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Ref No	CALB/BIO/F205520
AltRefNo	F205520
Collection	Calthrop Boucicault Collection
Title	Letters from 2 correspondents about a hoax played on the poet William McGonagall by a man impersonating Dion Boucicault in 1880, and about Boucicault's reaction to the hoax and to McGonagall trying to visit him in London.
Date	1880
Extent	2 items
Description	Letters from 2 correspondents about a hoax played on the poet William McGonagall by a man impersonating Dion Boucicault in 1880, and about Boucicault's reaction to the hoax and to McGonagall trying to visit him in London.
Description	The letters are from the following correspondents -- Denise Coffey; Roy Kendall, Dundee Repertory Theatre
Notes	Previous reference number: UKC/CALB/BIO/F205520
Subject	Impersonation
Subject	Hoax
Related Person	Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
Related Person	McGonagall, William, Mr., ca. 1825-1902 (poet and actor)
Category	Correspondence
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.
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