BIB_ID
289643
Accession number
MA 93.140
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1868 June 4.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Letters are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
The Porte Saint-Martin, one of the largest theaters in Paris (seating over 2,000), put on many melodramas but was closed that summer.
Written on All the Year Round stationery. Signed CD.
The Porte Saint-Martin, one of the largest theaters in Paris (seating over 2,000), put on many melodramas but was closed that summer.
Written on All the Year Round stationery. Signed CD.
Summary
Noting that he has been to Paris and reporting on the success of [L'Abîme, the French adaptation of the dramatic version of No Thoroughfare], mentioning that "if it could have been done at the Porte St. Martin, it would have gone 200 nights."
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