Booth writes from the home of the Players at 16 Gramercy Place in reply to Boughton's letter and discusses mutual friends: the declining health of the artist Launt Thompson, the recent death of painter Jervis McEntee, and actor Thomas Doggett's...
Charles Kemble writes an unnamed correspondent declining an offer for a Covent Garden check dated 1762 by saying he is not a "collector of curiosities." The pages are torn.
William Etty writes W. C. Macready declining an invitation because he is pressed for time and says he will not be going to see "Coriolanus." W. C. Macready probably refers to William Charles Macready. The letter contains an embossing.
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868; Tickets; Performances; Scheduling; Letters
Charles Kean writes Mr. Kenney saying he is enclosing a ticket for him. He lists the fall schedule of plays and writes about his feelings in regards to the private theatricals produced for the queen. The letter is unsigned. The letter contains...
Lawrence, William J. (William John), 1862-1940; Letters
Writing from London, Lawrence commiserates with Starkey about their declining health; he suggests sending one of his own books in exchange for Starkey's copy of the Walter Whiter book he desires to read.
