Autograph and typescript letters signed from Edith Wynne Matthison to Mrs. H.C. Folger [manuscript], 1911-1916.

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Autograph and typescript letters signed from Edith Wynne Matthison to Mrs. H.C. Folger [manuscript], 1911-1916.

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Most of the letters concern arranging recitals and lectures. (2) mentions terms for reading scenes from Shakespeare or Euripides' Electra; (6) Matthison mentions Henry VIII and her performance of Katherine; (7) mentions Sir Theodore Martin's [translation of Hertz's] King Rene's daughter and the Sir Herbert Tree Shakespearian tour. Includes 8 envelopes.

8 letters ; 9 x 15 cm to 25 x 20 cm.

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