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Alexander-Rideout collection, 1883-1939 4 boxes, 1 album, 1 portfolio

Alexander, George, Sir, 1858-1918

The Alexander-Rideout Collection consists of material relating to Sir George Alexander and St. James's Theatre assembled by Alexander's distant relative, Nigel Rideout. The British actor-manager Sir George Alexander (1858-1918) was born Alexander George Samson in Reading, England. He began acting in amateur theatricals in 1875, and four years later embarked on a professional acting career, making his London debut in 1881. He played many roles in the leading companies, including Sir Henry Irving's Lyceum. In 1890 he produced his first play at the Avenue Theatre and in 1891 he became the manager of St. James's Theatre. Here he produced several of the major plays of the day such as Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde (1892), The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1893), The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde (1895), and The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (1896).

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Jones, Henry Arthur, 1851-1929

The collection includes approximately forty letters written by Henry Arthur Jones to others involved in the theatre, such as actor-manager George Alexander (1 letter), dramatist William Leonard Courtney (5), playwright Harrison Grey Fiske (1), actress Elizabeth Robins (1), playwright Augustus Thomas (3), dramatic critic Arthur Bingham Walkley (1), critic and playwright Malcolm Watson (1), and dramatist Freeman Wills (1). Also found in the collection is the typescript of "Cock o' the Walk," a five-act play by Jones, the manuscript of an article by Jones on motion pictures and a biographical study of Henry Irving.

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Brandon, Jocelyn

Much of the collection relates to Brandon's theatrical interests. Included in the two boxes of correspondence are letters, mostly social in nature, written between 1883 and 1947 by actors, playwrights, producers, and others involved in the theatre. Some of the more noteworthy correspondents include letters from Herbert Beerbohm Tree (18 letters), George Alexander (10), Arthur Wing Pinero (2), Ellen Terry (2), Clement William Scott (1), Henry Irving (1, signed by him but in Bram Stoker's hand), W.S. Gilbert (1), and Max Pemberton (6). Many of the letters are in regard to the Theatrical Trust, which Brandon administered. Five boxes contain manuscripts and typescripts of plays written, co-written or translated by Brandon. In addition to the theatrical documents, there are two boxes and five scrapbooks that contain material on Brandon's legal career and the cases that he and his firrm, Brandon and Nicholson, handled. Other items include financial and legal agreements, his marriage settlement to Sara Apfel (July 25, 1904) and several program of the many plays and operas he attended.

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Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

The Maurice Willson Disher collection on Henry Irving and the Lyceum Theatre Company consists of material relating to the English actor Henry Irving (1838-1905) and the Lyceum Theatre company, assembled by Maurice Willson Disher (1893-1969), English critic and author. The bulk of the material, including correspondence, financial records, and memorabilia, survived a clearance of the Lyceum Theatre sometime after 1903. Disher purchased them at an auction.

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Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906

The Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie Papers are comprised of two boxes consisting of letters written to Mrs. Craigie by various members of London society, and of the London theatrical and literary worlds concerning her novels and plays. The largest groups are those from James E. C. Welldon, headmaster of Harrow and Bishop of Calcutta, and those from Sir George Alexander, who produced her plays. There are also letters addressed to Mrs. Craigie's father, John Morgan Richards, concerning the "Life" of Mrs. Craigie which he edited after her untimely death at age 38.