Autograph letter signed and typescript proposal from Florence Locke to Mrs. Folger [manuscript], 1935.

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Autograph letter signed and typescript proposal from Florence Locke to Mrs. Folger [manuscript], 1935.

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(1) dated April 4, 1935 from Postlip, Winchcombe, near Cheltenham; a letter in which Locke thanks Mrs. Folger for "that perfect hour in [her] Heavenly Theatre." Mentions her recitals of John Brown's body and that she will begin work on her next Shakespeare project, an arrangement of Antony and Cleopatra. (2) a "rough draft by Florence Locke of suggested American Shakespeare Theatre, for the production of all Shakespeare's Plays in a scholarly, brilliant and enjoyable manner" in Washington, D.C.

2 items ; 18 x 12 cm to 33 x 21 cm.

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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