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Edmund Kean Collection
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor.
The collection consists of theater programs, newspaper clippings, and articles on Kean; and portraits of Kean in various dramatic roles.
Some individual pieces are referenced in Catalogue One of Ifan Kyrle Fletcher's "The Life and theatrical career of Edmund Kean, 1787-1833," included in this collection.
Arranged by topic; portraits arranged by character.
People
- Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle, 1872-Life and theatrical career of Edmund Kean, 1787-1833
- Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
- Richard III,, King of England, 1452-1485
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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- Publisher
- Rare Book Collection
- Finding Aid Date
- 2003
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
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