Autograph letter signed from Tommaso Salvini, New York, to unidentified recipient, 1890 February 27.

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Autograph letter signed from Tommaso Salvini, New York, to unidentified recipient, 1890 February 27.

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Recipient addressed as "Egregio signore." Salvini thinks the part best adapted to his figure is Othello and that the most severe criticism, not always just, is given to Hamlet. Also, a photographic portrait of Salvini as Othello.

2 leaves ; 21 x 13 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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