Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850

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Sarah Bartley (formerly Smith), English actress. Her career included roles in plays by Mrs. Inchbald, Thomas Holcroft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and upon a visit to Dublin in 1808, she performed a musical piece composed for her by Thomas Moore. For a time following the retirement of foremost actress Sara Siddons, Bartley was considered the reigning tragedy queen of the London stage.

From the description of Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 75428343

From the guide to the Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

English actress, also prominent in America.

From the description of Sarah Bartley manuscripts, [ca. 1820]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936498

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850,. Autograph letter signed from Mrs. Bartley, London, to Mr. Bacon, Esq., Cossey near Norwich [manuscript], 18th or 19th century March 21. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850. Sarah Bartley manuscripts, [ca. 1820]. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Jarvis, Stinson, 1854-1926. Papers, 1905. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850. Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817 New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
creatorOf Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832,. Autograph letter signed from Sir Walter Scott to Sarah Smith (Mrs. Bartley) [manuscript], [1811] December 11. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Sotheby, William, 1757-1833. Letters to William Sotheby, 1813-1833. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Sarah Smith, [1812] Dec. 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850,. Autograph letter from Sarah Bartley to [Henry Erskine] Johnston [manuscript], 1818 April 1. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Sotheby, William, 1757-1833. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. Bartley, 1813 Mar. 20. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn John Lawrence Toole autograph collection, 1750-1903 and undated. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mrs. [Sarah] Bartley, "Friday Morning." Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Bartley, George, 1782-1858. George Bartley letters, 1819-1836. Cornell University Library
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correspondedWith Bacon, Richard Mackenzie, ca. 1775-1844 person
associatedWith Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. person
associatedWith Bartley, George, 1782-1858. person
associatedWith Jarvis, Stinson, 1854-1926. person
correspondedWith Johnston, H. (Henry Erskine), 1777-1845 person
associatedWith Porter, Jane, 1776-1850 person
associatedWith Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. person
associatedWith Sotheby, William, 1757-1833. person
correspondedWith Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906 person
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Birth 1783

Death 1850

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