Gerald Eades Bentley Papers, 1927-1980s 1940-1970

Creator
Bentley, Gerald Eades, 1901-1994 [Browse]
Format
Manuscript
Language
English
Description
9 boxes

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    1927-1980s 1940-1970
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    Collection is open for research use.
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    • Shakespearean scholar Gerald Eades Bentley was a professor of English at Princeton University (1945-1970) and assistant librarian for Special Collections (1971-1973). His papers consists of notes, typescripts, and galleys for three published works, The Jacobean and Caroline Stage (1941-1968), The Profession of Dramatist in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (1971), and The Profession of Player in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (1984), as well as various speeches, articles, and correspondence about his works.
    • The collection consists of papers of Bentley. Included are notes, typescripts, and galleys for three published works, The Jacobean and Caroline Stage (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1941-1968), The Profession of Dramatist in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971), and The Profession of Player in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1984), as well as various speeches, articles, and correspondence about his works. One file of correspondence concerns Bentley's edition of The Arte of Angling, 1577 (1958). Also present are a journal, 1927-1932, and correspondence with organizations, educational institutions, friends, and associates, such as, John Leeds Barrold, Roland Frye, the Princeton University Press, and Louis B. Wright.
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    1402189252
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