BIB_ID
126789
Accession number
MA 2968.5
Creator
Elliston, William Gore, 1798-1872.
Display Date
1820 September 22.
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1970.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.7 x 18.3 cm
Notes
Elliston gives the place of writing as Leamington Priors, as Royal Leamington Spa was then called.
Address panel with seal and postmarks: "Mr Winston / Theatre Royal / Drury Lane / London." The addressee is most likely James Winston, who was acting manager of Drury Lane under R. W. Elliston from 1819-1827.
Part of a collection of five letters from R. W. Elliston and William Elliston to various theatrical associates. Each item has been described in an individual catalog record.
Address panel with seal and postmarks: "Mr Winston / Theatre Royal / Drury Lane / London." The addressee is most likely James Winston, who was acting manager of Drury Lane under R. W. Elliston from 1819-1827.
Part of a collection of five letters from R. W. Elliston and William Elliston to various theatrical associates. Each item has been described in an individual catalog record.
Provenance
Herbert Cahoon.
Summary
Concerning alterations in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the expenses thereof; enclosing one hundred pounds; asking him to inform R. W. Elliston of the projected weekly expenditures "for the intended alterations and the pay of your weekly servants"; relaying a request from his father that Winston call on Mr. Wagstaff, Mr. Beazley's assistant (probably a reference to the architect Samuel Beazley), and tell him that "the Building is now at a stopp [sic] for the Capitals of the Columns"; adding that he should also be informed that "the flooring of the great room cannot proceed in consequence of the ceiling ornaments not having arrivd from Mr. Freeman"; explaining that "[t]hese are causes not only of great delay, but of great disquiet to our minds, as my Mother has positively announced to all her pupils that her Ball will take place on the 18th of October."
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