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Creator
Date
1890 September 27
Location
London,
England
Great Britain
Great Britain
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
1 item
Language
English
Size
21 x 13 cm
Genre
Communications
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 266229
Folger call number: Y.c.3333
Folger holdings ID: 352096
Accession Number: 267700
Folger call number: Y.c.3333
Folger holdings ID: 352096
Accession Number: 267700
Summary
Responds to Irving's criticism of his work on the proper treatment of Shakespeare's work (possibly never published). Indicates that he had not meant to antagonize Irving, whose renderings of modern melodrama and comedy he admires, but insists that "if Macbeth is taken as a crucial instance, it is only because its Production at The Lyceum was put forward as the highest type of nineenth century scenic & histrionic Art."
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Bibliographic format
bifolium
General notes
A letter from Highton to Irving, dated September 21 1890, also on the topic of his proposed "Treatise upon the scope and intent of Shakespeare's Macbeth" now at the Shakespeare Centre Library & Archive, Stratford upon Avon (RL2/6/427) On Highton's personal letterhead The Owls' Next, Soho Square, London, W Acquired from Richard Ford, 2012
Item information about Folger Y.c.3333
Purchased with funds from The Ann Jennalie Cook Acquisitions Fund
Also known as
Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Edward Gilbert Highton, London, to Henry Irving 1890 September 27
Subjects
Related names
correspondent: Highton, Edward Gilbert, 1830-
subject: Highton, Edward Gilbert, 1830-
subject: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
correspondent: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
subject: Highton, Edward Gilbert, 1830-
subject: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
correspondent: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905