Beschreibung:

comprising four printed forms completed by hand with daily takings for "Hamlet" with "Fortune’s Frolick", June 16, "The Wheel of Fortune", June 30, "Five Miles Off, a Mogul Tale", July 1, and "A Tale of Mystery, the Fly by Night", July 2, 1808, the last three all with "Plot and Counterplot" as a second feature § a circular bone token, lettered Theatre Royal Haymarket 1811 on one side, Mr. Jones Box One 4 on the other § a series of 143 Haymarket playbills. bound in one vol., a few tears, some letters cropped, a few frayed, half morocco, April 25-Oct 8, 1836 § programmes, 1855-1878 § manuscript lease for the Theatre Royal Haymarket to Frederick Harrison, 1897, with 11 preliminary proposals, agreements, etc., and related correspondence, 110 letters in all, the majority between Frederick Harrison and his solicitors, and four later documents relating to his lease § Souvenirs including the 200th Performance of “The Little Minister”, 17 plates, all but two reproducing drawings by Phil May, 12 signed by the subjects, including Cyril Maude, Winifred Emery, Nina Cadiz, and others, 1898; programme for the Macklin matinee of "Caste", signed by Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Cyril Maude, Marie Tempest, Winifred Emery and five others, 1902; and Mr. Cyril Maude and Miss Winifred Emery: a Souvenir of the opening of the Playhouse, 24 mounted portraits, 20 signed by Cyril Maude, 1907 § (Cyril) The Haymarket Theatre, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Herbert Beerbohm Tree, 1903 § large printed forms with rows, seat numbers, and boxes, filled in with names of the audience attending 31 separate performances, some marked “Matinee”, “First Performance”, or “Complimentary”, 1905-1915. (the boxes were occupied by Squire Bancroft, the Prince of Wales, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Shaw, M. Maeterlinck at the first performance of “The Blue Bird”, Sutro, and others as well as Frederick Harrison.requently in box 4) § nine Stage Play Licences, all signed by the Lord Chamberlain, 1920-1947 § an album containing a large collection of obituaries for Frederick Harrison, manager of the Haymarket Theatre for thirty years, cut from newspapers and other periodicals, 1926 § memorandums of agreement and related correspondence for twenty nine plays including “The Fourth Wall”and “The Ivory Door” by A.A. Milne; “Quality Street” and “Mary Rose” by J.M. Barrie; “Take Two from One You Can’t” by Harley and Helen Granville-Barker; “Touch Wood” by Dodie Smith, “Full House” by Ivor Novello, these and most of the others signed by the authors, some with related correspondence, 1927-1935 § an ink and wash cover design by Sheila Jackson for "A Midsummer Night's Dream", [c.1930] § ink drawing by Bernard Patridge for the cover to the Cyril Maude Birthday Benefit Matinee, 1942 § a quantity of programmes, some with proofs, news cuttings, cast list, and correspondence relating to twenty five plays, 1966-1985 § scripts for thirty five plays, including "Mary Rose", by J.M. Barrie, the heavily annotated prompt copy, with programme inscribed “Final Performance April 10th 1926”, 2 others with extensive revisions, one with LCC licences for juveniles to perform § a large quantity of contracts, memorandums of agreement and other correspondence, general management files, account books, inventories, plans of the theatre, 1904, 1956, 1969 and 1970; 128 programmes including some duplicates, 1951-1997; and other material. *** A more detailed list of the contents is available on request.