BIB_ID
301443
Accession number
MA 2097.35
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Display Date
Friday [1842 Aug.].
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Dating from Shattuck.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Bulwer Lytton to the actor William Macready. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Craven Cottage.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Bulwer Lytton to the actor William Macready. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Craven Cottage.
Provenance
Purchased from Weber de Vore in 1961.
Summary
Intending to write a play, asking Macready for ideas and the "sort of Comic Character" would suit him. Discussing his difficulty writing, noting "I cannot raise myself up to that grave high Humour which would alone suit your dignity." Mentioning Athenian comedies and nothing that he soon "shall have one Month of Leisure."
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