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Total number of records: 37

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Brotherton Collection34
English Literature32
Herbert Read Collection2

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english drama37
english fiction8
english poetry8
english literature7
letters7
theater2
actors1
diaries1
drama1
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Garrick, David (1717-1779)3
Baker, David Erskine (1730-1767)2
Brome, Richard (1652)2
Fletcher, John (1579-1625)2
Garrick, David2
Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637)2
Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)2
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)2
Whitehead, William (1715-1785)2
Bancroft, John1

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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...

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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...

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F.T. Prince

1985-1994

Letters mainly commenting on each other's work.

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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.

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Norah Hoult

1934

Response to letter praising "Youth Can't be Served". Also responding to poems sent by Berry and offering writing advice.

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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"...

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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...

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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 ...

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