Records of Drury Lane Theatre [manuscript], 1766-1880.
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Title
Records of Drury Lane Theatre [manuscript], 1766-1880.
Description
170 v.
Corporate author
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Associated name
Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899.
Wyatt, Benjamin Dean, 1775-1855.
Wyatt, Benjamin Dean, 1775-1855.
Scope and content
Consists of journals, nightly accounts, paybooks, records of the wardrobe keepers, lists of plays with casts, inventories, etc.
Note
The majority of the records formed part of the Daly collection. For example, see American Art Galleries auction catalog, March 20, 1900, no. 1051.
For other records of Drury Lane Theatre, see online finding aid.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
For other records of Drury Lane Theatre, see online finding aid.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Historical background
The performances took place at the King's theatre, Haymarket and at the Lyceum between 1809 and 1812. Some of Benjamin Wyatt's plans for the rebuilding of the theatre (1812, 1814), and a plan for the Birmingham theatre, undated, are among these volumes.
Finding aid
For a fuller description or context, see online finding aid.
Finding aid identifier
D78368
Condition
Housed April 2017. Please use nitrile gloves to handle the clasps.
Linked resources
Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library Z.e.19
Guide to the Records of Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres, 1714-1880
Guide to the Records of Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres, 1714-1880
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
W.b.273-435; Z.e.15-19
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available for W.b.430. Adopted anonymously, Acquisitions Night 2019.
Folger accession
cs18, 28, 30-35, 251, 922, 1321, 1527