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‎Alfred Bunn 1796 1860 theatre manager lessee of Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres Anne Mathews nee Jackson d1869 second w‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed 'A Bunn' from the theatre manager Alfred Bunn to the widow of the actor Charles Mathews praising her husband while defending an accusation of inconsistency on his part. With two notes by Mrs Mathews.‎

‎6 Maddox Street Bond Street; 11 August 1840. 3pp. 12mo. Fair on aged paper. Mathews begins by quoting contradictory passages from letters of Charles Mathews one from Mrs Mathews' 'Memoirs of Charles Mathews Comedian' 1839 and the other from Bunn's 'The Stage: Both before and behind the Curtain' 1840. Regarding a performance in Dublin in 1811 the letter Mrs Mathews quotes complains that although Mathews had been led to believe £600 would be raised and despite a full house 'When every account was closed the sum-up was 470l.' In the letter quoted by Bunn Mathews states that he never 'played to one full house in Dublin but once in Crow Street; and then they knocked down the door-keepers and got in for nothing. 289/. was returned for the greatest number of people ever collected in the building' Mrs Mathews has clearly taken offence at Bunn's printed comment that the account given by Mathews in the letter in his book 'does not exactly tally' with that given in the letter in her book. He attempts to placate her with a generous tribute to her husband: 'In all the relationships of life public or private I ever found ever reported & ever shall report my departed friend as a pattern of greatness not to be surpassed.' Bunn hopes she will permit him to pay his respects 'ere the week wanes'. In a postscript he writes: 'I had a chat with Charles about this very letter before he started for Dublin.' At the foot of the first page Mrs Mathews notes of the £289 'This alludes to the first account. A M'; and along the foot of the second and third pages 'Money was afterwards paid in which brought the total receipt to 470 A M'. 6 Maddox Street, Bond Street; 11 August 1840. unknown‎

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‎The Refectory Club Mayfair London; David Mallett Secretary Walter James Macqueen Pope theatre historian; Anna Zinkeisen 1901‎

‎The Refectory Club Mayfair London. Three items of club ephemera: publicity booklet application form and notice. With Typed Letter Signd from club secretary David Mallett regarding theatre historian Maqueen-Pope’s desire to become a member.‎

‎Mallett’s letter dated 4 October 1955; on letterhead of The Refectory Club 10 Tilney Street Park Lane W1 London. The other three items undated but slighty earlier in date. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Interesting London ephemera: the plans for the Refectory Club were clearly ambitious but there is little to be gleaned about it and it is unclear whether it even opened. Zinkeisen and her sister Dora are the subject of a 2022 monograph by Philip Kelleway Emma Roodhouse and Nicola Evans. The four items in good condition lightly aged but with rust staining from a paperclip. Folded for postage. ONE: Typed Letter to MP signed ‘D Mallett’ but with ‘For Secretary’ typed beneath this. 1p 4to. Begins ‘We have been informed by Mr. Nathan that you would like to become a member of our Club. We shall of course be honoured to accept you but regret that we must ask you to apply formally for membership on the enclosed application form. After you have completed this we should be grateful if you would forward it to Mr. Nathan for proposal.’ Information regarding fees follows. TWO: Illustrated Printed stapled publicity booklet. 7pp 16mo. With three photographs of interiors Dining Hall Lounge and Common Room together with reproduction of drawing of the Dining Hall on the cover. ‘The mediaeval Dining Hall is architecturally unique with its finely vaulted ceiling supported by columns and pilasters of the utmost delicacy. / Curved wall panels provide the perfect setting for exquisite murals by Miss Anna Zinkeisen. The distinguished artist has captured the atmosphere of the period and portrayed it ith touches of subtle humour and gaiety. . The Lounge pannelled in oak with rich period furnishings is a pleasing combination of things old and new. The old has been made to serve again in an unusual recessed long bar. / The pine-pannelled Common Room dominated by a fine old refectory table is reserved for private dinner parties. .’ The architect is named as H. Hubbard Ford the ‘Decor’ is by Dickeson & French Ltd and the murals are by ‘Miss Anna Zinkeisen’. THREE: Notice printed in red. 1p 12mo. Headed ‘The Refectory Club. / The Club will be open to Members on and after 3rd May 1955.’ Gives details of opening hours bar hours and restaurant hours and of membership fees. Typed in red at foot: ‘This applies to the first 500 members. For those joining later the rate will be / FIVE GUINEAS PER ANNUM’. FOUR: Printed ‘Application for Membership’. On one side of a slip of paper 1p landscape 12mo. Not filled in. Mallett’s letter dated 4 October 1955; on letterhead of The Refectory Club, 10 Tilney Street, Park Lane, W1 [London]. The othe unknown‎

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‎Nat Travers, music hall artiste (b. c. 1875), 'The Pearly King Cockney Singing Comedian' [Walter James Macqueen-Pope, theatre hi‎

‎‘Can anyone beat my record’: Nat Travers ‘The Pearly King Cockney Singing Comedian’. Autograph Letter Signed to theatre historian W. Macqueen-Pope boasting of sixty years in the theatre and asking for help getting radio and television work.‎

‎14 November 1957. ‘Guest Turn Royal Oak Dagenham’. On letterhead of ‘The Grand Old Timer Nat Travers / “The Pearly King Cockney Singing Comedian†/ Radio & Television Star’ 265 Bancroft Road Mile End E1 London. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p foolscap 8vo. In fair condition lightly aged and creased. Begins: ‘Dear Mac Im going great and I dont use THE MIKE. I enclose Bill of Last Week / I first Worked 60 Years ago. Mac I want to get. to Broadcast. THIS. IS. Your. LIFE / I Started when I was 9 Year Old. Im now 82. Can anyone beat my Record.’ He gives details of booking at the ‘Metropoliton sic Music Hall Edgware Rd. I was first there. 1901. NOVEMBER 4 Weeks / Of cours sic I was There many Times. Mac you ought to try and get me on Television. or. Radio. I could do 1/4 or 1/2 Hour Show. you could be the one to ask me: I enclose your letter you wrote me 6 June 1956 not present’. Concludes: ‘I would like to hear from you. / Best Wishes & God Bless You / from your Old China Nat’. 14 November 1957. ‘Guest Turn, Royal Oak, Dagenham’. On letterhead of ‘The Grand Old Timer Nat Travers / “The Pearly Kin unknown‎

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‎[Laurence Olivier [Lord Olivier] and Vivien Leigh] W. J. Macqueen-Pope [Walter James Macqueen-Pope] (1888-1960), theatre histori‎

‎Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in Rattigan’s ‘Sleeping Prince’. Duplicated typescript of article by W. Macqueen-Pope: ‘This is Real Theatre / The Oliviers Return to Town’ with carbon of covering TL and commissioning ALS by Barbara Beauchamp.‎

‎Beauchamp’s commissioning TLS: 15 September 1953; on letterhead of publishers Newnes & Pearson’s London. Carbon of MP’s covering TL: 24 September 1953. MP’s article undated but contemporaneous. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. The occasion of the article was the forthcoming premiere of Rattigan’s play ‘The Sleeping Prince’ Olivier’s production of which at the Phoenix Theatre in London opened on 5 November 1953. The movie rights were bought by Marilyn Monroe and the Hollywood film appeared in 1957 as ‘The Prince and the Showgirl’ with Olivier reprising his stage role and Rattigan also writing the filmscript. See the entries on the Oliviers and Macqueen-Pope in the Oxford DNB. Interest in Beauchamp’s novels has grown in recent years. All three of the present items are lightly-aged and in fair condition; the first two somewhat creased at extremities the third less so. Item One with rust spots to one corner from paperclip. ONE: ALS from ‘Barbara Beauchamp / Fiction Editor’ Newnes & Pearson’s London 15 September 1953. 1p 12mo. Sheila Gould has informed her that MP ‘will be able to write us a 1500 word feature article on the new Terence Rattigan play which the Oliviers are appearing in’. The publishers are planning the feature ‘as a double spread in our issue of the 5th November which is incidentally both the opening night and I believe Vivien Leigh’s birthday’. She asks for the article before the end of the month and suggests ‘a payment of forty guineas for British Empire serial rights’. The following two items are typed on 4to leaves of cartridge paper. TWO: Carbon of MP’s covering TL to Beauchamp 24 September 1953. 1p 4to. With short autograph pencil filing note by MP. Begins: ‘Here you are - the Olivier and Leigh First Night story - not critical naturally as being written before the event - but an attempt to show the whys and wherefores of the importance of this occasion and a little of the Theatre atmosphere.’ He asks her to excuse his typing: ‘being in the middle of hectic rehearsals at Drury Lane and without a secretary throws it all on me’. In a postscript he suggests a future article on ‘the inside story of a first night’. THREE: Duplicated Typescript of MP’s article ‘This is Real Theatre / The Oliviers Return to Town / by / W. Macqueen-Pope’. It does not seem to have been published in book form nor does it appear to have left a digital footprint. 6pp 4to with each page on its own leaf. Double-spaced. MP begins in anticipation of a first night ‘providing a thrill which no other type of entertainment can give a thrill beyond anything which the Films the Circus Radio or Television can compass and which even Grand Opera never reaches in general appeal’ when ‘the Leader of his Profession and his Leading Lady take the stage again’. He places the occasion within a wide context with historical references beginning with ‘the first true Theatre in Europe - that playhouse so rightly called The Theatre in Shoreditch where it arose in 1576’. After mentioning a number of notables in the history of the London stage he praises Rattigan’s play of which he gives a synopsis. He continues in fulsome terms: ‘Everybody who is Anybody - and a sprinkling of those who are not - will be there. . It will be like one of the great days of old. . an Occasion of Occasions’. Beauchamp’s commissioning TLS: 15 September 1953; on letterhead of publishers Newnes & Pearson’s, London. Carbon of MP’s c unknown‎

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‎Evelyn Lake playwright and children's author W. J. Macqueen Pope 1888 1960 theatre historian:‎

‎Evelyn Lake playwright and children’s author. Typed Letter Signed to theatre historian W. J. Macqueen-Pope regarding a play she has written and is offering to ‘Mr Tom Arnold’. With accompanying printed poem by her.‎

‎24 August 1953; 5 Valley Road Bude N. Cornwall. See the recipient’s entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 12mo. Signed ‘Evelyn Lake’. In good condition lightly aged with minor traces of paperclip. Folded once. She enjoyed his ‘article in yesterday’s Reynolds News’ and thinks it is ‘Lovely to be able to make people laugh spontaneously. Hence the little verses enclosed.’ Accompanying the letter printed on a small square of paper is a sixteen-line poem in four stanzas with first line ‘Sweet laughter is beloved of kings -’ signed in type ‘EVELYN LAKE.’ She thanks him for replying to her letter despite being ‘so busy’: ‘I am taking your advice and writing Mr Tom Arnold to ask if he will look at my play.’ She is ‘still in touch with children’ and tries ‘to avoid boring them. I believe I can still interest them though the moderns are tough lots of them.’ She will be in London shortly ‘and will entrust my play to Mr Arnold if he will consent to read it but I want to try every source I can get my rejection quickly if it has to be that!’ 24 August 1953; 5 Valley Road, Bude, N. Cornwall. unknown‎

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‎Clan Chattan Association: Murdoch Macintosh, FSA. Scot., editor of its journal [Walter James Macqueen-Pope (1888-1960), theatre‎

‎Clan Chattan Association. Autograph Letter Signed from the editor of its journal Murdoch Macintosh to theatre historian W. Macqueen-Pope discussing the Macqueen family in Scotland and his own wartime service.‎

‎3 May 1952; on letterhead of the Clan Chattan Association The Castle Inverness Scotland. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The Clan Chattan Association is a confederation of highland clans. 2pp 4to. In fair condition lightly aged with slight creasing to one corner and rust staining from paperclip. Folded twice for postage. Addressed to MP’s London address in Coventry Street. ‘I’ve heard about your James MacQueen. His name appears in quite a few locally published papers &c. on Culloden. His new teeth are quite famous up here.’ He accepts the proposal for an article: ‘if you could go to 900-1000 words I’d be happy’. He reports: ‘Our President - The Mackintosh has just been returned unopposed as representative of the parish of Moy & Dalarossie on Inverness County Council. He was also the other day commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant. / During the last two years of the Home Guard I commanded a platoon - about 300 strong! - located outside Inverness and mostly in the Mackintosh country’. He names locations adding: ‘I had a big number of MacQueen’s in the platoon. About half dozen in the Farr section were very strict Wee Frees and wouldn’t turn out to drill on the “Sabbath†our chief day for drills!’ He continues with reference to ‘a coast defence battery’ he recruited and ends with reference to his recent ill-health. 3 May 1952; on letterhead of the Clan Chattan Association, The Castle, Inverness, Scotland. unknown‎

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‎[Victorian Penny Toys] W. J. Macqueen-Pope [Walter James Macqueen-Pope] (1888-1960), theatre historian and press officer and arc‎

‎‘Re the toys which made Xmas long ago’: ‘Popie’ on Victorian penny toys. Copy of Typed Letter from theatre historian W. J. Macqueen-Pope containing a long list with some comments including toys which have ‘almost if not quite vanished’.‎

‎12 June 1956. No place London. For information on Macqueen-Pope see his entry in the Oxford DNB. The present item is from his papers. Unsigned carbon copy of typed letter with ‘W. Macqueen-Pope’ typed below space for signature. 2pp 4to. Sixty-one lines of text. Text clear and complete on lightly aged and creased paper with slight water stain to one edge and damage to top left-hand corner from paperclip. The letter begins: ‘My Dear John / Re the toys which made Xmas long ago. One would want a picture of the men standing shoulder to shoulder down Ludgate Hill in the gutter selling the penny toys. These they carried on trays with a support round their necks. The toys were of all sorts - a list -’. A list of thirty-two lines follows beginning: ‘Little men taking off their tall hats when a string was pulled. / Little tortoises in boxes with glass tops which waggled their legs when moved.’ Ends with: ‘Little bits of metal like aeroplane propellors sic which rose in the air when pushed up a screwed rod. / Watchmen’s rattles - yellow and red. / Bulls eye lanterns.’ The recipient has followed each entry on the list with a tiny tick in ink. Macqueen-Pope continues with twenty-three lines listing ‘toys which have almost if not quite vanished - but which cost more than a penny - some as much as sixpence’. These include: ‘Tin palm tress sic bearing cocoanuts and a nigger smwarmed sic up it caught a cocoa nut in a try on his head and came down.’ and ‘The Wheel of Life - a circular tin affair looking like a round saucepan with no handle. It had slots in the side. Into the bottom went a spike. You put rolls of paper - with illustrations inside facing inwards you twirled it round looked through the slots and the pictures moved. This was the origin of the cinema.’ Also ‘Slap bangs which went off with a satisfying bang when dropped. Scared old men and made cyclists think they had a puncture.’ Postscript: ‘White mice and pigs made of sugar. Tiger nuts - locusts. Everlasting stick’. 12 June 1956. No place [London]. unknown‎

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‎Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and its historian, W. Macqueen-Pope [Walter James Macqueen-Pope] (1888-1960) [BBC Radio]:‎

‎Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Carbon of Typed BBC script of ‘2nd Broadcast’ in the series ‘Theatre Songs and Stories / by / W. Macqueen-Pope’ on the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.‎

‎Undated but shortly after the death of Ivor Novello on 6 March 1951. BBC Radio London. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. His entry in the Oxford DNB describes how in the 1950s he was ‘in demand as a lecturer on the theatrical subjects he loved and he appeared often in the same capacity on radio and on television. Ironically he regarded these two forms of public entertainment and television in particular as representing a serious threat to the survival of theatre about which he cared passionately’. The present item relates to the theatre with which he was most closely connected serving for more than two decades 1935-1956 as press agent there and even acting as its Air Raid Warden during the Second World War. His book on the place had appeared in 1945. 4pp 4to. On four leaves of discoloured and heavily-creased cartridge paper. At top left of first page: ‘2nd Broadcast’. Title: ‘Theatre Songs and Stories / by / W. Macqueen-Pope / No. 2. Theatre Royal Drury Lane. / Signature Tune ‘Ma Belle’. Traces the history of music at the theatre from its foundation in 1663 with reference to Nell Gwynne and Pepys Garrick’s ‘Heart of Oak’ and Arne’s ‘Rule Britannia’ to Ivor Novello whose ‘recent tragic death saddened the whole country’. MP who would produce a biography of his friend Novello at the end of 1951 adds in the final paragraph: ‘And indeed Ivor Novello’s life who wrote and composed that song did indeed belong to us. He dedicated it to the public and to the Theatre - and he loved and revered no Theatre more than Drury Lane for which he did such yeoman service. He has gone but Drury Lane goes on - musically too. “Oklahoma†broke every record it ever made and “Carousel†still runs gaily after a whole year of service.’ Undated, but shortly after the death of Ivor Novello on 6 March 1951. [BBC Radio, London.] unknown‎

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‎George E. Dunn, author and editor [Walter James Macqueen-Pope (1888-1960), theatre historian]:‎

‎George E. Dunn author and editor. Autograph Letter Signed to theatre historian W. Macqueen-Pope discussing the perils of the proof-reading process with reminiscences.‎

‎5 July year. Three Corners Watledge Gloucestershire. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp foolscap 8vo. In fair condition lightly-aged with creasing at head which is annotated by MP ‘author’. After thanking him for his letter he writes: ‘It is fatal to have a book published without seeing a proof. In my “Gilbert & Sullivan Dictionary†I had occasion to mention “The Yeomen of the Guard†14 times. The compositor aided by the reader deliberately channged them to “Yeomanâ€. They actually said they did so because “Yeoman†was correct!†Turning to Shaw’s ‘Arms and the Man’ he says he knows ‘the original Yorke Stephens & his wife Helen Hays for their son Frank was a schoolfellow of mine at Merchant Taylors!’ He gives a list of the ‘fine theatrical people’ that school produced. ‘I met a lot of the profession at the house of my uncle by marriage W. Lestrange including Edna May Hubert Carter and Hilda Trevelyan.’ If his ‘slightly longer experiences’ might be of use to MP in writing his books they are at his disposal. He once found ‘200 slips’ in a book by ‘old John Parker’ ‘for which he seemed grateful’. Postscript: ‘Northcliffe when plain Alfred Harmsworth suggested my nom de plume of Factus when I was a schoolboy. FACTUS = done!’ 5 July [year?]. Three Corners, Watledge, Gloucestershire. unknown‎

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‎Raymond Leppard (b1927), English British conductor and harpsichordist [Yolanda Sonnabend (b1935), theatre designer and artist]:‎

‎Raymond Leppard conductor. Autograph Letter Signed 'Raymond' to the artist and set designer Yolanda Sonnabend‎

‎On his letterhead 16 Hamilton Terrace NW8. 24 May 1970. 1p. 4to. In fair condition on lightly aged and creased paper. He thanks her 'for giving me the wrongly addressed envelope'. He has tried ringing her 'a dozen times' and gives her number for checking. He ends by inviting her to dinner. On his letterhead, 16 Hamilton Terrace, NW8. 24 May 1970. unknown‎

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‎Naomi Jacob (1884-1964), English author and actress [ Walter James Macqueen-Pope (1888-1960), authority on theatre; Teddy Knox o‎

‎Naomi Jacob author and actress. Two Typed Letters Signed both 'Mickie' to W. Macqueen-Pope on subjects including Ellen Terry Bernard Shaw and Teddy Knox of the Crazy Gang's 'Nervo and Knox'.‎

‎Both from 'Casa Mickie the second spelled 'Casa Micki' Gardone Riviera Lago di Garda Italy. 16 July 1953 and 5 August 1953. Two chatty and characteristic letters. ONE: 15 July 1953. 2pp. 4to. On aged paper with wear to edges and vertical closed tear at foot. She begins by praising his books 'Ladies First' 1952 and 'Shirtfronts and Sables' 1953 adding in an autograph note 'Yes I bought them when in London.' The first contains 'that wonderfully beautiful tribute to Ellen Terry. I don't know when I have read anything which moved me so deeply you rose to great heights when you wrote that. You are beginning to run James Agate very close on my shelves'. She next turns to her books on Henry Irving and Ellen Terry: 'Did you read the Shaw-Terrty letters - autograph note: 'Of course you did!' they sent my blood pressure mounting sky high - his at least. What a stupid wind bag of a man and how charming her letters were to him. It was the same with Mrs Patrick Campbell's letter to him and from him.' The rest of the letter contains references to 'dear Seymour Hicks' 'adorable Ella' and a trip on her birthday 'to Asolo where Duse lived': 'Oh what a sad town and the saddest of all the room in the little museum filled with her belongings - some photographs one signed one of Ibsen looking furious with the world in general some books a few bits of rather paltry jewellry and some dresses and shoes. There was the inevitable intense letter written by that cad d'Annunczio sic in his sprawling self satisfied writing'. She ends with an apology for 'this over long and - no doubt - badly spelt - letter' and with remembrances to 'Mrs "Mac.Pope"'. TWO: 5 August 1953. 1p. 4to. On aged paper creased and with fraying along one edge. She is using the abbreviation to him that she also sends 'to Yvonne Arnaud and Julia Neilson': '"T.R.N.A." - in other words this requires no answer'. She thanks him for information on 'the mirror act' which she saw 'years and years ago at the Middlesbrough Empire and the name on the bill was "The Wylie Brothers"'. She is pleased that 'Teddy Knox' remembers her: 'The last time I saw him was in Rome when I think he was bored stiff with St. Peters but full of admiration for the "Wedding Cake"'. She prefers Knox's wife Clarice Mayne to him and discusses the film that was to be made about her life. Both from 'Casa Mickie [ the second spelled 'Casa Micki' ], Gardone Riviera, Lago di Garda, Italy. 16 July [ 1953 ] and 5 August unknown‎

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‎Jean-Denis Malcles (1912-2002), French artist, illustrator and costume, set and poster designer for film, theatre, ballet and op‎

‎Jean-Denis Malclès Five Autograph Letters Signed in French from artist and designer Jean-Denis Malclès to an unnamed correspondent regarding the sale of maquettes of costumes of a production of 'Orphée aux Enfers'. With price list of 31 items.‎

‎The five letters from 152 rue Leon-Maurice Nordmann Paris. One from 1980 and the other four from 1982. The first four letters are each 1p. 12mo; and the fifth letter is 1p. 4to. The price list which accompanies the last letter is 2pp. 4to. All items in good condition on lightly-aged paper. In the first letter 4 May 1980 he replies to his correspondent thanking him for a letter 'concernant la representation d'Orphée aux Enfers que vous avez vu à Oxford en 1977'. He declares: 'Je suis très touché et très flatté par votre appreciation au sujet des costumes de ce spectacle et cela m'a fait un très grand plaisir.' He still possesses 'les maquettes originales de ces costumes - et je suis parfaitement disposé éventuellement à en vendre - Je vous indique le prix de ces dessins - 3000FS. la maquette.' In the next letter 28 May 1982 he acknowledges receipt of a cheque for the price of 'la maquette de "Diane" d'Orphée aux Enfers. Je vous en remerci beaucoup et je suis très flatté que vous ayez été seduit par ce costume de Diane et j'espère que la maquette de ce même costume vous plaira de la même façon'. The third letter 7 June 1982 accompanied the 'Diane' maquette. Malclès asks for confirmation of receipt and of the correspondent's satisfaction and informs him that another drawing has been sold. In the fourth and fifth letters 8 and 26 July 1982 concern the sending of photographs of other drawings the latter being accompanied by a numbered list giving the titles and prices of 31 items from '1 planche 4 costumes pour "la Cagnotte" de Labiche. 5000' to '31 Colombe de Jean Anouilh Mde. Alexandra. 4000 la maquettes sic avec 3 danseuses "la Fiancee du Diable". 6000' The five letters from 152 rue Leon-Maurice Nordmann, Paris. One from 1980 and the other four from 1982. unknown‎

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‎Fred Lewis The Well known Character Impressionist and Entertainer' W. Macqueen Pope 1888 1960 theatre historian:‎

‎Fred Lewis ‘The Well-known Character Impressionist and Entertainer’. Autograph Letter Signed to theatre historian W. Macqueen-Pope on striking illustrated letterhead with copy of his publicity leaflet with photographic portrait.‎

‎Letter: 30 June 1957; 44 Montagu Street Kettering Northants. Leaflet without date or place. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Letter: 1p 4to. On cream paper. In good condition lightly aged and creased. Folded twice for postage. The letterhead headed ‘â€The Meaning of Versatility†/ Fred Lewis / Creating a good impression.’ has an illustration of a series of footprints up the left margin some with faces in them and such slogans as ‘Mirthful Medleys’ and ‘Brilliant Burlesque’. The feet creating these ‘impressions’ are disappearing at the head of the page. He writes: ‘Dear “Popey†/ A really most enjoyable evening & I was very disappointed I did not see you at the “finaleâ€. However I hope to see you again in the near future. I am very keen on the MUSIC HALL that was! & would like to do my impressions over the air or on television - can you suggest to whom I might write’ Leaftlet: 3pp 12mo. Printed in brown with photographic portrait of Lewis in black on a bifolium of shiny paper. In good condition folded once. On cover beneath the portrait of a smiling Lewis in hat jacket and tie: ‘Fred Lewis / The well-known / Character Impressionist / and Entertainer / 44 Montagu Street Kettering Phone 2350’. The third page announces that ‘FRED LEWIS has a very extensive repertoire of Comedy Songs Character Impressions and a fund of Good Stories.’ A list of his engagements begins with ‘B.B.C. Variety Programmes’ and ends with ‘De Montfort Hall Leicester / and / All Principal Variety Theatres in Great Britain’. Letter: 30 June 1957; 44 Montagu Street, Kettering, Northants. Leaflet without date or place. unknown‎

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‎Sir Emile Littler born Emile Richeux 1903 1985 theatrical impresario based at the Palace Theatre London producer of over two‎

‎Sir Emile Littler theatrical impressario. Two Typed Letters Signed asking theatre historian W. J. Macqueen-Pope whether he did more London pantomimes than Julian Wylie. With carbon of reply.‎

‎15 and 19 November 1957. Both on his letterhead. Carbon of Macqueen-Pope’s reply 18 November 1957 from Coventry House 5/6 Coventry Street W.1. For information on Littler see the entry in the Oxford DNB of his brother Prince Frank Littler 1901-1973 who did not share Emile’s ‘affection for plays or players individually’. Also see Macqueen-Pope’s entry in the same work. The three items in fair condition lightly aged and creased. Both signed ‘Emile’. ONE: TLS of 15 November 1957. 1p 4to. Reads: ‘My dear Popie / You know about everything in the Theatre and I am wondering if you could tell me how many London pantomimes Julian Wylie did either by himself or as the Wylie-Tate organisation. / I would be very interested to know if by any chance you have this information available.’ In autograph: ‘Many THANKS -’ and minor correction. With pencil note by recipient. TWO: TLS of 19 November 1957. 1p 4to. He thanks him for his letter ‘which I greatly appreciate. / I had been asked whether Julian Wylie had done more pantomimes in London than I had or vice versa. I had an idea that I was quite a number ahead and you have kindly confirmed it. Actually I have done fourteen in the West End and nobody living to-day has done as many as that.’ He thanks him for his trouble and evidently sending a bottle of wine ends: ‘Would you toast Julian with the attached.’ THREE: Unsigned carbon of Macqueen-Pope’s reply to Item One 18 November 1957. Speaking form memory since his ‘references’ are ‘at home’ he gives details of ‘nine major pantomimes’ that ‘Julian did’ in London. 15 and 19 November 1957. Both on his letterhead. Carbon of Macqueen-Pope’s reply, 18 November 1957, from Coventry House, 5/6 C unknown‎

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‎Will Fyffe 1885 1947 Scottish comedian and music hall entertainer W. Macqueen Pope 1888 1960 theatre historian:‎

‎Will Fyffe Scottish comedian and music hall entertainer. Two drafts of Typed Obituary of Fyffe by theatre historian W. Macqueen-Pope.‎

‎No date or place. 1947. London. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. MP is not named as the author but there is no doubt that he is. Item one has corrections in his hand. Both versions are simply titled ‘Will Fyffe’. The two versions exhibit a number of differences from one another. It is not clear where the obituary was published but it was probably the London magazine ‘Everybody’s’ for which MP contributed a weekly column. ONE: 4pp 4to double-spaced on four leaves. Autograph corrections to first sentence and an altogether more untidy effect including an additional passage on the last page which is correctly positioned in the second draft below suggest that this is an earlier draft. Begins: ‘It was a freak of fortune that made Will Fyffe into a music hall star instead of remaining on the legitimate stage where he had made his beginning as a small boy.’ Contains information not present in the second version including several astute assessments. For example: ‘Unlike Sir Harry Lauder the other great Scot of the Halls Will Fyffe was a realist. He could create a character and be it. It was not Will Fyffe at whom you gazed it was a gamekeeper a centenarian a Scots engineer on a steamship a guard on the Highland Railway - finding a report of the Battle of Waterloo in the lining of his ill fitting cap a country doctor a real country bumpkin the blacksmith at Gretna Green or the inebriated gentleman to whom Glasgow belonged on a Saturday night. He studied his types and he reproduced them magnificently. They were real people.’ Other topics include his mastery of make-up international popularity and ‘magnificent service’ in the First World War. TWO: 3pp 4to single-spaced on three leaves. More polished than One and with emendations deletions and recasting. Ends: ‘Our stage has lost one of its greatest artists and finest men. How fine an actor he was few knew although one celebrated critic glimpsed it when he wrote “Mr Fyffe has a sob here of which Garrick had bee proud.’ No date or place. [1947. London.] unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24581

‎CINEMA THEATRE ASSOCIATION EYLES Allen Editor‎

‎PICTURE HOUSE No 31 2006. THE MAGAZINE OF THE CINEMA THEATRE ASSOCIATION Articles inc Family Business:Sol Sheckman & the Essoldo Circuit; Etc‎

‎Cinema Theatre Association 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 84 pp large format PB Pictorial cream card covers. Fine clean copy with no creases and no previous ownership markings. Cinema Theatre Association paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108258

‎Children?s Theatre Company, Children?s Theatre‎

‎The Face of America: Plays for Young People‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0816673136.G ISBN : 0816673136 9780816673131

‎National Savings Puppet Theatre‎

‎How to Make a National Savings Puppet Theatre NS 49‎

‎London: National Savings Committee 1950 Undated c. 1950. Oblong 8vo. original printed paper wraps a little rubbed & nicked occ. spots or marks; pp. 28 with illustrations. A very good copy. . First Edition. Soft Cover. VG. National Savings Committee paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 030595

‎La Societe d'Histoire du Theatre‎

‎Revue d'Histoire du Theatre Sixieme 1974 issues 1-3‎

‎Association pour l'Etude du Mouvement Dada 1974. Paperback. Very Good. 3 Softcover journal issues. Light rubbing/soiling to covers especially rear cover. Corners bumped. 279 pages of articles in French. B&W illus. Contents clean. Association pour l'Etude du Mouvement Dada paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6763

‎[Salt Lake Theatre Corporation]‎

‎Salt Lake Theatre Pay Check‎

‎Salt Lake City 1874. Printed check 9 cm x 21.5 cm printed in black with blanks to be filled in by hand. Near fine. Check is dated September 21 1874 and payable to the Super Napper. The amount is for $2.00 and is signed by Susan Napper. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 517

‎THEATRE. Raucourt Francoise Marie Antoinette Saucerotte 1756 1814‎

‎Mlle. Raucourt D'après le Portrait peint par Mr. Gros en 1796. Gravée par Ruotte‎

‎Paris 1796. 390 x 290 mm. <br /> <br /> Some foxing and minor wear. Hall III p. 385 2. <br /> <br /> Raucourt a popular and controversial French actress made her debut at the Comédie Française in 1772 as Dido going on to play all the classical tragédienne roles. "Her beauty and talent had made her famous but her not so secret love affairs with other women made her notorious . Raucourt led the Sect of Anadrynes a society of lesbians in Paris . At the outbreak of the Revolution she was imprisoned for six months with other royalist members of the Comédie Française and she did not reappear upon that stage until the close of 1793 and then only for a short time. She deserted with a dozen of the best actors in the company to found a rival colony but a summons from the Directory brought her back in 1797 . Her funeral was the occasion of a riot. The clergy of her parish having refused to receive the body the crowd broke in the church doors and were only restrained from further violence by the arrival of an almoner sent posthaste by Louis XVIII." Wikipedia. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 21336

‎Iroquois Theatre. Chicago. Thomas J. Noonan. Charles E. Nixon.‎

‎Iroquois Theatre‎

‎Chicago: Iroquois Theatre Thomas J. Noonan 1903 . First edition. Hardcover. Good minus. 8vo 93 pages variant red cloth all edges gilt covers lightly stained lower corner of rear cover a bit "chewed". Scarce <br/><br/>Less than six weeks after Chicago's grandest new theater opened it burned to the ground due to flagrant safety violations and corruption. More than 600 died in America's worst theater disaster. It resulted in new codes requiring outward-opening safety doors. This hardcover book appeared before the opening performance. It relates a history of the theatres in Chicago by Charles E. Nixon; tells why this magnificent venue was built and how with illustrations of the theatre plans and interiors and furnishings. "The Iroquois . will impress even the most superficial observer by its beauty and grandeur . The style architecturally is French renaissance which has a strong suggestion of the classic. designed by architect Benjamin H. Marshall ." Illustrated and with plates of posters and of the builders and equipment suppliers to the theatre. Iroquois Theatre, Thomas J. Noonan hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 240651

‎Notebooks Press, Movies Theatre Film‎

‎Notes: Theatre Notebook Journal with Comedy Tragedy Mask Pattern6x9100 Wide Ruled PagesSoft CoverTheatre Musical Broadway Gift for Theatre Lovers Actors Drama Students DIrectors‎

‎Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 100 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.23 inches. Independently published paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2-1712711229 ISBN : 1712711229 9781712711224

‎Notebooks Press, Movies Theatre Film‎

‎Notes: Theatre Notebook Journal with Tragedy Theatre Mask Theme6x9100 Wide Ruled PagesSoft CoverTheatre Musical Broadway Gift for Theatre Lovers Actors Drama Students DIrectors‎

‎Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 100 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.23 inches. Independently published paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2-1709500336 ISBN : 1709500336 9781709500336

‎Cinema teatro spettacolo‎

‎Teatro Sociale - Brescia - Compagnia Russa delle Maschere - Programma 1910 ca.‎

‎Locandina Teatro Sociale - Brescia - Compagnia Russa delle Maschere - Programma 1910 ca. - Dimensioni: 18 x 24 cm ca. - Lingua italiana. - Buone condizioni generali. - unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 127750