Theatre, actors and dramatists: Mrs Bernard Beere, lead in Praed's Ariane; Leonard Boyne; Arthur Bourchier; Sir Francis Burnand, author Airey Annie, parody of Ariane; Joseph Knight, drama critic and model for Frank Leete in The scourge stick; Beatrice Lamb, played in Praed's 'Binbian Joe'; Justin Huntly McCarthy, playwright and novelist; Ada Rehan, actress and Violet Vanburgh, played in Praed's 'Binbian Joe'

Containers:

Box 41 (MS 8363)

Component identifier:

File 44

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Patricia Clarke were donated to the National Library under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme (now the Cultural Gifts Program (CGP)) in 1990, 1994 and 1997. Further donations were received via CGP in 2006 and 2011.

Subjects:

History
Literature

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