| Ref No | CALB/BIO/F205480 |
| AltRefNo | F205480 |
| Collection | Calthrop Boucicault Collection |
| Title | Material relating to Dion Boucicault's activities between 1844 and 1848, in particular his sojourns in France and on Jersey |
| Date | 1844-1965 |
| Extent | 9 items |
| Description | Material relating to Dion Boucicault's activities between 1844 and 1848, in particular his sojourns in France and on Jersey. Item 1 -- typed excepts from The Era between 4th of February 1844 and 9th January 1848, mentioning which of Boucicault's plays were being performed in London and how they were received;. Item 2 -- handwritten excerpts from The Era between 6th June and 26th September 1847;. Item 3 -- handwritten excerpt from the Illustrated London News, 15th August 1846, quoting from a speech by Benjamin Webster on the closing night of the Haymarket season; "Bourcicault" is mentioned alonside the names of other playwrights;. Item 4 -- two air letters from Christopher Calthrop to Albert E. Johnson, citing extracts from The Era in 1846 and 1847; Calthrop has found "one indication that DB was in London during his 'French years'";. Item 5 -- a note headed "Research Line No. 1", suggesting that Boucicault managed a French theatre company at Drury Lane in 1848 after his return from france; Calthrop believed tracing this |french company will give a clue to Boucicault's activities in France 1845-1848;. Item 6 -- a newspaper cutting from The Times, Wednesday, November 17, 1965, titled "Battle to Save Old Paris Theatre"; is describes attempts to save the Ambigu Theatre from demolition. Boucicault is not mentioned in the article, but Calthrop has marked the cutting "1848";. Item 7 -- 3 letters from a Jersey Librarian in response to enquiries by Christopher Calthrop about Dion Boucicault staying on Jersey in the 1840s (apparently Boucicault sent at least one letter from St. Helier in 1846); the librarian reports that he has found no information at all; it seems that Calthrop also speculated about Anne Guiot dying on Jersey, but no information was found; . Item 8 -- photocopy of the September 1952 Bulletin of the Jersey Society in London, which includes an article titled "The Theatre in Jersey" by Advocate Raoul Lempriere; Boucicault is not mentioned;. Item 9 -- 2 letters from the Honorary Librarian of the Societe Jersiaise in response to enquiries about Boucicault's stay on Jersey in 1846, again without result. |
| The letters are from the following correspondents -- Christopher Calthrop; Raymond Jalle, Deputy and Local History Librarian, Jersey Public Libraries, St. Helier; Mrs. B. de Veulle, Honorary Librarian of the Societe Jersiaise, Jersey |
| Notes | Previous reference number: UKC/CALB/BIO/F205480 |
| Event | Used Up |
| L'Homme Blase |
| Victor And Hortense |
| Lolah; Or, The Wreck Light |
| Love In A Sack |
| Mother And Son |
| Fox And The Goose, The |
| Don Caesar De Bazan; Or, Love And Honour |
| Old Heads And Young Hearts |
| Inquire Within |
| Mr. Peter Piper |
| Who Did It; Or, What'S In The Wind |
| School For Scheming, The |
| Related Person | Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890 |
| Webster, Benjamin, Mr. |
| Guiot, Anne, Mme |
| Related Organisation | Haymarket Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Westminster |
| Ambigu Theatre, Paris |
| Jersey Public Libraries, St. Helier, Jersey |
| Societe Jersiaise, Jersey |
| Related Place | Haymarket Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Westminster, London |
| Category | Correspondence |
| Press cuttings |
| 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 |