Autograph letters signed from Tom Taylor, London, to [Lilian Adelaide] Neilson [manuscript], ca. 1869 August 7 and October 27.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Autograph letters signed from Tom Taylor, London, to [Lilian Adelaide] Neilson [manuscript], ca. 1869 August 7 and October 27.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233982650

The letter of October 27 says Taylor has done nothing effectual to The Jacobite's daughter; he feels "an irresistible repugnance to playwriting for the moment." "No parts can do you so much good, or be worthy of so much study and practise as that of Shakspere."

2 items.

Folger Shakespeare Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7109620

Folger Shakespeare Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b960h1 (person)

Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...

Neilson, Adelaide, 1848-1880

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cg004v (person)

Adelaide Neilson was an English Shakespearean actress. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886279 Adelaide Neilson, on of the most popular and successful 19th century actresses was born in or near Leeds, Yorkshire, England. She was born out of wedlock and never knew her father. Her mother married a Mr. Bland and the family settled in Guiseley. The young Lizzie Ann (Miss ...