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Title: Dion Boucicault letter, 1870s
Creator: Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870s
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: Boucicault writes to a Mr. Rosier, an English actor. Boucicault tells Rosier that he cannot give Rosier an answer regarding an engagement until he speaks with his agent in New York, where he will soon arrive. He can, however, inform Rosier about pay scales and the the terms of a season's engagement; the highest salary is $60 a week, the lowest $15, and the season is 34 weeks long.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00549
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/3070
Language: English
Subject: Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890
Theater
Letters
Wages
Acting
Actors
Place: London (England)
New York (N.Y.)
Source: Handwritten letter, 7.125 x 4.5 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 2, folder 6; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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