Autograph Letters Signed from William Smith, St. Johns Wood, to Charles John Kean


Book Description

All three letters are addressed "My dear sir," but recipient is almost certainly Charles Kean. (1) gives information about priests of Apollo. (2) gives feedback on the decision to set the trial of Hermione in a theater. (3) expresses delight with the recipient's Winter's tale. Address on letters: 31 Regent's Villas, St. John's Wood.










Autograph Letter Signed from Richard James Lane to Sir [Charles Kean]


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Lane thanks Kean for inviting him and his wife to the first night of a performance [The tempest?] - "If I still wanted your version of Caliban, I was not insensible to the many results of your original ideas and your grace and grandeur."