O'CASEY (Sean, 1884-1964, Irish Playwright)

Fine Autograph letter signed in full to Mr Anmer Hall saying that he has "given us all something like a production of Mourning Becomes Electra - which is an Irish way of saying that it was splendid. It was brave of you to put it on - or rather, cowardly of the other managers not to do so. I shall remember the Production for a long time. I'm very glad that the run has been extended, and that the play has been a success ...", 1 side 8vo., 12th December

Alderson Burrell HORNE (Anmer Hall) (1863-1953, Actor Manager, owner of the Westminster Theatre).
Mourning Becomes Electra is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932. It was staged at the Westminster Theatre in 1937.

Item Date:  1937

Stock No:  38117