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BARRY SULLIVAN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 02/05/1879 - HFSID 304621

The actor expresses satisfaction with the scenery for the opening of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon. Autograph Letter signed: "Barry Sullivan", 1 page, 5x8. Imperial Hotel, Aberdeen [Scotland], 1879 February 5. To "F Lloyds Esq.…"

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Condition: Fine condition
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BARRY SULLIVAN
The actor expresses satisfaction with the scenery for the opening of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon.
Autograph Letter signed: "Barry Sullivan", 1 page, 5x8. Imperial Hotel, Aberdeen [Scotland], 1879 February 5. To "F Lloyds Esq." in full: "I was glad to learn from Mr. Flower that you had taken 'Contract for the Stratford Festival Scenery' - the fact being in my mind a guarantee for its excellence & propriety. I am not therefore surprised to find the articles which you have been good enough to send me entirely satisfactory. I am dear Sir truly yours". British classical stage actor Barry Sullivan (1821-1891) began playing secondary Shakespeare roles in a company headed by Charles Kean in 1837. By 1844, he was playing lead roles in the provinces. He made a triumphal London debut as Hamlet in 1852, and proved successful in contemporary works as well as those of the Bard. Tours of the US and Australia followed in 1858 and 1862. Sullivan made his last stage appearance in 1887. Charles Flowers donated land in Shakespeare's home town of Stratford on Avon for construction of a permanent Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, which opened in 1879. Sullivan starred in the productions opening the Theatre, as discussed in this letter. Toned. Multiple mailing folds. Creased. Otherwise, fine condition.

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