MADGE KENDAL - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/18/1896 - HFSID 206366
Price: $360.00
MADGE KENDAL
She asks 45 guineas to put on two shows in Newcastle.
Autograph Letter signed: "Madge Kendal", 1 page, 5x8.
University Arms Hotel, Cambridge [England], 1896 May 18. To
"Dear Mr. Christy", in full: "If two evenings can be got
together - & the journeys to and from Newcastle not too far, I will go for
45 guineas. Yours in haste". Madge Kendal (1848-1935) born in Great
Gimsby, England, married actor William (Grimston) Kendal (1843-1917), who took
her name, in 1869, and the couple starred in stage performances from
Shakespeare to the "fairy comedies" of W. S. Gilbert, touring the US for the
first time in 1889. The Kendal's, who helped restore respectability to the
London theatre after a period of disrepute, retired in 1908. Outliving her
husband by nearly two decades, she became a Dame Grand Cross of the British
Empire in 1927. The guinea, valued at 21 shillings ceased to be used
officially in British currency in 1813, but was still in popular use. Her
request for 45 guineas in 1896 would equal over £3,500 today. Lightly toned.
Soiled along margins and edges. Normal mailing fold. Light surface creases.
Corners worn and creased. Left edge slightly worn and frayed. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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