Correspondence to Wallack family, 1827-1879.

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Correspondence to Wallack family, 1827-1879.

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Includes letters Wallack wrote as a child to his parents from boarding school and later to his own his sons. The boarding school letters are signed using Wallack's birth name John Johnstone Wallack. Lester was taken as his stage name.

9 items (10 leaves)

University of Pennsylvania Library

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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Wallack, Lester, 1820-1888

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John Johnstone Wallack (January 1, 1820, New York City – September 6, 1888, Stamford, Connecticut), was an American actor-manager and son of theatre producer James William Wallack and actrees Susan Johnstone. He used the stage name John Lester until October 5, 1858, when he first acted under the name Lester Wallack, which he retained the rest of his career. He was born in New York but at an early age he was taken to his parents' home in London where he was reared and educated. Wallack had chose...