Mansfield, Richard. Autograph letter signed from Richard Mansfield, New York, to E.A. Dithmar

Folger bibliographic ID: 233775
Folger call number: Y.c.1794 (3)
Folger holdings ID: 282773
Accession Number: 266487

Invites critic E. A. Dithmar to dinner ("if Golf can spare you") and requests that he behave "like a civilized being and not like G. Bernard Shaw, who has written to ask me why I appear in his play, when anybody could play the part better than I do (which is true)."

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Letterhead with address 104 West 80th Street Mansfield evidently refers to his performance in the original American production of The devil's disciple, which was Shaw's first financial success Acquired from Michael A. Morrison, Theatrical Memorabilia, in 2010

Item information about Folger Y.c.1794 (3)

Adopted by Michael Hajek, Acquisitions Night 2012

Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Richard Mansfield, New York, to E.A. Dithmar 1897 November 11

Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907 Dithmar, Edward A. 1854-1917 Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Devil's disciple

correspondent: Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907
subject: Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907
subject: Dithmar, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1854-1917
correspondent: Dithmar, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1854-1917