Autograph letter signed from Tyrone Power, Baltimore, to William Jefferson Winter, New Brighton [manuscript], 1910 January 30.

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Autograph letter signed from Tyrone Power, Baltimore, to William Jefferson Winter, New Brighton [manuscript], 1910 January 30.

Power mentions that Gelett Burgess read him acts I and II of The cave man, but that he had never "heard such PIFFLE, such 'langwidge'." Power also questions the casting in the New Theatre's production of Twelfth night: "A.R. [i.e. Annie Russell] as Viola & the husband [i.e. Oswald Yorke] as Malvolio - tut! tut!" and adds "I saw Irving many times as Malvolio and E.T. [i.e. Ellen Terry] as Viola." Letter begins "Dear Willyum" and is signed "Fred" (correspondent identified as Tyrone Power in annotation in Winter's hand). On letterhead of the Hotel Belvedere. Accompanied by envelope addressed to W. Jefferson Winter.

5 leaves ; 24 x 16 cm.

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