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Title: Dion Boucicault letter, undated
Creator: Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890
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: Dion Boucicault writes to playwright Herman Charles Merivale about a copyright dispute regarding Merivale's play, "Forget-me-Not." Boucicault is outraged over an article in the Times that justified Lucy Ward's production in London. According to other letters on the matter, Ward and Rose Coghlan failed to make payments for the show's rights. Letter bears an embossing on the first page, as well as a watermark.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00554
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/3174
Language: English
Subject: Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890
Merivale, Herman Charles, 1839-1906
Copyrights
Plays
Adelphi Theatre (London, England)
Embossing (Printing)
Watermarks
Signatures (Writing)
Place: London (England)
Source: Handwritten letter, 7 x 4.5 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 2, folder 11; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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