Kean, Charles John. Account book of Charles John Kean

Folger bibliographic ID: 226808
Folger call number: T.a.6
Folger holdings ID: 258365
Accession Number: no cs number

Accounts of salary, and receipts from benefits and of expenses, charities and support of his mother from August 7, 1835 to July 20, 1837. The performances listed, including many Shakespeare plays, were in provincial towns of England, Scotland, and Ireland

General notes

Kean refers to himself always in the first person and never names himself. As to his identity as keeper of these accounts, cf. leaves 18r, 47r-48r with B.S. Penley, Bath Stage, 1892, p. 137, and fo.20r-24r, 55r with J.C. Dibdin, Annals of the Edinburgh Stage, 1888, p. 367, 370-71 Foliation includes 14 blanks leaves Half red roan

Extended title: Account book of Charles John Kean 1835-1837

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Actors Theater

author: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616