[Collection of items related to the 1864 Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration in Stratford-upon-Avon].
1863
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Title
[Collection of items related to the 1864 Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration in Stratford-upon-Avon].
Published
[England] : [various publishers], [1863-1864]
Description
21 items : illustrations ; 27 cm as housed
Associated name
Reader, William, active 19th century, author.
Sh.Misc. 1639 item 8 Wigley, Mr., former owner.
Adams, E. (Edward), active 19th century, printer.
Day & Son, printer.
Edward Fox & Son, publisher.
Mulloney & Johnson, manufacturer.
Sh.Misc. 1639 item 8 Wigley, Mr., former owner.
Adams, E. (Edward), active 19th century, printer.
Day & Son, printer.
Edward Fox & Son, publisher.
Mulloney & Johnson, manufacturer.
Summary
21 items relating to the Stratford-upon-Avon Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Birth of Shakespeare, and the planning leading up to the celebration. Includes letters, newspaper clippings, tickets, programs, train schedules, and poems.
Note
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publishers include: Edward Fox and Son (Stratford-upon-Avon).
Printers include: E. Adams (Stratford-upon-Avon), Day & Son (London?).
Program for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre's 1919 summer festival removed and cataloged separately as Sh.Misc. 1639 item 22
Publishers include: Edward Fox and Son (Stratford-upon-Avon).
Printers include: E. Adams (Stratford-upon-Avon), Day & Son (London?).
Program for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre's 1919 summer festival removed and cataloged separately as Sh.Misc. 1639 item 22
Contents
"Shakespeare's three hundredth birth-day" (newspaper clipping from the Hampshire Independent, December 19, 1863)
"The Shakespeare Tercentenary" (reprinted from the Daily News, December 28, 1863)
Prospectus for the Stratford-upon-Avon Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Birth of Shakespeare committee (dated January 1864; includes list of members)
Form letter of transmittal from Robert E. Hunter on behalf of the Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration committee to newspaper editors (December 1863)
Advertising material for New Place
Fundraising letter from Edward Adams to the members of the Bard of Avon Lodge no. 778 (1864)
Preliminary programme of the Tercentenary Festival of the Birth of Shakespeare to be held at Stratford-upon-Avon
Advertisement for a dramatic recital by Mrs. [Catherine] Macready of Shakespearean scenes
The Warwickshire Ode : William Shakespeare, by William Reader, for the Tercentenary Celebration, April 23, 1864 (inserted: review of the Ruins of Kenilworth, and poem "The Gleaner")
Schedule of "ordinary & special trains, via the Great Western Railway" to Stratford-upon-Avon during the Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration
Shakespearean Tercentenary Badge (three-panel woven silk badge with Stevengraphs on each panel, produced "under the patronage and by the express sanction of the Stratford-on-Avon and London Celebration Committees" by firm Mulloney & Johnson)
Ticket to The Messiah (Block H, Monday, April 25, 1864)
Two tickets to Twelfth Night (one for orchestra seating & one for unspecified seating, Tuesday evening, April 26, 1864)
Ticket for a "fancy dress ball" (Spectators Gallery East, April 29, 1864)
Ticket to the Orchestra (Monday, April 25, 1864)
Ticket/subscription card for "a grand national monument to Shakspeare"
Sheet of uncut, blank tickets "to gallery of pavillion" (March 1864).
"The Shakespeare Tercentenary" (reprinted from the Daily News, December 28, 1863)
Prospectus for the Stratford-upon-Avon Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Birth of Shakespeare committee (dated January 1864; includes list of members)
Form letter of transmittal from Robert E. Hunter on behalf of the Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration committee to newspaper editors (December 1863)
Advertising material for New Place
Fundraising letter from Edward Adams to the members of the Bard of Avon Lodge no. 778 (1864)
Preliminary programme of the Tercentenary Festival of the Birth of Shakespeare to be held at Stratford-upon-Avon
Advertisement for a dramatic recital by Mrs. [Catherine] Macready of Shakespearean scenes
The Warwickshire Ode : William Shakespeare, by William Reader, for the Tercentenary Celebration, April 23, 1864 (inserted: review of the Ruins of Kenilworth, and poem "The Gleaner")
Schedule of "ordinary & special trains, via the Great Western Railway" to Stratford-upon-Avon during the Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration
Shakespearean Tercentenary Badge (three-panel woven silk badge with Stevengraphs on each panel, produced "under the patronage and by the express sanction of the Stratford-on-Avon and London Celebration Committees" by firm Mulloney & Johnson)
Ticket to The Messiah (Block H, Monday, April 25, 1864)
Two tickets to Twelfth Night (one for orchestra seating & one for unspecified seating, Tuesday evening, April 26, 1864)
Ticket for a "fancy dress ball" (Spectators Gallery East, April 29, 1864)
Ticket to the Orchestra (Monday, April 25, 1864)
Ticket/subscription card for "a grand national monument to Shakspeare"
Sheet of uncut, blank tickets "to gallery of pavillion" (March 1864).
Linked resources
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library Sh.Misc. 1639 item 16: "A triple badge in Coventry ribbon", The Collation (15 November 2016)
Genre/form
Clippings (information artifacts)
Letters (correspondence)
Poems.
Badges.
Schedules.
Programs (documents)
Blank forms.
Tickets.
Letters (correspondence)
Poems.
Badges.
Schedules.
Programs (documents)
Blank forms.
Tickets.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- England -- Stratford-upon-Avon.
Great Britain -- England -- Stratford-upon-Avon.
Item Details
Call number
Sh.Misc. 1639 item 1-21
Folger-specific note
21 items housed in envelope. Some items folded. Ticket to the orchestra (item 8) is made out to [Mr.?] Wigley.
Folger accession
No case or accession number present