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Drury Lane Theatre. Drury Lane Theatre financial records, 1747-1817 (MS Thr 12): Guide.Administrative Information*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. Return to the Table of Contents The Drury Lane Theatre in London is the oldest English theater still in use. Return to the Table of Contents 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] Return to the Table of Contents |