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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Memorandum for 910 pounds received by me from the Proprietors of the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden - amount of my Salary from [5th October 1829] to [28 May 1830]. [182] Nights at [5 pounds] per Night. Signed Frances Anne Kemble. |
| Document Type | Manuscript |
| Reference | Y.d.524 |
| Case Study | Rom19 |
| Publication Date | 29 May 1830 |
| Theatre | Covent Garden |
| Place of Production | London |
| Country of Production | Great Britain |
| Date of Production | 5 Oct 1829 - 29 May 1830 |
| Description | The signed receipt for Kemble's first year of acting at Covent Garden from 1829-30. She began her acting career, as Juliet, to save her father's failing management of Covent Garden. |
| Genre | Tragedy; Romance |
| Theme(s) | Love and Marriage |
| Content Keywords | love, death, poison, family, hatred, crime |
| Context Keywords | actor, finance, theatre |
| Visual Content | Includes two portraits of Fanny Kemble. |
| Play | Romeo and Juliet |
| Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue. |