Autograph letters signed from Wynn Miller to William Winter [manuscript], 1882-1883.

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Autograph letters signed from Wynn Miller to William Winter [manuscript], 1882-1883.

Letters are accounts from the European tour of Edwin Booth. Mentions Booth's performances of Richelieu (1, 2, 4), King Lear (4, 5, 7, 10, 11), Hamlet (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10), Othello (5, 6, 10). Several mentions of Edwin Booth's daughter.

11 items ; 13 x 21 cm to 23 x 18 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7525911

Folger Shakespeare Library

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