BIB_ID
430747
Accession number
MA 1617.119
Creator
Crichton, Haldane, 1852-1938.
Display Date
Crewe, England, 1882 November 25.
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 "Lyceum Theatre, Crewe" 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 "Lyceum Theatre, Crewe" 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 "Very glad one of my letters reached you. I must thank you for your collaberateur's address. I will write to him. Should you carry out your intention of writing another play i trust I may have the pleasure of reading it, if better than the Deacon it will be a big thing. The deacon I think cannot fail to be successful in Scotland, but the subject is too local, to command success in England, tho' the power of the play might carry it. Trusting I shall be able to arrange to produce the Deacon;" including an autograph note on the verso from Stevenson to Henley, signed with initials saying "This is not my criticism, you must Read. I could not criticise, I was too [illegible]. The criticism will come in time. I think Haldane Crichton should be encouraged at all risks. It would even be something to be damned. That would teach."
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