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Title: A dramatic sketch, managers room: Hamlet adapted to the times
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: Print depicts a manager at a desk between busts of Lord Byron and William Shakespeare. A broken bust can be seen on the floor in front of the desk. A manager speaks to an author about payment. Dialogue between them can be seen at bottom of print. The print lists Charles Kean and a Mr. Oxenford. Oxenford may refer to John Oxenford, an English playwright. The print has been cut at top right corner.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00420
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2285
Language: English
Subject: Authors
Busts
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Caricatures and cartoons
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
Lithography
Oxenford, John, 1812-1877
Princess's Theatre (London, England)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet
Theatrical managers
Source: Lithographic print, 9.25 x 11.63 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 9, folder 60; 2 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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