BIB_ID
430745
Accession number
MA 1617.118
Creator
Crichton, Haldane, 1852-1938.
Display Date
Bury, England, 1882 November 24.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 25.9 x 20.4 cm
Notes
Henley granted Crichton the provincial rights for one year to produce "Deacon Brodie', a play Henley co-authored with Robert Louis Stevenson.
Written from the "Opera House, Bury (Lancs)" on the letterhead of "Haldane Crichton's Company."
Housed with a letter from Mitchell & Baxter, W.S. to W. E. Henley dated 7 December 1882 and with a copy of a letter from Baxter to Crichton of the same date confirming the terms of the agreement of Henley and Stevenson with Haldane Crichton (MA 1617.131).
This letter is one of fourteen letters written by Haldane Crichton to W.E. Henley and/or R. L. Stevenson included in the Henley collection (MA 1617.117-131).
Written from the "Opera House, Bury (Lancs)" on the letterhead of "Haldane Crichton's Company."
Housed with a letter from Mitchell & Baxter, W.S. to W. E. Henley dated 7 December 1882 and with a copy of a letter from Baxter to Crichton of the same date confirming the terms of the agreement of Henley and Stevenson with Haldane Crichton (MA 1617.131).
This letter is one of fourteen letters written by Haldane Crichton to W.E. Henley and/or R. L. Stevenson included in the Henley collection (MA 1617.117-131).
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "I have just had a letter from your collaberateur Mr. Stevenson asking me to write to you in reference to your play "Deacon Brodie." I should like to try it at Bradford about Dec. 20th & if successful produce it well in Glasgow, if you care to let me have it. I should be very glad to hear form you per return, as I should like to have some pictures cut. If your reply is favorable kindly send me some copies and have licensed for production at Pullan's Theatre Bradford Dec 21st. It is one of the most powerful plays I have read & I think sure of success in Scotland."
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