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Shakespearean characters

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of book illustrations representing theatrical characters from Shakespeare and Restoration plays

 Collection — Box Df.4.92
Identifier: Coll-2892
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of illustrations taken from printed books, representing characters in costume from Shakespear's plays, and Restoration plays. Three envelopes, labelled: "Shakespeare" (53 illustrations), "Mainly Restoration drama" (24 illustrations), and "To be identified - Mainly Restoration drama" (25 illustrations). Most illustrations date from the 1770s, and have been "Published for Bells British Theatre".

Dates: 1770s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary note for the place 'Dun Pharlain' and accompanying note about the person 'Banquo', August 1903

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/23
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary note for the place 'Dun Pharlain = Dumfarlane' [Dùn Phàrlain/Dunfermline, Fìobh/Fife] and accompanying note about the person 'Banquo' that he 'Sent all who spoke the Saxon and if they acquired English he sent them away.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: August 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael