Autograph letter signed from Otis Skinner to the editor, Metropolitan magazine [manuscript], 1900 September 28.

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Autograph letter signed from Otis Skinner to the editor, Metropolitan magazine [manuscript], 1900 September 28.

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Skinner describes a "year of grace" for the theater. Indicates that "Resplendent productions of Shakespeare and poetic plays have interested those who have not been used to fine dramatic fare." Recipient likely Perriton Maxwell, who was editor of the Metropolitan magazine starting in 1900.

3 leaves ; 27 x 20 cm.

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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...

Maxwell, Perriton, 1868-1947

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Editor, author, and collector. From the description of Perriton Maxwell collection, 1931-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131959 ...