BIB_ID
122209
Accession number
MA 9609
Creator
Langtry, Lillie, 1853-1929.
Display Date
undated.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Langtry gives only "Monday" for the date of writing. It is possible that she wrote this letter during the 1885-86 repertory season when she was appearing at the Prince's Theatre.
On stationery with pale blue embossed letterhead: "The Prince's Theatre / Coventry Street, / Piccadilly East, / W."
On stationery with pale blue embossed letterhead: "The Prince's Theatre / Coventry Street, / Piccadilly East, / W."
Summary
Apologizing for a miscommunication about a meeting at the Pulteney Hotel in Albemarle Street; saying that she is going to the country tomorrow, but asking if he (she addresses her correspondent as "Dear Sir") would call on Wednesday at the hotel; adding "I don't wish this contretemps to prevent my making the acquaintance of one so distinguished as yourself"; saying that she received his letter and his card simultaneously.
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