BIB_ID
290435
Accession number
MA 106.40
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1841 Dec. 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence between Charles Dickens and William Charles Macready. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 106 for more information.
Written from Devonshire Terrace.
Written from Devonshire Terrace.
Summary
Discussing the saloon at Drury Lane; observing that the refreshments were "preposterously dear" and "served out by the wrong sort of people"; expressing his belief that ladies will not use the saloon if the "gentlemen ... in their hats and great coats ... kick their heels there."
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