BIB_ID
298805
Accession number
MA 7646.12
Creator
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Display Date
[1914 Feb. 28].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Dating: Letter is dated "Saturday" by Maugham, and the envelope is postmarked 28 February, a Saturday in 1914. On February 26 February 1914, Vanburgh took over the role of Norah in The Promised Land.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to Mrs. Bouicault.
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 "6, Chesterfield Street, W."
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to Mrs. Bouicault.
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 "6, Chesterfield Street, W."
Provenance
Purchased by Gordon N. Ray from the London dealer Ifan Kyrle Fletcher.
Summary
Effusively praising her "magnificent acting" in the role of Norah in The Promised Land. Signed "W. S. Maugham."
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