Stage & Screen
SHERIDAN
(Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Dramatist)
Autograph Instruction Signed to T. C. W. Ward
saying he has made over a Share to C. Ward for which He has paid me. Please to make out the same in the name of R. B. Sheridan with a note below that he has Paid £16, 5s, 1 side 8vo., 31st June no year,
slight dust staining at the edges
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The recipient is very likely Charles Ward, secretary to the management at Drury Lane Theatre, which would suggest that the letter concerning Sheridan’s dramatic work.
Stock No. 37932