Autograph letter signed from Otis Skinner, New York, to Bertha Welby [manuscript], 1894 January 27.

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Autograph letter signed from Otis Skinner, New York, to Bertha Welby [manuscript], 1894 January 27.

Skinner writes on behalf of Madam Modjeska regarding her place on the February 5th program.

1 leaf ; 22 x 14 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7562213

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942

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Otis Skinner (1858-1942) was an American actor and writer. Born June 28, 1858 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut where his father Charles Skinner was a Universalist minister. Otis Skinner was interested in theater from a young age, and through his father's friendship with P.T. Barnum was introduced to William Pleater Davidge, who gave him his first theatrical role. In the latter half of the 1870s, he played various bit roles in stock companies, and alongsid...

Welby, Bertha, -1917

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Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909

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Polish actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Arthur Sullivan, 1884 June 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125606 Actress. From the description of Letter of Helena Modjeska, 1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454585 ...