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Calthrop Boucicault Collection

Catalogue reference: CALB

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Reference
CALB
Title
Calthrop Boucicault Collection
Date
1813-2005
Description

Compiled by Christopher Calthrop, Dion Boucicault's great-grandson. The material on Boucicault's plays and the biographical material have been catalogued.

Uncatalogued material includes a large number of legal documents, letters, and material on later members of the family, eg Nina Boucicault, the first actor to play Peter Pan on stage, and Donald Calthrop, a character actor in films of the 1920s and 30s.

Note

Catalogued

Arrangement

CAL/AFT : After Dark
CAL/ARR : Arrah-na-Pogue
CAL/BAB : Babil and Bijou
CAL/BIO : Biographical material
CAL/COL : Colleen Bawn
CAL/CORS : The Corsican Brothers
CAL/DOT : Dot
CAL/FLY : The Flying Scud
CAL/FOR : Formosa; or, The Road to Ruin
CAL/FRU : Forbidden Fruit
CAL/HEA : Old Heads and Young Hearts
CAL/HUN : Hunted Down
CAL/JES : Jessie Brown
CAL/KER : Kerry
CAL/LON : London Assurance
CAL/OCT : The Octoroon
CAL/ODO : The O'Dowd
CAL/OTH : Other material
CAL/SHA : The Shaugraun
CAL/STR : The Streets of London
CAL/TRI : The Trial of Effie Deans
CAL/USE : Used Up

Held by
University of Kent: Special Collections & Archives
Language
English
Creator(s)
Calthrop, Christopher
Physical description
5 linear metres
Access conditions

Available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).

Physical condition
Theatre programmes, photographs, playbills, letters, newspaper cutting and legal documents.
Administrative / biographical background

Compiled by Christopher Calthrop, Dion Boucicault's great-grandson.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4ea79d4c-771e-4e3d-acda-0372ec92233e/

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Calthrop Boucicault Collection