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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Collection
Found in: Music Division

Chippendale Company Play Scripts

Identifier: ML31.C54
Abstract William Henry Chippendale (1801-1888) was an English actor and theater manager who had an extensive career in the United States and Great Britain. This collection is comprised of 16 anthologies of working scripts for plays and operettas written by English playwrights, including William Bayle Bernard, John Baldwin Buckstone, Joseph Stirling Coyne, James Robinson Planché, and Edward Stirling. Chippendale used the materials during his career as an actor between 1834 and 1851, and likely while...
Dates 1800-1868; Majority of material found within 1830-1849
 Collection

Charlotte Cushman Papers

Identifier: MSS17525
Abstract

Actress. Correspondence; biographical and genealogical material; annotated scripts and texts of plays, poetry, and readings; newspaper clippings; reviews; and souvenir programs relating chiefly to Cushman's career in the theater.

Dates 1823-1941; Majority of material found within ( 1861-1875)