Typed letter signed from Orson Welles to Charlotte Bassett [manuscript], 1939 August 5.

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Typed letter signed from Orson Welles to Charlotte Bassett [manuscript], 1939 August 5.

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Welles acknowledges Miss Bassett's letter as "one of the nicest [he has] ever gotten" and explains that the Mercury Theatre is now in Hollywood, making a picture (what would eventually be Citizen Kane), but "Five kings" is by no means abandoned. On letterhead of the Mercury Theatre, 1430 Broadway, but accompanied by envelope postmarked from Beverly Hills. Envelope addressed to Bassett at 6 Louisburg Square, Boston, Mass. and forwarded to Powderpoint, Duxbury, Mass. Also with a typed copy of Bassett's letter to Welles which prompted this letter, in which she supports Welles' "free editing and transposing of the plays."

1 leaf ; 28 x 22 cm.

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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985

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Actor, writer, director, and producer for stage, radio, and film. From the description of Papers, 1930-1959. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 31734907 George Orson Welles, named for his parents' friend George Ade, was born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A child prodigy aided and encouraged by guardian Maurice Bernstein and teacher Roger Hill, Welles had considerable writing and acting experience before the age of twenty. Through the years this multi-talented...

Bassett, Charlotte, fl. 1939

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