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Dion Boucicault.

Autograph note signed to Mrs [?] Hartland,

Dion Boucicault the younger. Actor-manager (1859-1929), son of the actor and dramatist. One page, 8vo. "Dear Mrs Hartland, / I wonder if you could see me here at 2-45 on Friday when I will give you my decision. / Yours very truly, / Dion: Boucicault." Slight creasing to two corners.

Music and Theatre £20.00
Dion Boucicault.

one autograph note, third person, to George <Teuss?>,

Dion Boucicault the younger. Actor-manager (1859-1929), son of the actor and dramatist. Formal acceptance of an invitation in the third person. "Mr Boucicault accepts with pleasure Mr. & Mrs George 's invitation for Tuesday July 4." Paper and glue from previous mounting on blank reverese...

Music and Theatre £20.00
Dorothy Green

autograph letter signed to Mrs Gielgud (mother of John Gielgud?),

2 pp, 12mo. She thanks her for her "sweet present", and then makes what appears to be a reference to John Gielgud: "I'm taking Betty tonight to see John - her first evening performance! She is so thrilled. I am so sorry he has been so reedy, but perhaps the enforced rest will do him good...

Music and Theatre, Women £20.00
Douglas Jerrold

autograph note signed to <M S Shren Esq?>

Victorian writer and humorist. Difficult handwriting. 'My dear Sir/ | Will Monday be equally convenient to you? If no I shall be happy to see you either here or in town, as shall best suit your leisure.' Docketed with large underlined '2' in blue pencil, creased and discoloured. Blank...

Literature £20.00
Duchess of Leeds

autograph letter in the third person to the artist Shirley Slocombe

She 'cannot apologise enough for having left his letter of May 29th so long unanswered'. It was supposed to be answered 'on her return from Italy' but was mislaid. She hopes Slocombe will 'forgive the unintentional rudeness'.

Art and Architecture, History, Royalty £20.00
E. G. Harcourt-Williams

Autograph letter signed to Mrs [?] Villiers,

Actor and producer (1880-1957). 2 pp, 4to. He thanks her for taking an interest in his work. "Yes - you are right I have a wonderful mother. / Wasn't it dreadful on Saturday afternoon! I thought it brave of you to sit it through." Somewhat grubby and creased.

Music and Theatre £20.00
E. G. Harcourt-Williams

one autograph letter signed to unnamed male correspondent,

Actor and producer (1880-1957). He would have answered sooner had he not been waiting for a photograph "which has not yet arrived - however you shall have it when it does. Your letter was delightfully refreshing adn it is good to know that the stage has such valiant supporters." Signed "E....

Music and Theatre £20.00
E.A.Sothern.

Autograph Note Signed to unknown correspondent (name partly clipped off)

He has "stopped all orders at T.R.H. [Haymarket?]" and cannot, therefore, ask other managers for favours.

Music and Theatre £20.00
Edgar Thomas Cook (1880-1953), organist of Southwark Cathedral

Autograph Signature ('Edgar T. Cook').

On piece (15 x 16 cm) of laid-paper cut from a page of a diary. Creased and worn at head. Signature under heading 'March 18'. Lightly docketed in pencil.

Music and Theatre £20.00
Edmund Payne

Autograph note signed to the editor of "Strand Magazine",

English actor (died 1914). "Dear Sir / My height is five feet three & a half inches in my half hose". Negligible traces of previous mounting to the blank reverse.

Music and Theatre £20.00