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Accession Number: 87-911
Transcription:

Office of All the Year Round

Thursday Nineteenth March 1863

My Dear Webster

Will you kindly leave a box at the door, for my ladies tonight? I shall not be able to come myself, I am afraid, as I dine out; but I saw you the other night in One Touch of Nature, with the greatest satisfaction. An excellent piece of genuine good acting, and a real treat to behold in these days.

Faithfully Yours ever

Charles Dickens

MssDate: Thursday Nineteenth March 1863
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Pilgrim (Vol. 10, p. 225n) refers to the Adelphi programme in which Webster starred, in To Collins, 22 Apr (1863).

One Touch of Nature: by Webster himself, first performed at the Adelphia 6 Aug 59; Webster and Miss Simms were playing the principal parts. It had been running since 2 Mar. (Vol. 10, p. 225n)

greatest satisfaction: But see his strongly critical comments on the play in To Collins, 20 Sep 62 and fn. (Pilgrim)

Recipient: Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882
Provenance: Sessler 1/17/57

Bibliography:

The British Academy Pilgrim Edition: The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Ten, 1862-1864. Graham Storey, ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, p. 225.

 

Country: Creation Place Note:Office of All the Year Round
Country:England
City/Town/Township:London

Call Number: DL W391 1863-03-19
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author