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POSTERS AND PROGRAMMES

UKC/CALB/JES/POS/LDN AST : F190671

Playbill advertising, "On Monday, December 22nd, 1862, and every Night" the plays TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, RELIEF OF LUCKNOW and LADY BIRD, OR, HARLEQUIN LORD DUNDREARY (Christmas Eve only), to be performed at the Theatre Royal Westminster (Astley's), London.

Astley's, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London, England

manager : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

22.12.1862

play 1
TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS

author : Taylor, Tom, Mr., 1817-1880
actor : Mellon, H., Mr., fl.1860s
actor : Ryan, Mr., fl.1860s
actor : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
actor : Leeson, Dan W. Mr., fl.1860s-70s
actor : Reegan, Mr., fl.1860s
actor : Boucicault, Agnes, Mrs., 1833-1916 (born Agnes Kelly Robertson, wife of Dion Boucicault)
actor : Roberts, Miss
actor : Hayman, Miss
actor : Healey, Miss, fl.1860s
actor : Stanton, Miss, fl.1860s
actor : Vaughan, Miss, fl.1860s
actor : Bailey, Miss, fl.1860s
actor : Lee, Miss
actor : Pearce, Miss, fl.1860s
actor : Herbert, Miss
actor : Mills, Miss
actor : Hazlewood, Miss, fl.1860s
actor : Bracha, Miss, fl.1860s
actor : Stuart, Edith, Miss
actor : Wells, Miss, fl.1860s
actor : Leclercq, Rose, Miss

play 2
RELIEF OF LUCKNOW
JESSIE BROWN

author : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
actor : Swinbourne, Mr., fl.1860s
actor : Vandenhoff, Charles, Mr., fl.1860s
actor : Mellon, H., Mr., fl.1860s
actor : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
actor : Leeson, Dan W. Mr., fl.1860s-70s
actor : Celeste, Madame, fl.1860s
actor : Boucicault, Agnes, Mrs., 1833-1916 (born Agnes Kelly Robertson, wife of Dion Boucicault)
actor : Craven, Miss, fl.1860s
actor : Ryder, Mr., fl.1860s-70s
actor : Smythson, Montague, Mr., fl.1860s
actor : Edwin, Mr.
scene designer : Beverley, W., Mr.

play 3
LADY BIRD, OR, HARLEQUIN LORD DUNDREARY

author : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
scene designer : Roberts, Mr.

UKC/CALB/KER/POS/NY BOO : F190677

Photocopy of a playbill (Booth's Theatre Bulletin) advertising KERRY; OR, NIGHT AND MORNING and JESSIE BROWN; OR, THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW at Booth's Theatre, New York, during the "Week Ending November 9, 1972".

Booth's Theatre, 23rd St., New York, New York, United States of America

manager : Booth, Edwin Thomas, Mr., 1833-1893 (American actor and theatre manager)

9.11.1872

play 1
KERRY; OR, NIGHT AND MORNING

author : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
actor : Becks, George, Mr., fl.1870s
actor : Newton, Kate, Miss, fl.1870s
actor : Stuart, Geraldine, Miss, fl.1870s
actor : Decker, Nelson, Mr., fl.1870s
actor : Fenno, A. W., Mr., fl.1870s
actor : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
actor : Hogan, Henry, Mr., fl.1870s

play 2
JESSIE BROWN; OR, THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW

author : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
actor : Boucicault, Agnes, Mrs., 1833-1916 (born Agnes Kelly Robertson, wife of Dion Boucicault)
actor : Newton, Kate, Miss, fl.1870s
actor : Luke, Master, fl.1870s
actor : Naylor, Miss, fl.1870s
actor : Stuart, Geraldine, Miss, fl.1870s
actor : Livingston, Miss, fl.1870s
actor : Wheelock, Joseph, Mr., fl.1870s
actor : Jones, Mr.
actor : Becks, George, Mr., fl.1870s
actor : Alexander, C., Mr., fl.1870s
actor : Fenno, A. W., Mr., fl.1870s
actor : Decker, Nelson, Mr., fl.1870s
actor : Barry, Shiel, Mr. (sometimes credited as Mr. S. Barry)

MUSIC

UKC/CALB/JES/MUS : F190672

Sheet music for "'Jessie's Dream' as a descriptive Fantasia for the Piano" composed by John Blockley with words by Grace Campbell. This is not directly related to Boucicault's play, except by referring to the same historical incident on which the play is based. The cover reproduces a lithograph originally published in the Illustrated Times. Includes an account of the relief of Lucknow "as described by a lady, one of the rescued party."

1858 (circa)

composer : Blockley, John J., Mr.
lyricist : Campbell, Grace, Miss

UKC/CALB/JES/MUS : F190673

Photocopy of the sheet music for the Lucknow Relief March, composed by Eduard Bergmann. This is not directly related to Boucicault's play, except by referring to the same historical incident on which the play is based. The cover shows a lithograph by G. Wilkinson.

1858 (circa)

composer : Bergmann, Eduard, Mr.
artist : Wilkinson, G., Mr.

ILLUSTRATIONS

UKC/CALB/JES/ILL : F190670

Reproduction of a wood engraving by Kingdon, captioned "Mr. Dion Boucicault as Nena Sahib, in His Successful Drama of 'JESSIE BROWN, OR THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.'" The original run of the play, during which Boucicault played Nena Sahib, opened at Wallack's Theatre, New York, on 22nd February 1858.

1858 (circa)

author : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
artist : Kingdon, Mr.

LETTERS

1986

2 letters to Christopher Calthrop from Colin E. Bowden, relating to the purchase of a copy of the sheet music for "Jessie's Dream" (F190672), based on the same historical incident as Boucicault's play JESSIE BROWN, OR, THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.

correspondent : Bowden, Colin E., Mr.

recipient : Calthrop, Christopher, Mr.

1971 - 1985

Letters to Christopher Calthrop from three correspondents, related to productions of or research into Boucicault's play ARRAH-NA-POGUE; one letter mentions JESSIE BROWN.

correspondent : Hunt, Hugh, Mr. (Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre)

correspondent : Rachow, Louis A., Mr. (Curator and Librarian, Walter Hampden - Edwin Booth Theatre Collection and Library)

correspondent : Thomson, Peter, Mr. (author of Plays, by Dion Boucicault, CUP, 1985)

recipient : Calthrop, Christopher, Mr.

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