Autograph letter signed from William Penley, Theatre Leamington Spa, to B.P. Bellamy [manuscript], 1821 October 4.

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Autograph letter signed from William Penley, Theatre Leamington Spa, to B.P. Bellamy [manuscript], 1821 October 4.

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Declining an offer from Bellamy to perform during the ensuing season at Bath, since he has renewed his engagement at Drury Lane with Mr. Elliston "for a term of years." In postscript, recommends his brother as a scenery painter to Bellamy.

1 leaf ; 23 x 19 cm.

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Drury Lane Theatre

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Elliston, R. W. (Robert William), 1774-1831

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