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Theatre Clippings Scrapbook


Description:
Full scrapbook
Scrapbook title:
Theatre Clippings Scrapbook
Creator:
Unknown
Dates of creation:
1884-1903
Format-Extent:
1 volume (approximately 354 pages)
Full scrapbook description:
This scrapbook, compiled in London, England, features handwritten reviews of London theatre productions. Examples of reviewed plays include an 1885 production of Olivia starring Ellen Terry, an 1884 production of Adrienne Lecouvreur starring Sarah Bernhardt, and an 1884 production of Hamlet starring Wilson Barrett. Alongside the handwritten reviews, the scrapbook owner often pasted in newspaper reviews of the same plays, photographs or illustrations of the actors, and sometimes original sketches of the characters. It is not known who compiled the scrapbook.
Scrapbook category:
Traditional scrapbook
Language:
eng
Fonds / collection title:
Mary Henderson collection
Fonds / collection identifier:
SC372
Fonds / collection creator:
Mary Henderson
Archival item identifier:
Accession Number: 2000-041
Archival finding aid:
https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/mary-henderson-collection
Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Source:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Digitized scrapbook URL:
https://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/39d1d2e2-fc4e-4801-b31b-1b981b6136bc