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Fawkes Boucicault Collection
Catalogue reference: BOUC
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This record is about the Fawkes Boucicault Collection dating from 1813-1998.
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- BOUC
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Title (The name of the record)
- Fawkes Boucicault Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1813-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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Dionysius Lardner Boucicault (1820-1890), better known as Dion Boucicault was a playwright and actor. Principally consisting of the research notes of Richard Fawkes for a biography of Dion Boucicault published in 1979. This collection of around 750 items was used to underpin the richness of detail and concern for accuracy demonstrated in the biography. The meticulously arranged research notes bring together much other relevant material in photocopy and transcribed form, generally arranged in careful date order.
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Catalogued
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- University of Kent: Special Collections & Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Fawkes, Richard, 1944-, writer and director
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 737 items
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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).
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Theatre programmes, photographs, playbills, letters, newspaper cutting, deeds.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Research notes compiled by Boucicault's biographer Richard Fawkes.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/dcca5019-b42e-49c6-a32d-903e7b847738/
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Fawkes Boucicault Collection