Manuscripts
Two letters by William Charles Macready
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- Description
- The first letter is addressed "Dear Madam" (HM 63352), and the other, to "My Dear Sir" (HM 63353).
- Production date
- approximately 1845-1857.
- Call number
- mssHM 63352-63353
- Provenance
- Removed from Rare Book 287501; transferred from the Rare Books Dept., May 1981. These letters are two of a group of 35 letters and manuscripts written, mainly, by 19th century British actors and actresses; a small numberwere written by American, French, and Italian performers. The material was collected by Augustin Daly (1838-1899), an American playwright and producer, and bound in a volume entitled, Bills of the play, New York, 1892. The 35 items have been cataloged separately (HM 63331-63365) and a complete list of the material is available from the Manuscripts Dept.
