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William Poel Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0347 D139

Held at: Wandsworth Heritage Service

Title: William Poel Collection

Date(s): 1893-1930

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 7 files

Name of creator(s):

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CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Poel was an actor, theatre manager and dramatist, who lived in Amersham Road, Putney for a time. His surname was originally Pole, but he changed it following a misspelling on a theatre billing. In 1895 he founded the Elizabethan Stage Society, and he spent a lot of his career researching and lecturing on Elizabethan performance. He died at his home, 85 Howard's Lane, Putney, on 13 December 1934. He was cremated at Golders Green.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript copies of one-act plays written by William Poel, newspaper clippings relating to a production of Samson Agonistes and a copy of "Monthly Letters" on performing Shakespeare, collected and published.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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Conditions governing access:

This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002. Entry amended by Barbara Ball.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: April 2011


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Actors | Performers | Artists
Plays (performance) | Theatrical performances | Theatre management
Theatre | Performing arts
Theatrical societies | Societies | Associations | Organizations

Personal names
Poel | William | 1852-1934 | actor and dramatist
Shakespeare | William | 1564-1616 | dramatist, poet and actor

Corporate names

Places
Putney | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wandsworth