George Leitch papers, 1867-1900

MLMSS 12

fonds

1867-1900

913957

Microfilm : CY 850, CY 2689

43 boxes, 1 outsize box, 3 volumes and 2 folders of textual material

George Leitch, comedian was actually the English playwright George Ralph Walker. He established himself as a comedian between 1867 and 1874 in the English provincial towns and appeared in London for the first time in 1876. In 1881 he went to South Africa, and to Australia in 1882, where he remained until two years before his death in 1899, touring the main eastern capital cities, Tasmania and New Zealand and working in association with such companies as Williamson, Garner and Musgrove, the MacMahon Bros and Brough and Boucicault

Vol. 1
Guide and selective index compiled in the Mitchell Library

Vol. 2
Series 01: Business and personal papers, 1873-1899

Vols. 3-12
Series 02: Correspondence, 1867-1900
a. General, 1867-1900

Vols. 26-37
b. Individual, 1874-1899
Arranged chronologically

Vols. 38-41
Series 03: Invoices and receipts, 1870-1899

Boxes 42-59
Series 04: Dramatic works, ca. 1869-1898: by George Leitch and others
Arranged alphabetically

Boxes 60, 61, 62X, 63
Series 05: Articles, sermons, poems etc., 1870+

Series 06: Miscellanea
Includes notebooks, playbills, theatre programmes, pamphlets, sheet music and newspaper cuttings

Series 07: Two sets of spectacles in a leather case from the George Leitch papers, 1867-1900
(See separate catalogue record. Mitchell Library call no. R 712)

This collection includes pictorial material. For location and description of this see Pic.Acc.4861 in Pic. Source File

See also
Plan of Gaiety Theatre, Brighton, England at call number M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 12

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-1158C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Keyword subjects:

Comedians -- Great Britain -- 19th Century
Actors and Actresses