Collection of autograph letters and other material concerning a performance of As you like it at Coombe House

Folger bibliographic ID: 229976
Folger call number: Y.c.226 (1-26)
Folger holdings ID: 278817
Accession Number: cs2065

Collection of 21 autograph letters signed from various correspondents to Janey Sevilla Callender Campbell and her husband. Correspondents: C.H. Aidé, F. F. Atkinson, Baron Calthorpe, H. Cook, Edward VII, Mary Egerton, Charles J. Foss, Constance Leslie, Eli Maillory, Sir Charles Newton, Harry Saint Maur, C. Sartoris, Hugh Sweny, Hermann Vezin, Alexander Yorke and others. The entire collection deals with amateur performances of "As you like it" produced by Lord and Lady Campbell in 1884 and 1885, at Coombe House. Includes 2 poems, "To the Ladie Archibald Campbell" and "A reminiscence of Coombe, As you like it;" and apothegm complimenting Lady Archibald; a prologue, "To our gentle audience;" a petition to the Queen for permission to stage the productions, signed by T.H. Clifton; and 2 letters, one from R.[A.] Handcock to [Edward Wm.] Godwin and the other from Henry Spicer to Mrs. Sartoris. Poem and prologue listed in the Folger index of first lines

Extended title: Collection of autograph letters and other material concerning a performance of As you like it at Coombe House 1884-1885
Alternate titles: The curtain was raised on the bright sylvan scene, Curtain was raised on the bright sylvan scene, Ye who have sought these sylvan shades today

Aïdé, Hamilton, 1826-1906 Atkinson, F. Forbes, active 1884-1885 Calthorpe, Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, Baron, 1826-1893 Campbell, Archibald, 1846-1913 Campbell, Archibald, Lady, 1846-1923 Cook, Henry, 1819-approximately 1890 Egerton, Mary Georgina, -1937 Fulton, Charles J., 1857-1938 Godwin, E. W. 1833-1886 Handcock, R. A., active 1884-1885 Leslie, Constance, -1925 Maillory, Eli, active 1884-1885 Newton, C. T. 1816-1894 Saint Maur, Harry Sartoris, C., active 1884-1885 Sweny, Hugh Willoughby, -1887 Spicer, Henry, -1891 Vezin, Hermann, 1829-1910 Yorke, Alexander Grantham, 1847-1911 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910 Sartoris, Mrs., active 1884-1885

subject: Aïdé, Hamilton, 1826-1906
subject: Atkinson, F. Forbes, active 1884-1885
subject: Calthorpe, Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, Baron, 1826-1893
subject: Campbell, Archibald, 1846-1913
subject: Campbell, Archibald, Lady, 1846-1923
subject: Cook, Henry, 1819-approximately 1890
subject: Egerton, Mary Georgina, -1937
subject: Fulton, Charles J., 1857-1938
subject: Godwin, E. W. (Edward William), 1833-1886
subject: Handcock, R. A., active 1884-1885
subject: Leslie, Constance, -1925
subject: Maillory, Eli, active 1884-1885
subject: Newton, C. T. (Charles Thomas), 1816-1894
subject: Saint Maur, Harry
subject: Sartoris, C., active 1884-1885
subject: Sweny, Hugh Willoughby, -1887
subject: Spicer, Henry, -1891
subject: Vezin, Hermann, 1829-1910
subject: Yorke, Alexander Grantham, 1847-1911
subject: Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
subject: Sartoris, Mrs., active 1884-1885
signer: Clifton, Thomas Henry, active 1884-1885
correspondent: Campbell, Archibald, 1846-1913
correspondent: Campbell, Archibald, Lady, 1846-1923
correspondent: Godwin, E. W. (Edward William), 1833-1886
correspondent: Yorke, Alexander Grantham, 1847-1911
correspondent: Vezin, Hermann, 1829-1910
correspondent: Spicer, Henry, -1891
correspondent: Sweny, Hugh Willoughby, -1887
correspondent: Sartoris, C., active 1884-1885
correspondent: Saint Maur, Harry
correspondent: Newton, C. T. (Charles Thomas), 1816-1894
correspondent: Maillory, Eli, active 1884-1885
correspondent: Leslie, Constance, -1925
correspondent: Handcock, R. A., active 1884-1885
correspondent: Fulton, Charles J., 1857-1938
correspondent: Egerton, Mary Georgina, -1937
correspondent: Cook, Henry, 1819-approximately 1890
correspondent: Calthorpe, Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, Baron, 1826-1893
correspondent: Atkinson, F. Forbes, active 1884-1885
correspondent: Aïdé, Hamilton, 1826-1906
correspondent: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
correspondent: Sartoris, Mrs., active 1884-1885
correspondent: Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910