U201
List of Items and Descriptions
A: Scrapbooks and Programmes
1.
c1895 - c1910
Scrapbook compiled by Frank Thompson, containing theatre related newsclippings and hand bills, for unknown theatres in Cork (possibly, Cork Opera House) and also Theatre Royal and Gaeity Theatre, Dublin. Includes Shakespearian plays, etc. Also set of newsclippings relating to various plays and actors in London, signed ‘To my true and loyal friend Jack Horne, a small token in remembrance of happy times…Frank Thompson Nov. 24 th 1912’.
(c.200pp)
2.
c.1898 – c.1909
Scrapbook containing theatre related newsclippings and hand bills including a 1909 Romeo and Juliet production at Cork Opera House by F.R. Benson and his Shakespearian Company. Also includes a set of cigarette collectors photos of various actors.
(c.150pp)
3.
1902 – 1909
Scrapbook containing theatre related newsclippings and programmes, including; ‘The Manxman’ at Opera House, Cork 13 Jan 1908; various plays in Dublin and London; Cork Opera House Company Limited, plan of seats in theatre, 1909; photos of various productions and actors including Edward Terry and Martin Harvey.
(c.80pp)
4.
(1896) 1909 – 1911
Scrapbook containing theatre related newsclippings and programmes, including address by FR Benson to the Cork Catholic Young Men’s Society (18 Jan 1909); letters in Cork Constitution re. ‘The Playboy of the Western World’, Aug 1910; play in aid of the House of Industry, ‘The Miser, at the New Theatre Royal,
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