Autograph letter signed from Madge Kendal, Boston, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1893 November 19

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Autograph letter signed from Madge Kendal, Boston, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1893 November 19

Addressed to "my dear friend" (pencil annotation above "my dear friend" reads "Chas. John Kean," but Kean died in 1868). Kendal mentions the recipient's accident. Refers to Richard Mansfield playing Shakespeare and Wilson Barrett. Mentions that she has bought "A woman of no importance." On letterhead of Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass.

2 leaves ; 20 x 13 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7562226

Folger Shakespeare Library

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