Text / A. S. Webster letter to Richard B(rinsley) Sheridan, 1777 June 18

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Title: A. S. Webster letter to Richard B(rinsley) Sheridan, 1777 June 18
Date Created and/or Issued: 1777-06-18
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: Webster describes the controversy with Mr. Harris, manager of Covent Garden Theatre. In a postscript Webster relates to Sheridan a stage incident in Ireland when an actor was stabbed on-stage by another actor.
Type: text
Format: tiff
Identifier: phl00843
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/4828
Language: English
Subject: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Covent Garden Theatre
Place: Dublin (Ireland)
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph Letters box 16, folder 32; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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