Autograph Letters Signed from Charles John Kean, London, to Sir George Scharf
Autograph Letters Signed from Charles John Kean, London, to Sir George Scharf

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(1) Mentions plans to meet with Scharf. Dated 8 April 1859 and addressed from 7 Upper Hyde Park St; (2) Asks Scharf to bear in mind the Court of Polixenes, which he wishes received in all its beauty, and discusses its set design. Dated Thursday; (3) Discusses preparing for his annual Shakespearian play and requests Scharf's assistance and dated Tuesday.

Autograph Letter Signed from George Scharf, London, to Charles Kean
Autograph Letter Signed from George Scharf, London, to Charles Kean

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Scharf indicates that Kean's "mention of Autolycus and the purse business reminds [him] of the thievish god Mercury!" On leaf 2, a drawing with the caption "Hermes Autolycus in the paenula & petasus with purse." Address on item: 1 T.S. (presumably Torrington Square). Also, a leaf labeled "Records of Norfolk" with drawings of a lion and mulberries.

Autograph Letters Signed and Autograph Drafts Signed from Charles John Kean to Various Recipients
Autograph Letters Signed and Autograph Drafts Signed from Charles John Kean to Various Recipients

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(135) includes a draft of an agreement between Kean and James Sheridan Knowles for a new play, July 15, 1840. (198) has a penny black stamp of October 1840. (293) wants to talk to Shaw about King Lear which he means to throw into the 8th cent. Enclosed with (299) is the first part of a letter to Kean from [George] Bartley, September 27, 1849.

Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Kean from Various Correspondents
Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Kean from Various Correspondents

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Correspondents: George Scharf (1-4) and William Bodham Donne (5). (1-2) largely deal with The winter's tale, with passing references to Hamlet and Merchant of Venice as well. (4), a fragment of a letter, concerns costumes for Iris, Ceres and Juno in The tempest and is illustrated with simple sketches of Juno on leaf 1v. Also mentions John Mitchell Kemble's death. (5) includes Donne's impressions of Kean's King Lear. Letters from Scharf written from 1 Torrington Square, National Portrait Gallery and the offices of the Exhibition of Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, Manchester; letter from Donne written from 9, the Grove, Blackheath. Some letters undated.