Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937

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English actor.

From the description of Autograph letters signed : Grand Hôtel Mürren ; and 31 Clifton Crescent, Fotherstone, to Olga Nethersole, 1913 July 26 and 1915 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126227

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, [1897?] Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 763487288

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 11 December 1906, to an unidentified recipient, 1906 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577477

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, 1905 Oct. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 763183218

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to maxine Elliott, 1913 Sept. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522928

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creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, 1905 Oct. 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Thorpe, Courtenay, 19th cent. Autograph letter signed from Courtenay Thorpe, Brooklyn, to Mr. Palmer [manuscript], 1893 September 14. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Letter : [London], to unknown person, [ca. 1890] Texas Christian University
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. George Du Maurier, 1895 Oct. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Elizabeth Robins Papers, 1803-1963 Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933. Papers, 1847-1933 Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Frueh, Alfred Joseph, 1880-1968. Theatrical caricatures : linocuts. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Winter, William, 1836-1917. Essay on Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Hamlet at the Knickerbocker Theater [manuscript], ca. 1904? Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn William Archer Collection, 1868-1990 V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
creatorOf Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. George Bernard Shaw Collection, 1757-1963 (bulk 1875-1950). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn L. J. Binns caricatures, undated. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Winter, William, 1836-1917,. Autograph letters signed from William Winter to various recipients [manuscript], 1864-1917. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn John Jay Chapman additional letters to Conrad Chapman, 1914-1926. Houghton Library
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937,. Autograph letters signed from J. Forbes-Robertson, London, to various unidentified correspondents and a playbill [manuscript], 1897-1927. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927. Jerome K. Jerome collection, ca. 1908-1922. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Letter : [London], to unknown person, [ca. 1890]. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937,. Autograph letter signed from Johnston Forbes-Robertson, London, to William Winter [manuscript], 1913 June 8. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Autograph letters signed : Grand Hôtel Mürren ; and 31 Clifton Crescent, Fotherstone, to Olga Nethersole, 1913 July 26 and 1915 June 22. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Miscellaneous theatrical papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Wells collection of theatrical photographs, ca. 1890-1930. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Moore, George, 1852-1933,. Autograph letter signed from George Moore, London, to Mrs. Patrick Campbell [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Patterson, Christopher Stuart, 1842-1924. Letter to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie papers, 1894-1909 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866-1948. Papers of W. Graham Robertson, 1875-1948. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Autograph File, F, 1447-1994. Houghton Library
referencedIn Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935. Papers of George Pierce Baker, 1882-1926 (inclusive), 1890-1926 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Robertson, Ian, 1858-1936,. Autograph letters signed from Ian Robertson, New York City and London, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], [1881?]-1893. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1914. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Amy Lowell autograph collection, 1523-1930. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1. Houghton Library
referencedIn German, Edward, Sir, 1862-1936. Autograph letters signed (15), dated : [London], 1890-1904, to Joseph Bennett, 1890-1904. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 11 December 1906, to an unidentified recipient, 1906 Dec. 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Henry Arthur Jones Collection, ca.1840s-1931 V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
referencedIn Ray Henderson papers, 1904-1937 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Cairns, J. Actors' portraits, 1901-1902. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Fonds Edward Gordon Craig Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des arts du spectacle
referencedIn Photographs of theatrical performers, 1862-1982. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Letter to Stephen Massett, 1885. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf James, Henry, 1843-1916. The high bid : typescript, [190-?]. Houghton Library
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Autograph letter signed : to Lady [Effie] Millais, 1891 Nov. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937,. Autograph letters signed from Johnston Forbes-Robertson to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1890. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Drawings for the London Stage Collection, 1886-1924, 1886-1897 Yale Center for British Art
referencedIn Souvenir programs of contemporary personalities, 1880-1993. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937,. Autograph letters signed from Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson to various recipients [manuscript], 1886-1926. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, [1897?] Nov. 16. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Sheridan family papers, 1693-1917 (bulk: 1762-1917). Houghton Library
referencedIn Elkins, Kate Felton. Kate Felton Elkins collection, 1775-1927. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927. Jerome K. Jerome collection, ca. 1908-1922. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Compton, Virginia Bateman, 1853-1940. Virginia Bateman Compton letters received and playbill, 1888-1925. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Nethersole, Olga, 1870-1951. Autograph letter signed : Heathland Lodge, East Heath, Hampstead, to Johnston Forbes-Robertson, 1915 June 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn George Bernard Shaw Collection TXRC99-A3., 1757-1963, (bulk 1875-1950) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Autograph letter signed : [London], to maxine Elliott, 1913 Sept. 3. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Walbrook, H. M. (Henry Mackinnon), 1865-1941. Relaxations. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
referencedIn Theater collection, 1849-1964. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Rogers Memorial Collection: Photographs, prints, and drawings, ca. 1600-1936 (bulk: 1861-1936) Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Henderson, Ray, 1889-1937. Ray Henderson papers, 1904-1937 New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Robert Baldwin Ross Collection, 1888-1951 University of California, Los Angeles. Library. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
referencedIn Johnston Forbes-Robertson portrait, 1903 Sep 18. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter, 1907 Dec. 10, the White House, Washington [D.C.], to Norman Hapgood, New York, New York. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Relaxations New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937,. Autograph letter signed from Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Los Angeles, to Viola R. Winter Brown, Los Angeles [manuscript], 1914 December 11. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Letters to Horace Howard Furness, to Miss Santly, and to the English-Speaking Union, 1901-1923. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Reid, Fanny, 19th cent. Autograph letter signed from Fanny Reid, London, to Moy Thomas [manuscript], 1883? July 23. Folger Shakespeare Library
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associatedWith Archer, William., 1856-1924 person
associatedWith Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935. person
associatedWith Binns, L. J.. person
correspondedWith Brown, Graham, fl. 1886-1926 person
correspondedWith Brown, Viola R. Winter (Viola Rosamund Winter), 1881-1970 person
associatedWith Cairns, J. person
correspondedWith Carr, J. Comyns (Joseph Comyns), 1849-1916 person
associatedWith Cattermole, Charles, fl. 1859 person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
correspondedWith Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933 person
associatedWith Compton, Virginia Bateman, 1853-1940. person
associatedWith Craig, Edward Gordon (1872-1966) person
correspondedWith Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899 person
correspondedWith Deighton, E. Lonsdale person
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith Du Maurier, Emma Wightwick, d. 1915, person
associatedWith Du Maurier, Gerald. person
associatedWith Elkins, Kate Felton. person
associatedWith Elliott, Gertrude, d. 1950 person
associatedWith Elliott, Maxine, 1871-1940, person
associatedWith English-Speaking Union. corporateBody
correspondedWith Fiske, Harrison Grey, 1861-1942 person
correspondedWith Fries, T. C., fl. 1886-1926 person
associatedWith Frueh, Alfred Joseph, 1880-1968. person
associatedWith German, Edward, Sir, 1862-1936. person
correspondedWith Girdlestone, Frederic Kennedy Wilson, b. 1844 or 5 person
correspondedWith Haxell, Edward Nelson, 19th cent. person
correspondedWith Hay, W. Delisle (William Delisle), b. 1851 person
associatedWith Henderson, Ray, 1889-1937 person
associatedWith Henry Arthur Jones person
correspondedWith Hoadley, fl. 1886-1926 person
associatedWith Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906 person
associatedWith Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905. person
associatedWith James, Henry, 1843-1916. person
associatedWith Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927. person
correspondedWith Lane, fl. 1886-1926 person
correspondedWith Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 person
associatedWith Lucas, John Seymour, 1849-1923 person
correspondedWith Lyon, Edmund Herbert, b. 1860 or 1 person
associatedWith Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Massett, Stephen, person
correspondedWith McEdge, fl. 1886-1926 person
correspondedWith McManus, Joseph Edward, d. 1921 person
associatedWith Millais, Euphemia Chalmers Gray, Lady, 1828-1897, person
associatedWith Moffat, Yard and Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Moore, George, 1852-1933, person
associatedWith Nethersole, Olga, 1870-1951, person
correspondedWith Partridge, Bernard, b. 1861 person
associatedWith Patterson, Christopher Stuart, 1842-1924. person
correspondedWith Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912 person
associatedWith Reid, Fanny, 19th cent. person
associatedWith Robertson, Ian, 1858-1936, person
associatedWith Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866-1948. person
correspondedWith Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933 person
correspondedWith Rogers, Henry Munroe, 1839-1937 person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. person
correspondedWith Ross, Robert Baldwin 1869-1918 person
associatedWith Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England) corporateBody
associatedWith Seligman, Isaac Newton, 1855-1917. person
associatedWith Severn, Arthur, Mrs., 1846-1924, person
associatedWith Severn, Arthur, Mrs., 1846-1924, person
associatedWith Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. person
associatedWith Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950 person
associatedWith Sheridan family. family
correspondedWith Skirrow, Mrs., fl. 1886-1926 person
correspondedWith Sloman, Anne, fl. 1886-1926 person
correspondedWith Smedley, Miss, fl. 1886-1926 person
correspondedWith Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 person
associatedWith Thorpe, Courtenay, 19th cent. person
associatedWith Viljoen, Helen Gill, person
associatedWith Walbrook, H. M. (Henry Mackinnon), 1865-1941. person
associatedWith Wells, George Doane, collector. person
associatedWith William Andrews Clark Memorial Library corporateBody
associatedWith Winter, William, 1836-1917. person
correspondedWith Winter, William Jefferson, b. 1878 person
associatedWith Young, Robert, 1927-2008, person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Subject
Hamlet (Legendary character)
Shylock (Fictitious character)
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Birth 1853-01-16

Death 1937-11-06

Britons

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