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T.O. Beachcroft
1952-1954
Letter from T.O. Beachcroft inviting Berry to contribute an essay on Herbert Read for an issue of 'Supplements to British Book News'. File includes further letters regarding the editing and publicatio...
T.S. Eliot
1958-1988
One Letter from Eliot to Berry rejecting Berry's proposal for a volume of collected poems. Dated 2nd March 1950. Various letters from Eliot (on behalf of Faber and Faber) to Berry thanking him for w...
Macbeth
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Wilson, John Dover (1881-1969)
1947
"Edited for the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press by John Dover Wilson" - half t.p.
Norah Hoult
1934
Response to letter praising "Youth Can't be Served". Also responding to poems sent by Berry and offering writing advice.
Critical remarks on the four taking plays of this season : viz. Sir Walter Raleigh, The masquerade, Chit-chat, and Busiris King of Egypt. Dedicated to the wits at Button's coffee-house
Corinna, a country parson's wife
1719
First edition. Signatures: A², B-I⁴, K².
Memoirs of the life and writings of Ben. Jonson, Esq; poet laureat to King James the First, and King Charles the First. With an abstract of the lives of their favourites, Somerset and Buckingham. Collected from the writings of the most eminent historians, and interspersed with the pasquils of those times. To which are added, two comedies, (wrote by Ben. Jonson, &c. and not printed in his works) called The widow, and Eastward Hoe
Chetwood, W R (1766); Middleton, Thomas (1627); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637); Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637); Chapman, George (1559?-1634); Marston, John (1575?-1634); Chetwood, William Rufus (fl.1720-d.1766)
1756
"The widow" is considered to be almost entirely the work of T. Middleton, with slight assistance from Jonson and Fletcher; "Eastward Hoe" was a collaboration by Jonson, G. Chapman and J. Marston. De...
Manuscript of the third act of the play 'The Siege of St Quentin' by Theodore Hook, in the hand of William Powell the prompter, and with manuscript annotations by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Tom Sheridan.
Hook, Theodore Edward
1808
Comprises a fair copy of Act 3 of Hook's play, signed 'W. Powell, Prompter, T[heatre]. R[oyal]. D[rury]. L[ane]. Octr 5th 1808'. The first scene is said to be enacted in 'a courtyard in the Castle of ...
Algernon Charles Swinburne manuscripts
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)
1851-1999
Comprises a substantial collection of manuscripts (many of them autographs), typed or pencilled transcriptions, and some printed proofs and early editions of literary works by Swinburne, including poe...
Longmans, Green & Co.
1956-1969
Letter from Berry to Mr Blagden, dated 7th January 1956. Letter from Blagden to Berry rejecting for publication Berry's "Poets' Grammar". Request to publish Berry's essay "Restoration of Grammar"...
Literary and theatrical manuscripts of Cyril Maude
Maude, Cyril (1862-1951)
c.1882-1942
Comprises: Box 1: 27 vols of musical scores for performing 'She stoops to conquer'; 4 vols of stage instructions for performing 'Grumpy', 1 for each Act; 2 notebooks; 1 five year diary, 19-?. Box 2: T...
Carleton College
1951-1996
Letters relating to Berry's time at Carleton College, Minnesota 1951-1952. Annotated photograph of Berry and colleagues. Menu from the farewell dinner on the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth dated July 5th ...