Autograph letter with translation signed from Louis Kühn, London, to Charles Kean [manuscript], 1852 June 23.

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Autograph letter with translation signed from Louis Kühn, London, to Charles Kean [manuscript], 1852 June 23.

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Kühn writes that he has always wished to admire the greatest actor of his age, and is delighted that this wish has now been fulfilled, especially since he had not been able to witness Kean's triumphs in Hamburg. He praises Kean's performance in The Corsican brothers and King John. (2) is an English translation of the letter.

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Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868

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Grangé, Eugène, 1810-1887

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