BIB_ID
126257
Accession number
MA 9629
Creator
Munden, Thomas Shepherd, 1800?-1850.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased, 1891.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 16.8 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Munden gives only "Tuesday Morning" for the date of writing. The date "1809" has been added in pencil by another hand, but this dating cannot be confirmed.
Written from Kentish Town, an area of northwest London where Munden lived for many years.
Munden's correspondent is probably James Winston, who was a theatre proprietor, author and actor. Winston was manager of the Drury Lane Theatre from 1819 to 1827 -- this letter may have been written in the period when Joseph Munden was performing at Drury Lane (1813-1824).
There is some uncertainty about the identity of the writer of this letter; previous records have identified him as Joseph Munden, son of Joseph Shepherd Munden. However, there is no record of Munden having a son of that name, whereas he did have a son named Thomas, who wrote a biography of his father, Memoirs of Joseph Shepherd Munden, Comedian (London: Richard Bentley, 1844). The letter is signed with an initial that could be either a "T" or a "J".
Address panel with postmarks: "Winston Esqr / Newman Street / Oxford Road." The words "Post Paid" have been added beneath the address.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Written from Kentish Town, an area of northwest London where Munden lived for many years.
Munden's correspondent is probably James Winston, who was a theatre proprietor, author and actor. Winston was manager of the Drury Lane Theatre from 1819 to 1827 -- this letter may have been written in the period when Joseph Munden was performing at Drury Lane (1813-1824).
There is some uncertainty about the identity of the writer of this letter; previous records have identified him as Joseph Munden, son of Joseph Shepherd Munden. However, there is no record of Munden having a son of that name, whereas he did have a son named Thomas, who wrote a biography of his father, Memoirs of Joseph Shepherd Munden, Comedian (London: Richard Bentley, 1844). The letter is signed with an initial that could be either a "T" or a "J".
Address panel with postmarks: "Winston Esqr / Newman Street / Oxford Road." The words "Post Paid" have been added beneath the address.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Provenance
Purchased from Henry Sotheran & Co., London, 1891.
Summary
Informing Winston that Mr. Munden is confined with the gout; conveying the latter's request to use Winston's box at the theatre for his benefit, which is scheduled for Wednesday the third of May; asking Winston to write him in Kentish Town.
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