Typed letter signed, to Wm. E. Gibbs, Esq.

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Creator

William Gillette

Title

Typed letter signed, to Wm. E. Gibbs, Esq.

Date

Dec. 21, 1899

Description

Gillette experienced a new kind of audience with this play: people who were both his longtime fans and devotees of the detective. In this letter, sent just three weeks into the play’s opening Broadway run, Gillette replies to a playgoer’s suggestions about some stage business, rejecting some ideas, accepting others, and always respecting Conan Doyle’s original.

Format

On blank stationery, with “Plaza Hotel” typed at top