BIB_ID
436157
Accession number
MA 3315.21
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 February 25.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Page, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; illustrations ; 23 x 18.7 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Date of writing from the letter.
Illustrated on pages one and three with scenes from the theater and the performances.
Part of a large collection of letters from Richard Doyle (51 items), Henry Edward Doyle (25 items), and Charles Altamont Doyle (3 items) to their father, John Doyle. See collection-level record for more information.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Date of writing from the letter.
Illustrated on pages one and three with scenes from the theater and the performances.
Part of a large collection of letters from Richard Doyle (51 items), Henry Edward Doyle (25 items), and Charles Altamont Doyle (3 items) to their father, John Doyle. See collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Richard Doyle; Arthur Conan Doyle; Adrian Conan Doyle. Purchased from House of El Dieff, 1974.
Summary
Giving an account of an evening at the theater, in the course of which he and his siblings James and Annette saw a performance of "Un duel sous le Cardinal de Richelieu," translated and acted in by Angiolo Selous; praising Selous's acting highly; describing the musical performances, as well as the concluding entertainment, the farce "The Dancing Barber."
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