| Ref No | CALB/BIO/F205474 |
| AltRefNo | F205474 |
| Collection | Calthrop Boucicault Collection |
| Title | Material relating to Dion Boucicault's activities in Brighton, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Hull under the pseudonym Lee Moreton |
| Date | 1838-1882 |
| Extent | items |
| Description | Material relating to Dion Boucicault's activities in Brighton, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Hull under the pseudonym Lee Moreton. Item 1 -- 1 letter from a correspondent at Brighton Public Libraries providing Calthrop with notes on the information on Dion Boucicault in the local collections, including excepts from H. C. Porter's "Theatres of Brighton 1774-1885";. Item 2 -- a brief and probably incomplete list in Calthrop's hand of Brighton productions, and of some references to books on theatre history; some Cheltenham and Hull productions are also listed;. Item 3 -- 7 letters/notes from staff at the Public Libraries, Art Galleries and Museum, Cheltenham responding to enquiries about Lee Moreton and Dr. Dionysius Lardner (no information about the latter). One letter mentions enclosed extracts from "The Cheltenham Journal" and "The Looker-on", but they must have become separated from the letter. Other letters mention that photocopies of three Lee Moreton playbills have been sent to Calthrop and that another two cannot be found; also included is a negative response about an enquiry about Mr. Grattan, the manager of the Theatre Royal, Cheltenham;. Item 4 -- notes by Christopher Calthrop about productions of plays in Cheltenham, probably involving Boucicault/Lee Moreton, with the note "BM [British Museum?] Collection" added later;. Item 5 -- 1 letter from the Gloucester City Librarian, responding in the negative to a query about references to Lee Moreton in Gloucester playbills 1837-38; local newspapers were not checked.. Item 6 -- a receipt from the British Museum, apparently for payment for copies of two or three Gloucester playbills. Item 7 -- by Christopher Calthrop about productions of plays in Gloucester, probably involving Boucicault/Lee Moreton. Item 8 -- notes by Calthrop, apparently referring to photocopies obtained of . Items related to Boucicault/Lee Moreton at the Theatre Royal, Hull |
| The correspondents are -- C. W. Musgrave, Director of Brighton Public Libraries; H. G. Fletcher and Nancy (?) B. Stevens of Cheltenham Public Libraries; A. J. I. Parrot, City Librarian, Cloucester City Libraries; |
| Notes | Previous reference number: UKC/CALB/BIO/F205474 |
| Subject | Acting |
| Performances |
| Event | Irishman In London, The |
| Teddy The Tiler |
| London Assurance |
| New Way To Pay Old Debt, A |
| Colleen Bawn, The |
| Richard Iii |
| Loan Of A Lover |
| Othello |
| Related Person | Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890 |
| Moreton, Lee, Mr. (i.e. Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890) |
| Lardner, Dionysius, Dr. |
| Grattan, Mr. |
| Related Organisation | Public Libraries, County Borough of Brighton |
| Public Libraries, Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham |
| Gloucester City Libraries, Central Library, Brunswick Road, Gloucester |
| British Museum |
| Related Place | Theatre Royal, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Theatre Royal, Westgate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
| Theatre Royal, Hull, Yorkshire |
| Category | Correspondence |
| Notes |
| Accounts |
| Access conditions | This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | SubSeries |