BIB_ID
431819
Accession number
MA 1617.442
Creator
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1853-1917.
Display Date
London, England, 1890 October 27.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written from the "Theatre Royal / Haymarket" on its stationery.
This letter is one of seven letters from Tree to Henley related to Tree's production of "Beau Austin, a play co-authored by Henley and Robert Louis Stevenson. The letters were written from June 26 through November 14, 1890 (MA 1617.438-MA 1617.444). These seven letters are housed with an undated letter from Henley to Tree which appears to be written in November 1890 soon after the production of "Beau Austin" at the Haymarket Theatre on November 3, 1890 (MA 1617.445) and a letter from Henry Dana to Henley, dated May 3, 1901, concerning a production by Tree of Henley's play "Macaire" (MA 1617.446). This small collection also includes three telegrams from Tree to Henley (November 3, 4 and 8, 1890) relating the success of the production.
This letter is one of seven letters from Tree to Henley related to Tree's production of "Beau Austin, a play co-authored by Henley and Robert Louis Stevenson. The letters were written from June 26 through November 14, 1890 (MA 1617.438-MA 1617.444). These seven letters are housed with an undated letter from Henley to Tree which appears to be written in November 1890 soon after the production of "Beau Austin" at the Haymarket Theatre on November 3, 1890 (MA 1617.445) and a letter from Henry Dana to Henley, dated May 3, 1901, concerning a production by Tree of Henley's play "Macaire" (MA 1617.446). This small collection also includes three telegrams from Tree to Henley (November 3, 4 and 8, 1890) relating the success of the production.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "I now send you the tickets, - a box for Mrs. Henley and twelve stalls. No pit-circle seats are issued beforehand. I occasionally send people in, but in that case I give them their half-crowns, & then no one can say that the place is papered. I will deal most reverently with your play. I have read the prologue, & will see how it recites. I think the beginning & the end very good, but - forgive my saying so - I don't like the middle. I mean the lines "They could & did get wounded unto death, they could & did live happy breath for breath" etc - up to "in her eyes". This part of it doesn't seem quite clear for reciting purposes. I think, however, that it will be a fine thing to have the prologue, and I will write about this again. I am inclined to agree with you that Miss Leclercq would be the best to speak it."
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