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Edmund Kean letter to Murray, 1832 February

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Title	Edmund Kean letter to Murray, 1832 February
Creator	Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Subject - LCSH	Actors Diseases Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833 Letters Performances Signatures (Writing)
Description	Kean writes to a Murray to arrange a theatre box for him after his recent illness. Kean says: "I have been so long a slave to the profession that seeing a play, in which I am not an actor, is a source of novelty & delight."
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date	1832
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed, 4.44 x 7.25 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 10, folder 3; 2 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	phl00447

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	Feb. 1832 (pencilled in later) Dear Murray/ I am considerably better to day, thanks to the skill of my medical friends. can I have a private box to night, I have been so long a slave to the profession that seeing a play, in which I am not an actor, is a source of novelty & delight. Yours (obt. ?) Edmund Kean
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Object File Name	phl00447_0001.tif

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