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W. J. Lawrence letter to William Archer, 1914 May 4

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Title	W. J. Lawrence letter to William Archer, 1914 May 4
Creator	Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940
Subject - LCSH	Archer, William, 1856-1924 Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940 Letters Theaters
Description	Lawrence writes to Archer thanking him for the translation and also talks about the obserbvations of a man named Platter who saw Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Globe. Lawrence talks about prices and possible methods of paying to get into the theater. He concludes that it is all quite a mystery and asks if Archer might be able to solve this problem.
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date	1914-5-4
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 1, folder 4; 1 page
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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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	75, Haddiagton Road th Dublin, May 4th 1914. My dear Archer, Many thanks for the translation. I am glad to find that my comission proved less formidable than I had feared. As for gang and standt I find on referring to Anglia that they were copied correctly. While on this errand at the National Library I delved into several German-English dictionaries with the view of solving the problem. Among other things I find that stand means "standing place, pew" and gang "passage, corridor." The sentence might mean "But there are different divisions and galleries where one sits more pleasantly & better, & therefore pays more." It seems to me that Platter saw Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the
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