Highton, Edward Gilbert. Autograph letter signed from Edward Gilbert Highton, London, to Henry Irving

Folger bibliographic ID: 266229
Folger call number: Y.c.3333
Folger holdings ID: 352096
Accession Number: 267700

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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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

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Purchased with funds from The Ann Jennalie Cook Acquisitions Fund

Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Edward Gilbert Highton, London, to Henry Irving 1890 September 27

Highton, Edward Gilbert, 1830- Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth

correspondent: Highton, Edward Gilbert, 1830-
subject: Highton, Edward Gilbert, 1830-
subject: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
correspondent: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905