BIB_ID
430764
Accession number
MA 1617.128
Creator
Crichton, Haldane, 1852-1938.
Display Date
Halifax, England, 1883 January 29.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.1 x 11.5 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 "Gaiety Theatre / Halifax."
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 "Gaiety Theatre / Halifax."
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 "How about sketches? Kindly let me know when I can have them so that failing yours I may have time to get others done. Your reply per return."
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