Kean, Ellen. Autograph letter signed (fragment) from Ellen Kean to unidentified recipient

Folger bibliographic ID: 244133
Folger call number: Y.c.1774
Folger holdings ID: 309264
Accession Number: 266465

Discusses theatrical schedule, including several Shakespeare plays: Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, King Henry IV, and Much ado about nothing. Comments "I wish it was something stronger for Charles I do not like his doing anything so flowery immediately after Macready, but it cannot be avoided."

General notes

Bifolium Date range based on passing references to George William Lovell's The wife's secret (originally produced 1846) and the illness of the Queen dowager Adelaide (d. 1849) Acquired from Michael A. Morrison, Theatrical Memorabilia, in 2011

Extended title: Autograph letter signed (fragment) from Ellen Kean to unidentified recipient between 1846 and 1849

Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880 Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing

correspondent: Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
subject: Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
subject: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868