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Guy Mannering (Play) programs

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Guy Mannering (Play) programs, 1816-1883.

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Additional Authors
  • Terry, Daniel, 1782-1829
  • Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
  • Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837
  • Bihin, Jean Antoine Joseph, 1805-1873
Description
1 box; 21 lf
Summary
Programs and broadsides in eight folders (1816 - 1883) for Guy Mannering by Daniel Terry, adapted from the novel by Sir Walter Scott, documenting performances primarily in London and New York, with a few in Scotland and others regionally in England and the United States.
Subject
  • Boston Museum (1847-1903)
  • Covent Garden Theatre
  • Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
  • Benefit performances
  • Giants
  • Memorials
  • Theater > Memorials
Genre/Form
  • Theater programs.
  • Playbills.
Note
  • Of note in folder 1 is a broadside printed for the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in July 1817 announcing a performance of Guy Mannering "for the benefit of Miss Matthews [Sarah Blanche Matthews?] and Mr. Grimaldi," in which both appeared. Joseph Grimaldi sang one of his signature songs, Tipitywitchet.
  • Of note in folder 2 is a special broadside printed for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in October 1832, within a month of the death of Walter Scott from typhus, announcing "the commemoration of the Bard of the North" with performances, songs, and pageants in his honor.
  • Of note in folder 7 is a broadside printed for an 1849 production at the Boston Museum that also announces the appearance of "Monsieur [Jean Antoine Joseph] Bihin the celebrated Belgian Giant," with a full-page of "commendatory notices of the press" on the verso.
  • Many programs in this box belong to the Stead and Robinson Locke collections.
  • Compiled by The New York Public Library.
Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 9526
OCLC
1055658926
Title
Guy Mannering (Play) programs, 1816-1883.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
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Added Author
Terry, Daniel, 1782-1829, author. Guy Mannering.
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832, author, honoree. Guy Mannering.
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837, performer, honoree.
Bihin, Jean Antoine Joseph, 1805-1873, performer.
Research Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 9526
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