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Description: | This collection consists of 13 large cuttings albums relating to John Martin Harvey's career: 1895-1902; 1902-1903; 1903-1905; 1905-19-7; 1907-1909; 1909-1911; 1912-1913; 1913-1916; 1913-1914 (Canadian tour); 1923 (Canadian tour); 1924-1927; 1927-1932; 1929-1932. It also includes 2 boxes of miscellaneous personal papers. The actor-manager Sir John Martin Harvey (1863-1944), made his first stage appearance in 1881; in 1882 he joined Irving's company at the Lyceum, where he stayed for 14 years. In 1899 he began his own management of the Lyceum, after which he established himself as a leading romantic actor and an outstanding manager. He was knighted in 1921.
Archive reference number: THM/161. | Format: | Written / typed ephemera Scrapbooks | Subjects: | Lyceum Theatre (London England) Theater - Great Britain - 19th century; Theater - Great Britain - 20th century; Theatrical managers; Actors - Great Britain Theatre | Temporal: | 19th century 1895-1932 20th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Martin-Harvey, John, Sir, 1863-1944 | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Written / typed ephemera Scrapbooks | Go to resource |
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