PERCY WALLACE MACKAYE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/16/1930 - HFSID 200551
Price: $220.00
PERCY MacKAYE
Brief autograph letter naming his favorite fiction book,
Huckleberry Finn
Autograph Letter signed: "Percy MacKaye", 1 page, 5¾x3½.
The Players, Gramercy Park, New York, N. Y., 1930 May 16. To "Dear
Miss Jean Feldman", in full: "I think my favorite work of fiction
is Mark Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn'. Yours sincerely". Percy MacKaye
(1875-1956) was the author of several plays, beginning with the humorous
The Canterbury Pilgrims (1903), as well as 4 volumes of poetry. In
1950, he wrote a series of plays designed to serve as a prequel to Shakespeare's
Hamlet. MacKaye was a strong advocate for public funding of the
arts. Percy MacKaye's father was actor/impresario Steel MacKaye. His
brothers were philosopher James MacKaye and conservationist Benton MacKaye.
Adhesive residue on verso. Fine condition.
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