Autograph notes signed (x 5).

English actor (1853-1915), admired for his melodramatic villains. The first, to Mr Philip, 14 December 1903, St. James's Theatre, one page, 12mo. "Herewith a cheque for one guinea in exchange for the dinner ticket you sent me a week or so since". The other three all written to Allan Gomme in 1914, with the letterhead 29 St. James's Street. The first of these, March 12, one page, 12mo. "I shall have great pleasure in attending the Inauguration Ceremony of the Burbage Memorial on Monday next, and the luncheon afterwards". The second, March 13, one page 12mo. He requests another luncheon ticket and another set of the pamphlets "as I have given mine to a friend". The third, April 8, 2 pp, 12mo. He apologises for the delay in replying, and encloses a cheque for two guineas (not present) "to assist in completing the Burbage memorial". Five items,