Theatre Royal Drury Lane collection (1783-1869)

Export | Feedback | Print
Resource Collection: Collection
Title Theatre Royal Drury Lane collection (1783-1869)
Abstract/Description This collection contains a variety of legal and financial records relating to Drury Lane Theatre from the 1780s to 1860s. This collection includes legal and financial agreements and court papers involving Sheridan and Richardson; documents relating to the Art for Rebuilding Drury Lane (1810 and 1812); debentures; Deeds of Trust; letters and documents 1789-1819, mostly relating to plays submitted for production and to the cost of removing tche Drury Lane company to the King's Theatre; reports relating to the rebuilding of the Theatre in 1812; tally sheets; claims letters; and committee reports and shares.
Related Venues
Item URL
Date Created 1783
Date Terminated 1869
Catalogue ID THM/101
Holding Institution Victoria & Albert Department of Theatre and Performance
Language English
Extent 13 boxes
Citation Theatre Royal Drury Lane collection (1783-1869), Victoria & Albert Department of Theatre and Performance, 1783
Data Set AusStage
Resource Identifier 68316