BIB_ID
430328
Accession number
MA 1617.6
Creator
Archer, William, 1856-1924.
Display Date
Place not specified, after 1884.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 15.2 x 10.0 cm
Notes
This letter is one of six letters from William Archer to W. E. Henley (MA 1617.1-6) and part of large collection of manuscripts and letters written by and to William Ernest Henley.
The letter is undated however "Beau Austin" was first printed in Edinburgh in 1884 by R & R Clark for private circulation (see PML 46837).
The letter is undated however "Beau Austin" was first printed in Edinburgh in 1884 by R & R Clark for private circulation (see PML 46837).
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Concerning the play "Beau Austin" co-authored by Henley and R. L. Stevenson; saying "I send you "Beau Austin", returned from India. My brother who though not a 'littery gent' is a man who knows good work when he sees it is delighted with it 'I'd give a good deal' he says 'to see the piece on the stage with Delaunay (& no one else) as Austin. Indeed the piece ought to have been written in French, look at it how you will'."
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