The Roman Father | A Tragedy, in Five Acts As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden with Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald (Bound with): Barbarossa | A Tragedy, in Five Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden with Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald (Bound with): The Rival Queens, or, The Death of Alexander the Great, A Tragedy in Five Acts. As Performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury Lane and Covent-Garden. + Signed Letter
Whitehead, William; Dr. (John) Brown; Nathaniel Lee [Alfred Arthur Hinchcliffe Denville (27 January 1876 - 23 March 1955) was an English actor, theatre impresario and Conservative Party politician].
(Book #ID 106728)
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1800.
Hard back binding in contemporary quarter black leather, brick red paper sides, gilt tools to the leather edges and spine. 12mo. 6'' x 4¼''. Printed under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book. Contains frontispiece, 51 pp; frontispiece, 56 + (2)pp; frontispiece, 60 pp. Tipped to the front free end paper is a SIGNED and dated 17th January, 1944, typed letter-headed and embossed stamp from Alfred Denville J.P., M.P. from his private residence in Harrow which is addressed to William Whitehead, Theatre Royal, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Obviously a descendent of the first play 'The Roman Father'. Denville was elected as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central seat from Sir Charles Trevelyan in the 1931 general election. An actor by trade, he ran one of the UK's leading repertory companies and in 1924 founded Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in Northwood, London that is still in operation. Also SIGNED by Alfred Denville to the first title leaf 'Alfred Denville J.P., M.P., 1931'. Foxing throughout the pages, rubbing to the boards. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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