Autograph letter signed from Mortimer Menpes, London, to Ada Rehan [manuscript], 19th or 20th century.

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Autograph letter signed from Mortimer Menpes, London, to Ada Rehan [manuscript], 19th or 20th century.

Menpes congratulates Rehan on her tremendous success and hopes she will agree to lunch with him. As a postscript, he comments "Irving was much improved."

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7556244

Folger Shakespeare Library

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