Otis Skinner letters written during tour

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Otis Skinner letters written during tour

1894-1895

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One letter to Thomas Walsh concerning Walsh's manuscript translation of Mohammet; and three to "Biff" concerning tour details. All autograph letters, three signed with initials, one with full signature.

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Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942

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Otis Skinner (1858-1942) was an American actor and writer. Born June 28, 1858 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut where his father Charles Skinner was a Universalist minister. Otis Skinner was interested in theater from a young age, and through his father's friendship with P.T. Barnum was introduced to William Pleater Davidge, who gave him his first theatrical role. In the latter half of the 1870s, he played various bit roles in stock companies, and alongsid...