BIB_ID
298782
Accession number
MA 7646.8
Creator
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Display Date
[ca. 1908] Thursday.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Dating: Letter is undated, but "1912?" is penciled in an unknown hand in the upper right corner. However, Mrs. Dot was staged to critical acclaim in April 1908, and ran for 272 performances.
Part of a collection of 12 letters from W. Somerset Maugham to the director Dion Boucicault (MA 7646.1-9) and his wife Irene Vanbrugh (MA 7646.10-12). Letters have been individually described in 12 catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "23, Mount Street, W."
Part of a collection of 12 letters from W. Somerset Maugham to the director Dion Boucicault (MA 7646.1-9) and his wife Irene Vanbrugh (MA 7646.10-12). Letters have been individually described in 12 catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "23, Mount Street, W."
Provenance
Purchased by Gordon N. Ray from the London dealer Ifan Kyrle Fletcher.
Summary
Enclosing (not present) changes made to a play, and stating that "Mrs. Dot" is "a very stale, commonplace title," hoping that they might be able to think of a better one. Signed "W. S. Maugham."
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