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Total number of records: 888

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Archives885
Art items1
Objects1
Books and printed items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
South Bank Show Production Archive859
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection21
Brotherton Collection17
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive6
University Art Collection1

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theatre888
letter writing6
photographs5
photography5
portraits4
art education3
drama3
poetry3
print media3
social participation3

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PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom11
Genoa, Italy4
Leeds, United Kingdom2
Sheffield, United Kingdom1

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Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company1
Kitson, Robert Hawthorn1
Landstone, Charles1
Theatre Royal (Bristol, England)1
Williamson, Audrey (1913-1986)1

Count of Earliest date

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From 17001
From 180019
From 1900367
From 2000499

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Up to 189920
Up to 1999367
Up to latest499

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

29 Mar 1851

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, recalling previous dinners and suppers and the idea that the world was a stage. Dickens describes other memories and what has triggered t...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

7 Jul 1848

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, noting the date of a performance at ‘Miss Kelly’s Temple of Mirth’ [Miss Kelley’s Theatre] at 73 Dean Street, Soho, London, at 7p...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1 Jul 1848

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, enclosing the part he spoke of and requesting that she meet the rest of the cast of the play.

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

14 Apr 1848

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, noting their recent conversation and her consideration of a play and mentioning the Shakespearean character Sir John Falstaff. He suggest...

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