BIB_ID
430761
Accession number
MA 1617.125
Creator
Crichton, Haldane, 1852-1938.
Display Date
Stalybridge, England, 1883 January 8.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.4 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 "Victoria Theatre / Staleybridge."
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 "Victoria Theatre / Staleybridge."
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 "Thanks for 'Daily News' cutting. I am scouring the country for talent to cast the "Deacon" in a perfect manner to give it a fair trial in Scotland. Many engagements in negotiation & all shall be clenched as soon as you send me a poster & litho. I have as much faith in these - from a pecuniary point - as in the finest play ever written. When I see these, I will be in possession of a 'drawing' power, and a 'booking' power; and the more money I see in them the more expense I shall go to in engaging Company. I have got nearly every one in my eye & all your idea theoretically, except that vile G. Smith Hesquire."
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