Autograph letter signed from Harriet Gilbert Highton, The Owls' Nest, Soho Square, London, to Miss Ada Rehan [manuscript], 1894 April 2.

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Autograph letter signed from Harriet Gilbert Highton, The Owls' Nest, Soho Square, London, to Miss Ada Rehan [manuscript], 1894 April 2.

Entreats her to visit as soon as she is well. Mentions her husband's (Edward Gilbert Highton) high praise of Edwin Booth's King Lear and Rehan's Rosalind and Viola.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7540015

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Highton, Harriet Elizabeth, active 19th century

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Highton, Edward Gilbert, 1830-

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Rehan, Ada, 1857-1916

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Ada Rehan was an Irish-American actress. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1890. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 206691443 Irish-American actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hotel Metropole, W.C., London, to Arthur Sullivan, 1891 Nov. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126537 Irish-born American stage actress. From the description of Papers, ca. 1879-1918. (University ...

Highton, Harriet Elizabeth, active 19th century

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