MADGE KENDAL - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 6/7 - HFSID 206357
Price: $360.00
MADGE KENDAL
Writing to a theatrical manager while on stage tour of England: "an
excellent house considering the awful weather"
Autograph Letter signed: "Madge Kendal", 2 pages (integral
leaf), 10x8. Clifton Down Hotel, near Bristol, June 7, n. y. To "Mr.
Christy [?]", in full: "An excellent house considering the
awful weather. Have seldom seen Victoria House so full. Dr. Loudon
[?] tells me he is sending changes to you. Has Maidstone cheque reached
you yet? 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.
Toned. Heavily soiled on top margin. Lightly soiled throughout. Surface creases.
Corners worn and creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
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