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Wills, W Henry & Dickens, CharlesBiblio.com

OLD LEAVES: GATHERED FROM HOUSEHOLD WORDS

William Moy Thomas (1828–1910), journalist, theatre critic, novelist and associate of Charles Dickens [Sir John Hare (1844-1921)Biblio.com

William Moy Thomas theatre critic and associate of Charles Dickens. Autograph Draft signed with initials 'W M T' of long 'Letter to Hare i.e. actor-manager John Hare about Grundy's Comedy An Old Jew produced at the Garrick Janry 6 1894'.

21220At head of first page: 'Copy January 16 1894'. A highly interesting letter from a leading Victorian dramatic critic Thomas describes himself in the letter as 'For five & twenty years . theatrical critic of the Daily news & the Graphic' who has 'served under at least thirteen editors' to a leading actor-manager Hare was knighted in 1907 on the subject of alleged editorial pressure on Fleet Street's theatre critics. 4pp 8vo. On four leaves. Aged and worn but with text complete and clear. Thomas has noted on the reverse of the last leaf: 'Letter to Hare about Grundy's Comedy An Old Jew produced at the Garrick Janry 6 1894.' Grundy wrote 'An Old Jew' for Hare who portrayed the main character Julius Sterne. Draft of long letter with numerous minor emendations. He was glad to read Hare's letter despite its 'lingering trace of the languor of the sick room'. 'To me so many years your senior it seems strange indeed to find you speaking of the close of your stage career. I can only say on that head that I hope to live to see you for many more years gathering fresh laurels'. On the subject of Grundy's play he states that he does not believe that 'the journalistic world has any claim to be exempt from the satire or even the extreme caricature which is freely allowed in the case of other classes. Literary cliques & côteries undoubtedly do exist as they existed in the days of Delatouche's Tour de Faveur & Delavigne's Comédiens and Scribe's Camaraderie'. He deplores critics who 'will now fall down & worship certain Scandinavian idols & their crude & offensive methods'. He cannot conceive of 'editors who give instructions to critics to denounce plays contrary to their real opinions'. He can 'only say that I have never met with any such editor. For five & twenty years I have been the theatrical critic of the Daily news & the Graphic & for some years of that time I occupied the same post on The Academy besides writing drama notices occasionally for other journals. Altogether I have served under at least thirteen editors and I can conscientiously affirm that never did any one of these attempt to entice me to speak ill of what I thought or might think a good paly or performance or vice versâ.' After some more observations he concludes: 'Depend upon it the whole thing will be forgotten ere long or remembered only to excite wonder that any sensible journalist of decent standing should have made a fuss about it'. At head of first page: 'Copy | January 16, 1894'. unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni320,00 £GB≈ 365,38 €

Watts Phillips (1825-1874), playwright and novelist whose play 'The Dead Heart' inspired Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities' [FrederBiblio.com

Watts Phillips playwright and novelist. Autograph Letter Signed from Paris to the actor Frederick Vining discussing plans for writing his play ‘The Huguenot Captain’ which will be ‘my best piece’ and in which their interests ‘are identical'.

2644618 August 1863; 29 Rue de PenthiÃ¨vre. See his entry and that of the Vining family in the Oxford DNB as well as well as his sister Emmaâ€™s memoir. 3pp 12mo with the last page written lengthwise. Bifolium. Text clear and entire but in fair condition only on aged and worn paper with strip of tape from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf and short closed tears at foot of both leaves and tape repair. Folded once. Written in feverish style: one word is underlined seven times. Addressed to â€˜My dear Viningâ€™ and signed â€˜Watts Phillipsâ€™. Regarding the play he is working on â€˜The Huguenot Captainâ€™ which would be produced in London in 1866 with Vining in the lead role he is writing â€˜in haste to save postâ€™ and to say that he will do his best to fulfil Viningâ€™s â€˜prophecyâ€™ that â€˜the â€œCaptainâ€ ill be my best pieceâ€™. For both their sakes he will â€˜spare no pains to make it so - but - oh! mon ami! - how about the time. It is not a piece to be written helter-skelter. We must take the shine out of that Dukeâ€™s motto - and to do so requires much care and earnest thoughtâ€™. Vining will require the piece by October of that year sic and he will â€˜forward it act by act as rapidly as possible pushing on with so much haste as is consistent with the merits of a piece which I thing sic will prove a great ultimate advantage to you and to meâ€™. He asks to be given time and for Vining to â€˜stir me up by letters for as I see your anxiety grow my imagination will quickenâ€™. He continues: â€˜Let no time be lost in returning the Plot. I shall set to work at once in fact I am off to day to get some Callot sketches for the dances. / We shall have a Success I feel assured - but - dont hurry me more than is absolutely necessaryâ€™. Vining can always let him â€˜know the truthâ€™ as their â€˜interests in such a matter as this are identicalâ€™. He ends by reiterating: â€˜Depent upon me - but - as last words - remember â€œas much time as possible!â€ / Hurry return of plot ! ! !â€™ 18 August 1863; 29 Rue de Penthièvre. unknown

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Walter Dexter; Charles DickensBiblio.com

The Unpublished Letters of Charles Dickens to Mark Lemon

1927GEN16-D-7London: Halton and Truscott Smith Ltd 1927. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". None. A limited edition copy of this volume containing the letters of Charles Dickens to Mark Lemon playwright and founder of Punch magazine from 1847 to 1870. Mark Lemon's friendship with Charles Dickens was a close and long-lasting one. Although he contributed to Bentley's Miscellany while Dickens was editor it is unlikely that the two men met until after the first issue of Punch appeared. In April 1843 Lemon was formally invited to dinner by Dickens and their friendship grew. Lemon and Punch stalwart Gilbert à Beckett adapted Dickens's Chimes for the Adelphi in February 1844. The Haunted Man followed in 1848. A shared passion for amateur theatricals cemented their friendship. Lemon appeared as Brainworm and Dickens as Bobadil in Jonson's Every Man in his Humour which played at the Royalty and at the St James Theatre in the autumn of 1845. The production was transferred to Manchester and Liverpool in the summer of 1847 and in the following year the play was revived in London alternating with The Merry Wives of Windsor in which Lemon appeared as Falstaff alongside Dickens. During the more lengthy provincial tour that followed Lemon and Dickens supplemented their Shakespearian repertoire with roles in various farces. In a campaign to raise funds for the Guild of Literature and Art Lemon and Dickens appeared again in Jonson's play at Lytton's Knebworth in November 1850 and in the following May after a performance in Lytton's Not So Bad As We Seem Lemon joined Dickens in Mr Nightingale's Diary a piece that they had co-written. Further provincial tours followed late in 1851 and in 1852. Lemon also took part in productions at Dickens's small private theatre in Tavistock House notably in Wilkie Collins's melodramas The Lighthouse and The Frozen Deep. Lemon and his family had become frequent visitors to Dickens's home since the latter had moved to Tavistock House in November 1851 though the new neighbours were already fellow members of a weekly walking club had taken nocturnal strolls around London together and had been on excursions such as a tour of Salisbury Plain in 1848. In the following year Dickens submitted his one and only contribution to Punch an attack on the suburban water supply but Lemon deemed it unsuitable. The end of Lemon's long friendship with Dickens came in 1858 when Lemon neglected to publish in Punch his friend's proclamation outlining the reasons for a separation from his wife Catherine who had been advised by Lemon. The two men were eventually reconciled in 1867. Including four folded facsimiles of the letters. This edition was printed in a limited quantity of five hundred and twenty-five so this is a very rare edition. In a cloth binding with marbled boards. Externally very smart with just some minor shelfwear only. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with virtually no spotting at all. Very Good Indeed Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd hardcover

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