CHARLES MAYNE YOUNG - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/21/1841 - HFSID 304720
Price: $200.00
CHARLES MAYNE YOUNG
After a "double soaking at the launch", the English actor must
postpone a rendezvous.
Autograph Letter signed: "C. M. Young", 1 page, 3½x4½, affixed
to an 8x5½ sheet (2 surfaces). 126 Picadilly [London], no date. To
"Dear Madam", in full: "I shall have much pleasure in waiting
on you next Wednesday (i. e. 7/30) at ½ past 7 o'clock. I am returned so jaded
from the double soaking at the Launch today that I fear I shall
not be able to sally forth tonight. I am dear Madam your obliged servant".
English actor Charles Mayne Young (1777-1856) made his first stage
appearance in Liverpool in 1798. He did not perform in London until 1807, but
debuted in the title role as Hamlet. He was considered England's
foremost tragedian until the arrival of Charles Kean and William Macready, but
he also had a talent for comedy. He made his first stage appearance with
Italian beauty Julia Ann Grimani in The Belle's Strategy (1803), and
married her in 1805. His wife died one year later, and Young grieved for her
the rest of his life, never remarrying. Their son, Julian, became an Anglican
priest and wrote a memoir of his father. Charles Mayne Young made his farewell
stage appearance in his seasoned role as Hamlet (1832). One horizontal fold.
Lightly creased. Pencil note (unknown hand) at bottom edge (barely visible).
Otherwise, fine condition.
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