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thanking him for "the opportunity afforded me of reading letters which breathe so wholesome a spirit of Piety and Resignation to the will of God; in him I trust that the example they afford may not be thrown away upon me! I return you the letters because you may wish to preserve them and sincerely condole with your Friend and his family on his sad bereavement - I hope to see you shortly, in the mean time I send my best love to your Fireside...", 2 sides 8vo. 10 Park Place, 6th April

saying she has heard belatedly from Mr Whitworth accepting her terms, "which I regret to say precludes the possibility of my having the pleasure of seeing you" and hoping "this untoward event will not prevent our meeting on some future occasion", 3 sides 8vo., The Terrace, Lynn, Norfolk, 9th February

telling him that "Tomorrow... I shall have much pleasure in waiting upon you - if I hear nothing... from you to prevent it...", 1 side 8vo., 16 James' St, 8th January no year.

I was mad, my good Gentleman, I was mad Indeed!", 1 side 7" x 4½", Theatre Royal, Nottingham, as from 102 Earls' Court Road, South Kensington, 26th April

asking "if you could kindly fetch me at the Randolph shortly before 7... would it be wise to order me something cold... for after the play & the informal meeting?", 1 side 8vo., 149 Kings Road, Chelsea, 1st April

leaving a three-act comedy by Arthur Matheson, and two guineas "which I am informed is the customary reading fee", 3 sides 8vo., 17 The Avenue, Bedford Park, Turnham Green, 22nd October

saying that she has had a "sort of gouty turning in my conscience ever since I gave the lines I gave you - to Beauty for his Temple Bar. I feel as if I ought to have asked your permission before publishing them for I wrote them for you & not for the Public - your kind acquiescence in what I have done rather increases my remorse - you are very good to have written to me so kindly about it. I hope I may have the pleasure of seeing you...", 3 sides sm. 8vo., 26 Hereford Square, "Tuesday 18th" no date Fanny Kemble, daughter of Charles and niece of Mrs Siddons, first appeared on the stage in 1829 as Juliet, when her father was threatened with bankruptcy, never having acted before. In 1834 when touring America with her father, she married Pierce Butler, (1807-1867), but disliking her husband's ownership of slaves, spent time away acting and giving readings in America and England, leading to their divorce. In 1877-1878 she returned permanently to London to live alternately… Leer más

thanking him for his "kind invitation which I would much have liked to accept but I'm rather too far away to do so...", 1 side 8vo., Hotel Tremoille, Paris, The Hotel Tremoille remains a prestigious 5 star hotel in the 8th Arr.

showing him head and shoulders in his bowler hat, with a red dripping nose, and inscribed "good luck", on half a postcard, 3½" x 2¾", no place, no date, circa

within a few days less than a month I have had to attend or subscribe to no less than five" public banquets, 2 sides 8vo., 18 Berkeley Square, 13th March Bancroft was manager of the old Prince of Wales and Haymarket theatres for twenty years, responsible for the revival of stage drama. He devoted much time to "readings" for hospitals throughout the country, and raised £20,000.

(William Richard, 1804-1877, Physician to Westminster Hospital), asking "if you could get me admission to the Royal Italian Opera next Saturday?... I have not heard 'Patti' & have not had a chance of going to the Opera this season", and apologising "for my coolness in making this request", with a contemporary unsigned photograph showing him full length, whimsically seated with his left elbow on a poster advertising his 'The Wedding Breakfast or Roseleaf, Every Evening', 3¾" x 2¼", the letter 3 sides 5¼" x 3¼", 15 Pembridge Place, Bayswater, June 26th no year, circa

saying he is "dead beat with worry but that's my business... I got back in time to act and that's all. What was our agreement? Was it dependent on a certain number of nights or upon success?", Royal St. James's Theatre, 16th November n.y., c.

(Frederick Balsir, 1834-1886, Theatre Manager and Impresario) thanking him "very cordially for your obliging note and enclosed photograph, and beg to assure you that when I visit London, which I am not likely to do very soon, I shall not omit to avail myself of your invitation to call on you...", 2 sides sm. 8vo., with original autograph envelope, postmarked Cheltenham with a Penny Red, 6 Welington Square, Cheltenham, 29th October Chatterton was lessee of the Theatre Royal in London's Drury Lane from 1866 to 1879. He is credited with originating the famous quote, "Shakespeare spelt ruin and Byron bankruptcy".

in her bold hand, in abbreviated French with translation, saying "Are you here ? - Want to see you - Please ('Prière') reply if possible", 1 side 8vo, Hôtel d'Albe, Avenue des Champs Élysées and Avenue de l'Alma, 55, Paris, no date, c.

explaining that she has already asked for tickets for Monday and feels she cannot ask for more, "do let me know the week after next which night will be most convenient... don't fail", 4 sides 8vo., 98 Ridgemount Gardens, Gower Street, no date, c.

about "some little plays which were to be performed in Dublin and which you promised to send on", 2 sides 8vo., The Green Room Club, 13th April

thanking him "for the assistance you so kindly rendered me on the 13th Ult. Besides the genial representative of 'The Thunderer'", the Times Newspaper, "it has been my pleasant privilege to hear more than one or two express their more than satisfaction... of the gentleman who played Iago's dupe [Othello]", 2 sides 8vo., 8 Bloomsbury Square, 15th June

my wife... is rather knocked up with all the acting and rehearsing in the cold theatre... after all your kindness in making arrangements to suit us", 2 sides 8vo., Langtons, Alresford, Hampshire, no date, c. Sir Frank founded a repertory company to produce Shakespeare, and was responsible for 26 annual Shakespeare festivals at Stratford-upon-Avon. He was the only actor ever to have been knighted in a theatre, by George V at the Shakespeare Tercentenary at Drury Lane, when a sword was hurriedly procured for the royal box from a military outfitter's nearby.

saying "my monologues may always be performed in an amateur way... Therefore I hope the children [at the school] will enjoy hearing them again... My best wishes for a successful entertainment", Pyefleet, East Preston, Sussex, 1 side 8vo., no date, c.

saying "I wish to see you very much before you go away" and asking her correspondent to write "to say when you will call on Saturday morning", 1 side 4" x 5¼" blue French paper, no place, no date, c. two tiny defects in margin, one just touching one letter Isabella, who acted under her mother's maiden name of Glyn, made her début at Manchester as 'Constance' in 'King John' in 1847, and played 'Cleopatra' at the Princess' Theatre, Oxford Street, in 1867. She was married to the journalist and author E.S. Dallas, 1828-1879, whom she divorced in 1874. Identification on verso in the hand of Florence H. Suckling (née Suckling, 1848-1923, Writer, wife of Captain Thomas Suckling of Highwood Lodge, Romsey, 1844-1922)