Autograph letter signed from William F. Owen, Chicago, to George [manuscript], 1895 October 14.

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Autograph letter signed from William F. Owen, Chicago, to George [manuscript], 1895 October 14.

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Recipient's surname unknown. Owen indicates that he has made a good impression in the part of Falstaff in Chicago (playing opposite Julia Marlowe and Robert Taber): "the Tabers, man and wife are, perhaps, the most selfish, ungenerous players I have ever encountered - but they have not, thank goodness, been quite able to stifle all the philosophy and humor of Sir John." Owen is at work on the prompt book of Merry wives of Windsor for the recipient. Adds as a postscript "I fear Ernest has...bitten off more than he can chew in undertaking Nick Bottom." On letterhead of Tremont House.

1 leaf ; 24 x 16 cm.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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