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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to George Garrick, 1769 January 31.

BIB_ID
128776
Accession number
MA 9439
Creator
Barry, Spranger, 1719-1777.
Display Date
1769 January 31.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 18.1 x 11.3 cm
Notes
One of the plays referred to in the letter may be Arthur Murphy's "Zenobia," in which Barry and his wife had a long run as Rhadamistus and Zenobia.
Addressed to "George Garrick Esq."
Summary
Asking for a change of parts for his wife Ann Barry; explaining "Mrs. Barry would choose to play Lady Randolph rather than Zenobia as tis not so fatiguing a Character."