Letter used as a stage prop "To Lord Bassanio at Belmont", [4/5/1909?] [manuscript].
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Letter used as a stage prop "To Lord Bassanio at Belmont", [4/5/1909?] [manuscript].
Other title
Letter for Salarino, Merchant Act 3
Description
1 item ; 30.9 x 21 cm
Associated name
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917.
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Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FAST ACC 271265 (flat)
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: Manuscript letter (309 × 202 mm) folded into three and backed in cloth, some dust-soiling and marking, not affecting legibility, marked ‘Letter for Salarino Merchant Act 3’ and with a crossed-out date (‘4/5/09’). An Edwardian stage prop from a production of The Merchant of Venice, for use in Act III. Given the crossed-out date of 4/5/09 on the letter, we posit that this prop was used in the Herbert Beerbohm Tree production of Merchant at His Majesty’s Theatre in London, initially scheduled for May 1909 but the success of Tree’s production of The School for Scandal, led him ‘to postpone his usual celebration of Shakespeare’s Week till a more convenient season’, in July (Review of Reviews, May 1909), when it was praised by the critics. Ordered from Simon Beattie, D 9328, 2019-07-24, Shakespeare and the Stage July 2019, item 28.