financial records, 1747-1817 (MS Thr 12): Guide.


creator Drury Lane Theatre.
Title: Drury Lane Theatre financial records,
Dates: 1747-1817.
Abstract: Documents and letters concerning the financial state of the Drury Lane Theatre, the oldest English theater still in use.
Extent: 1 volume (.16 linear ft.)
Language: Collection materials are in English.
Identification: MS Thr 12
Location: f

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*49M-216F. Purchased with the F.E. Chase fund from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, 12 Lansdown Road, Wimbledon, London, S.W.20; received: 1950 Apr. 7.

Preferred Citation for Publication:

Drury Lane Theatre Financial Records, 1747-1817 (MS Thr 12). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.

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The Drury Lane Theatre in London is the oldest English theater still in use.

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Includes a manuscript of financial statements for the theater, several unsigned manuscripts in a clerk's hand of articles of agreement between Willoughby Lacy and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, an autograph letter from Willoughby Lacy to Robert Langford concerning the sale of his share of the theater, a manuscript letter from Richard Brinsley Sheridan concerning the financial straits of the theater, among other documents.

[Note: these MSS. comprise items 186-192 and 199 in I. K. Fletcher's catalogue 134]

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