MARIE EFFIE (LADY BANCROFT) WILTON - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/29/1890 - HFSID 287896
Price: $220.00
LADY BANCROFT (MARIE EFFIE WILTON)
Letter on personal stationery, promising to send a photo "when we get
back to town".
Autograph Letter signed: "Lady Bancroft", 1 page, 4½x7. The
Grange, Ascot Heath, Berks (England), 1890 May 29. On personal
letterhead to "Dear Clarence Sales". In full: "We will send you
a photograph with pleasure when we get back to town. With our kind regards to
you both, I am sincerely yours". Marie Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft
(1840-1921) made her London stage debut in 1856, initially playing
boys' roles. In 1865 she became stage manager of the Prince of Wales
Theatre. When she married actor Sir Squire Bancroft two years later, they
became co-managers, later moving to the Haymarket Theatre. While continuing to
act, the Bancrofts introduced important theatrical innovations: furnished
stage sets, more comfortable theatres appealing to affluent audiences, and broad
discretion to play directors. They pioneered what became known as the "drawing
room comedy." She wrote a novel, and co-authored two volumes of memoirs with
her husband. Lightly toned. Multiple mailing folds. Mounting residue on verso.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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