$1,800
Three Plays. Henry Irving's (1838-1905) working copy of the printed edition of his production of King Richard II , London, 1898, with Irving's signature on the title, the copy specially bound interleaved with blanks for notes, and with Irving's pencil annotations throughout the text, contemporary half dark blue textured cloth; John Barrymore's Confessions of an Actor , Indianapolis, [1926], with the printed dedicatory bookplate signed by Barrymore pasted inside the front board, publisher's cloth, somewhat loose; and William Faversham's working copy of Mrs. Dane's Defence , no title page, c. 1901, produced by Empire Theatre productions, with Faversham's signature inside the front board, and his notes in the text throughout, bound in cloth, with the title in ink on the front cover in Faversham's hand. From contemporary accounts, it seems that Faversham never appeared in Mrs. Dane's Defence , as he was stricken with appendicitis just before the play was to open.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
