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Charles Kemble letter to T. J. Thackeray, 1827 November 14

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Title	Charles Kemble letter to T. J. Thackeray, 1827 November 14
Creator	Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854
Subject - LCSH	Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854 Thackeray, Thomas James Wages Dramatists Letters
Description	Charles Kemble writes the playwright, T. J. Thackeray, consoling him over his disappointment with the lack of remuneration for a piece he had submitted. Page 4 is a self-cover with a seal. The page 4 scan was rotated 90 degrees clockwise. The pages are torn. The letter contains notations by more than one hand.
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date	1827-11-14
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed, 7.25 x 8.88 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 11, folder 15; 4 pages
Collection	Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/phl
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc
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Object File Name	phl00273

Title	Page 1
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Collection	Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/phl
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc
Transcription	T.R.C.G. 14th Nov. 1827 Dear Sir, Yours of the 26th Oct. has safely reached me and I sincerely sympathize with you in your disappointment; but my Partners are of opinion and I cannot but agree with them on the opinion, that your expectation of remuneration is unreasonable. The theatre, as it is, must suffer considerable loss having gone to much expense in new scenery which is now become use1ess--had the piece been produced, it would not have been acted twice, so strongly was the public opinion pre-settled against it; and in that case you would have "had no c1aim to remuneration; for as
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