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CALCRAFT
(John William, stage name of J.W. Cole, c. 1793-1870, Actor)
Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Sir',
saying about the Bells Illustrations... I... would rather you took your own time, as perhaps you may... by degrees... collect for me a compleat set, but I would prefer not having them mounted... Smirke's Illustrations did not go beyond 3 or 4 numbers, but I wish to have all that were published - Im glad to find you have got the portrait of Abbott for me, with a P.S. Recommenced our season last night with a fine house. Do you deal in Theatrical Books as well as prints?, 1 side 4to., Theatre Royal, Dublin, 4th November
Item Date: 1827
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Background
Calcraft served in the 21st Foot, wrote a dramatic version of 'The Bride of Lammermoor', 1823, and made his début at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, in 1824 as Sir Joseph Surface. He was its lessee 1830-1851, and wrote the life of Charles Kean, 1859, whose secretary he had been.
spike hole touching two letters, two small tears in blank top margin
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