Autograph letter signed E. Terry, Terry's Theatre, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1888 January 11.

Autograph letter signed E. Terry, Terry's Theatre, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1888 January 11.

1 item ; 18 x 12 cm (bifolium)

Regarding old stage superstitions (such as the unluckiness of "whistling or singing of Locke's music in Macbeth"), and indicating his habit of "going by the 'rule of contraries' - Friday is my favorite day. My new pieces have (in the Provinces) been invariably produced on that day & I often travel with a company thirteen in number."

Acquired from Julian Browning, 2011.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

Y.c.6445

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