BIB_ID
136293
Accession number
MA 9677
Creator
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847.
Display Date
1821 October 23.
Credit line
Purchased, 1891.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.8 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Robins gives the place of writing as "D - L Theatre," for Drury Lane Theatre.
On the verso there is a note reading "Copy to Mr. Reese Oct 23rd -21."
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
On the verso there is a note reading "Copy to Mr. Reese Oct 23rd -21."
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Provenance
Purchased from Henry Sotheran & Co., London, 1891.
Summary
Saying that he understands Reese intends "to open the Olympic Theatre on Monday next"; insisting on payment of a debt of £150 and "a written acknowledgment of your intention to pay night 12 Pounds, until all arrears are liquidated"; writing that it is only on these conditions that Reese can be permitted to proceed; adding in a postscript that he must be paid tomorrow.
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