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Title: Edmund Kean letter to Charles Matthews
Creator: Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1821-1822
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: Kean tells Mathews in a letter that on the subject of a proposed Shakespeare monument, the Drury Lane Theatre should be included. Kean emphasizes that the rival Covent Garden Company's sole inclusion in the project remains unfair. Letter is dated July 3rd of either 1821 or 1822 based on two separate sources. Letter contains an embossing.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00463
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2587
Language: English
Subject: Covent Garden Theatre
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Embossing (Printing)
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Letters
Monuments
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Signatures (Writing)
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 7.25 x 9.13 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 10, folder 18; 2 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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