BIB_ID
289646
Accession number
MA 93.141
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1869 Feb. [15].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Black and White was written by Collins and Charles Fechter, and first performed at the Adelphi on 29 March 1869.
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Letters are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Written from the office of All the Year Round. Dated Monday Twenty fifth February, but letter was probably written on Monday the fifteenth, and Dickens left for Scotland on 20 February. Signed CD.
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Letters are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Written from the office of All the Year Round. Dated Monday Twenty fifth February, but letter was probably written on Monday the fifteenth, and Dickens left for Scotland on 20 February. Signed CD.
Summary
Praising Collins' latest play [Black and White], thinking "it will be a GREAT SUCCESS," but giving "a suggestion or two" [which comprise most of the letter] concerning plot and staging, and referencing Collins collaboration with [Charles] Fetcher.
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