BIB_ID
411593
Accession number
MA 9513.10
Creator
Elliston, R. W. (Robert William), 1774-1831.
Display Date
1796 August 13.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 22.6 x 18.8 cm
Notes
Written from "No 3. Frith St."
Address panel with postmark: "Rev'd Dr Elliston / Sidney College / Cambridge."
Docketed.
The play in which Elliston performs as the character Octavian is most likely The Mountaineers by George Colman the younger.
The Morgan also holds a letter written by Elizabeth Rundall Elliston to William Elliston on the same day, August 13, 1796 (MA 9511).
Part of a collection of twenty-three letters from R. W. Elliston to his uncle William Elliston. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume in the series titled Dramatic Memoirs.
Address panel with postmark: "Rev'd Dr Elliston / Sidney College / Cambridge."
Docketed.
The play in which Elliston performs as the character Octavian is most likely The Mountaineers by George Colman the younger.
The Morgan also holds a letter written by Elizabeth Rundall Elliston to William Elliston on the same day, August 13, 1796 (MA 9511).
Part of a collection of twenty-three letters from R. W. Elliston to his uncle William Elliston. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume in the series titled Dramatic Memoirs.
Summary
Beginning "Once more I am in London, & once more have I paid my respects to a London audience. The spirit of applause I found had not evaporated, on the contrary from my absence it seem'd to have gain'd increas'd vigour, & I was welcom'd with honest, & hearty greeting -- The character was Octavian, which I shall repeat next week"; writing that he will probably remain at Colman's theater the rest of the season; reminding his uncle that he promised to send some books: "Mrs E. longs to have them, & has determined to peruse them with me, I have some notion you will be troubled with a letter from her shortly"; writing that Colman's play The Iron Chest has been published, "with a bitter pill at the commencement for Kemble to swallow, I think you will be diverted with it, it is certainly worthy perusal"; saying that it is going to be performed at the Haymarket Theatre and that he will be playing the part of Sir Edward Mortimer; mentioning that his uncle will see from his address that he is staying at his "quondam lodging house; I like my apartments well, & the good folks are very civil"; adding that the Rundalls send their respects.
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