MARY ANNE KEELEY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 304593
Price: $220.00
MARY ANNE KEELEY
The English actress asks to borrow a copy of an article.
Autograph Letter signed: "M A Keeley", 3 pages (integral
leaf), 7x5¼. 10 Pelham Crescent, S. W. [London], "Wednesday 18"
[no month or year]. On personal letterhead to "My dear Madame, in
full: "Can you and will you do me a favor? I want for two or three days a
copy, or printed book containing your Albert's Engine Story. If you have it and
can lend me I shall be ever obliged. I suppose I shall see you in town
someday. Until then believe me faithfully yours" [signature] Love to
Janny". Mary Anne Keeley (1805-1899), née Goward, made her London
stage debut in the opera Rosina (1825), but soon gave up vocal work to
specialize in drama. She married Robert Keeley in 1829; the couple often
performed together, and toured the US in 1836. Her breakthrough year was
1838, when she starred successively in The Last Days of Pompeii and
Nicholas Nickleby, but she would be remembered forever in the title role
of Jack Sheppard (1839). This story of a prison-breaking felon was
considered so dangerous that it was subsequently banned by the Lord
Chamberlain. Keeley's 90th birthday was celebrated with a gala at the
Lyceum, which she had managed with her husband in the 1840s. Vertical creases
(lightly affecting signature). Mounting residue at verso. Lightly soiled (not
affecting signature). Otherwise, fine condition.
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