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Title
R. Roberts - 'Handy Andy', being a play in two acts
Creator
R. Roberts
Call number
B 222
Level of description
fonds
Date

188-
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
439818
Physical Description
1 volume - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

John Drew, stage actor, was the son of American actors John (1827-1862) and Louisa Lane Drew (1820-1897). -- Reference: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001, online Feb. 2004.
Samuel Lover (1797-1868), Irish song-writer, novelist, and artist, wrote plays, poems and parodies, and published ballads, and Legends and Stories of Ireland, 1831. -- Reference: National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London, Online Feb. 2004.
Scope and Content
Cast of characters, Act One (scenes 1-4) and two Act 2 (scenes 1-5).
General note

This play is most likely an adaptation of or based on the farcical novel, "Handy Andy : a tale of Irish life" / written by Samuel Lover (1797-1868).
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on front cover.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Handwritten on front cover, "Handy Andy / in / 2 Acts / The property of / R. Roberts"
Inside front cover, "N.B. This is a correct copy / of John Drews manuscript"
Name
Drew, John, 1853-1927
Subject
David Scott Mitchell Collection.
Drama--19th century.
Irish farces.
Playwriting.

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