Autograph letter signed from James H. Caldwell to Edmund Kean [manuscript], 1826 January 23.

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Autograph letter signed from James H. Caldwell to Edmund Kean [manuscript], 1826 January 23.

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Caldwell wishes to hire Kean to act in New Orleans and mentions salary.

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Caldwell, James H. (James Henry) 1793-1863

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James H. Caldwell was a British-born theatre manager who developed and dominated the pioneering theatre of the South, bringing competent actors and good plays to the region and becoming the most important theatrical person there. He established theaters in New Orleans, Cincinnati, Nashville, Mobile, and St. Louis. He also organized gas companies in New Orleans, Cincinnati, and Mobile. Caldwell retired from the theater in 1843 and thereafter devoted his time to several official positions in New O...

Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833

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Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor. From the guide to the Edmund Kean Collection, 1814-1933, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor associated with the Drury Lane Theatre. An affair with Charlotte Cox, the wife of prominent alderman Robert Cox, led to an adultery trial against Kean in 1825 and his subsequent travel outside of England. Kean returned to the English stage in 1827 and re...