| Document Reference | CDC |
| Title | Cambridge Drama Collection (printed books) |
| Date Of Creation | c.1664-c.1850 |
| Extent | 1185 items |
| Level | Fonds |
| Access Conditions | Accessible to all readers |
| Admin History | The Collection was built up during the 1870s and 1880s by Henry Thomas Hall (1823-1894), a Cambridge man of private means who gave the Collection to Cambridge City Libraries in the late nineteenth century. |
| Custodial History | The collection was presented to Nottingham University Library by Cambridge City Libraries in 1960.
The University was granted a JISC (Non Formula Funding) award in 1995 for cataloguing the collection. |
| Description | The core interest of the Collection lies in works of drama or about the stage. It includes items which had previously belonged to the Cambridge Garrick Club. Texts of plays published between 1750 and 1850 make up the bulk of the Collection, although examples both significantly earlier and later are found. The plays cover a very broad spectrum of authors and genres, and include many examples of editions and adaptations of the works of earlier dramatists. From the eighteenth-nineteenth centuries, there is strength in the coverage of women writers.
The history of the British theatre (1750-1850) is well covered, with works about individual theatres and recording productions in them, lives of actors and memoirs, and texts on the theory of acting. Examples of theatre criticism and the theory of theatre criticism are present, although the collection does not seek to cover the study of drama as a literary form. The Collection is added to where possible by purchase and gift. |
| MgtGroup | Literary and cultural records |
| Printed Book Collections |
| Arrangement | The collection is arranged by Library of Congress classification |
| Language | English |
| Term | Drama -18th century |
| Drama - 19th century |
| FindingAids | The collection is catalogued on the University of Nottingham's library catalogue NUsearch (https://nusearch.nottingham.ac.uk). To browse the Collection, enter the search term CDC (the code for Cambridge Drama Collection) into the main search box and select to search within the Library Catalogue only. |
| Copyright | Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult.
Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections |
| ReprodnNote | Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents. |
| Condition | Variable, some good, some fragile bindings |
| Related Material | The University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collections: Cambridge Shakespeare Collection of printed books and periodicals (CSC) and manuscripts (TCS); manuscripts in the Cambridge Drama Collection (TCD); and subscription books of the Cambridge Garrick Club, 1833-1843 (MS 265) |
| RelatedRecord | MS265 |
| CSC |
| TCD |
| TCS |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates of Existence |
| NA1172 | Hall; Henry Thomas (1823-1894); book collector | 1823-1894 |