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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BRAM STOKER ON BEHALF OF HENRY IRVING
STOKER
(Bram, 1847-1912, Writer of Dracula)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to an illegible correspondent
telling him that Sir Henry Irving asks me to express his regret that he will not be able to be present on 17th at Benefit of his old friend John Hollingshead... as he will then be at sea on his way to America but will be very happy to have his name on the Committee of the John Hollingshead Benefit & encloses cheque..., 2 sides 8vo. Provincial and American Tour headed paper with a list of the towns, theatres and dates at the head, 11th October
Item Date: 1899
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Background
Sir Henry IRVING (1838-1905) was a Victorian actor-manager because he took complete responsibility for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. Irving is widely acknowledged to be one of the inspirations for Count Dracula, the title character of the 1897 novel Dracula whose author, Bram Stoker, was business manager of the theatre. John HOLLINGSHEAD (1827-1904) was an English theatrical impresario, journalist and writer during the latter half of the 19th century. After a journalism career, Hollingshead managed the Alhambra Theatre and was later the first manager of the Gaiety Theatre, London. Hollingshead also wrote several books during his life.
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