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Title: Charles Kean letter to Benjamin Webster
Creator: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
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: Charles Kean writes in the third person to a Mr. Webster to dispel any doubts about "the business connected with Sir Peter Teazle" and a rehearsal for the play "The School for Scandal." Mr. Webster may refer to Benjamin Nottingham Webster, an actor-manager. Letter is torn at the edges and contains creases where it has been folded. Creases also contain tears.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00418
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2277
Language: English
Subject: Apologizing
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
Letters
Plays
Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882
Source: Handwritten letter, 4.5 x 7 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 9, folder 58; 2 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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