Research Catalog

Title

Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817

Author

Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850.

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Details

Additional Authors

Porter, Jane, 1776-1850

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

1 item

Summary

· To Jane Porter, novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 8 May 1817 : (MISC 2509) : begins: "When Mr. B. went to the theatre yesterday he was a much surpris'd as what he heard there, as when you inform'd him on Friday of your being the Author!"

Subjects

• Actors > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850 > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Sarah Bartley (formerly Smith), English actress. Her career included roles in plays by Mrs. Inchbald, Thomas Holcroft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and upon a visit to Dublin in 1808, she performed a musical piece composed for her by Thomas Moore. For a time following the retirement of Sarah Siddons, Bartley was considered the reigning tragedy queen of the London stage.

Call Number

Pforz MS

Author

Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850.

Title

Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Sarah Bartley (formerly Smith), English actress. Her career included roles in plays by Mrs. Inchbald, Thomas Holcroft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and upon a visit to Dublin in 1808, she performed a musical piece composed for her by Thomas Moore. For a time following the retirement of Sarah Siddons, Bartley was considered the reigning tragedy queen of the London stage.

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Added Author

Porter, Jane, 1776-1850, addressee.

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS