Lennox, Charlotte. Autograph letter signed from Charlotte Lennox to David Garrick

Folger bibliographic ID: 221378
Folger call number: Y.c.1665
Folger holdings ID: 251152

She has translated and adapted Racine's Bajazet for the English audience. Suggests Mrs. Yates for the principal female character, Roxana. Describes alterations to the fifth act

General notes

Purchased from Maggs Bifolium. Endorsed by Garrick: "Mrs. Lennox's Letters 1774" and on bottom, "D.2." A biographical sketch of Lennox is on the inside recto leaf

Publications

Printed in Boaden (I, 647-48)

Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Charlotte Lennox to David Garrick 1774 August 4

Garrick, David, 1717-1779 Lennox, Charlotte, approximately 1729-1804 Racine, Jean, 1639-1699. Bajazet Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 Roxana (Fictitious character : Racine) Yates, Mrs. 1728-1784

correspondent: Lennox, Charlotte, approximately 1729-1804
subject: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
subject: Lennox, Charlotte, approximately 1729-1804
subject: Racine, Jean, 1639-1699
subject: Yates, Mrs. (Mary Ann), 1728-1784
correspondent: Garrick, David, 1717-1779