Autograph letter signed from W. Aldis Wright, Cambridge, to R.M. Theobald, London [manuscript], 1886 September 4.

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Autograph letter signed from W. Aldis Wright, Cambridge, to R.M. Theobald, London [manuscript], 1886 September 4.

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Mentions lines from King Lear which appear to him to "contain an idea which is by no means original, very poorly expressed, and neither in Shakespeare's language nor manner." He also writes that he takes no interest in the Bacon Shakespeare controversy. On letterhead of Myrtle Bank, Moffat, N.B., with "Trinity College Cambridge" written above. Addressed to Theobald at 25 Lee Terrace, Blackheath, S.E.

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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