Autograph letter signed from Richard Mansfield, New York, to E.A. Dithmar [manuscript], 1897 November 11.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from Richard Mansfield, New York, to E.A. Dithmar [manuscript], 1897 November 11.
Description
1 item ; 20 x 13 cm (bifolium)
Associated name
Scope and content
Invites critic E. A. Dithmar to dinner ("if Golf can spare you") and requests that he behave "like a civilized being and not like G. Bernard Shaw, who has written to ask me why I appear in his play, when anybody could play the part better than I do (which is true)."
Note
Letterhead with address 104 West 80th Street.
Mansfield evidently refers to his performance in the original American production of The devil's disciple, which was Shaw's first financial success.
Mansfield evidently refers to his performance in the original American production of The devil's disciple, which was Shaw's first financial success.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Michael A. Morrison, Theatrical Memorabilia, in 2010.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Item Details
Call number
Y.c.1794 (3)
Folger-specific note
Adopted by Michael Hajek, Acquisitions Night 2012.
Folger accession
266487