Henderson, William. [William Henderson collection of playbills, etc.]

Folger bibliographic ID: 244692
Folger call number: Sc 1-9
Folger holdings ID: 310360

Materials assembled by the music printer and composer William Henderson and originally intended for publication. The bulk of the collection consists of 7,188 playbills. Also includes portraits and significant manuscript material: over 500 autograph letters of actors, authors, composers and artists, along with annotations, clipped signatures, and fragments of manuscript music. The materials concern the progress music on the British stage from the mid-18th through the 19th centuries, productions of Shakespeare's plays and 5 plays relating to Shakespeare, stage adaptations of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels, and Scottish plays (or plays containing Scottish characters)

General notes

Portions of Mus 1-23, Sc 1-9, and W 1-15 also available as a digital reproduction Owned by Augustin Daly Purchased from the American Art Galleries, March 19, 1900 (lot 2652), as part of the sale of Augustin Daly's letters and papers

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Waverley English drama Scottish drama Musicians Actors and actresses

compiler: Henderson, William, 1831-1891
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
former owner: Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899