BIB_ID
157757
Accession number
MA 2520.1
Creator
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.
Display Date
London, England, 1895 October 31.
Credit line
Purchased, 1967.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Written from "17, Oxford Square, W." on stationery engraved with the address.
Trilby opened at the Haymarket Theatre on October 30, 1895.
Acquired with two additional letters to Luther Munday on the opening of Trilby in London, one from Joseph Hatton dated October 9, 1895 (MA 2520.2) and the other from Paul M. Potter dated September 14, 1895 (MA 2520.3).
Trilby opened at the Haymarket Theatre on October 30, 1895.
Acquired with two additional letters to Luther Munday on the opening of Trilby in London, one from Joseph Hatton dated October 9, 1895 (MA 2520.2) and the other from Paul M. Potter dated September 14, 1895 (MA 2520.3).
Summary
Expressing his gratitude and congratulations to the cast of Trilby; saying "Indeed I hope the opportunity might have come without my having to write - but the bustle & excitement of the first night are too great to admit of introductions, &c; so that I have not been able to say all the warm & sincere things I feel either to Taffy or Gecko or Zouzou or Mr. & Mrs. Bagot, or the enchanting Madame Vinard who seems to have restored to me all my early Frenchness! As for the Laird of Cockpen I had been introduced to him on the preceding night, & I hope to see Little Billee very soon. The goodness of everybody even exceeded my expectations, and in consequence of this last night was the most perfect I ever spent at any theatre, even putting aside the extraordinary pleasure I felt at seeing my own fancies turned into [illegible] with never a jar or a hitch of any kind. If I had the time I could write quite a little essay on every character, but you would hardly thank me for this - besides I hope soon to know every member of the company."
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