TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY GEORGE ROBEY, TO NOVELIST HALL CAINE, ABOUT A MANUSCRIPT CONTRIBUTION FOR A CHARITY AUCTION.
de (Caine, Hall). Robey, George. (1869-1954). Celebrated English music hall performer
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London: June 7th 1917., 1917.. Good. - Single-spaced typed letter written from the Hippodrome, London and filling one side of the event letterhead,10-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide, for "George Robey's Concert in aid of The Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage at the Palladium". Signed "Yours sincerely / George Robey". The edges of the letterhead are chipped & slightly darkened. There are some crosses in the left margin emphasizing one paragraph of the letter, made by either Robey or the recipient. Good. <p>George Robey writes to novelist Hall Caine profusely thanking him for sending him the manuscript of an Address to be read at the charity event, and for having it bound for auction. "I have asked [Mr. Sutcliffe] to be kind enough to let you have it first, in order that you may put your signature on the title page....I will get Miss Vanbrugh [who is to read the address] to sign it on Sunday, and also put my own name and any other people connected with the concert who may be of interest....I feel sure that in addition to helping the collection that night your generous gift will realise a large sum on its own account...."<p>George Robey [1869-1954], English comedian, singer and actor in musical comedy, is regarded as one of the greatest music hall performers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hall Caine [1853-1931 was a Manx author best known as a novelist and playwright. In his day he was extremely popular and his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. His works were mainly romances but also addressed some of the more serious political and social issues of his time.
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- TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY GEORGE ROBEY, TO NOVELIST HALL CAINE, ABOUT A MANUSCRIPT CONTRIBUTION FOR A CHARITY AUCTION.
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- (Caine, Hall). Robey, George. (1869-1954). Celebrated English music hall performer
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- London: June 7th 1917.
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- 1917.
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- THEATRE; THEATER; MUSIC HALL; ENGLISH COMEDIAN; GEORGE ROBEY; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; CHARITY AUCTION; George Robey's Concert in aid of The Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage at the Palladium; HALL CAINE; MANX AUTHO
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