Document ID ET-Z1,193
| Archive Location | ET IN, G (BL) Loan 125/29/5 |
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| Document description | letter |
| Date | 3rd Nov [18]93 [15] |
| Document form | B - Letter to Ellen Terry, Edith Craig or family member |
| Document attributes | Signed; Headed notepaper; Handwritten |
| Number of leaves | 1 |
| Correspondent | W. S. Gilbert |
| Correspondent address | Grim's Dyke, Harrow Weald |
| Addressee | Miss Terry [Ellen Terry] |
| General notes | He rejects her suggestion that he write play on Don Quixote for Henry Irving; he refers to two women as traducers; refers to Ellen Terry as Portia; mentions Ellen Terry in relation to a named [illegible] role in his play. |
| Language | English |
Works Cited
| Title | [The Merchant of Venice] |
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| Original author | [William Shakespeare] |
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Document ID: ET-Z1,193 Archive location: ET IN, G (BL) Loan 125/29/5
