Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : place not specified, to William Macready, [1843 Mar.].

BIB_ID
301445
Accession number
MA 2097.37
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Display Date
[1843 Mar.].
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.3 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.
Provenance
Purchased from Weber de Vore in 1961.
Summary
Asking "Do you still want my Play? Frankly yes or no." Mentioning that he has "heightened the individuality of your character" and proposing the titles "The Egoists" or "The Sin of the Century." With a postscript noting that he has been ill.