actor, theatre- and actor-manager (1841-1926). Autograph letter signed. [London]. 8vo. 1 page.
$ 204 / 180 €
(92235/BN61266)
To the writer Charles Allerton: "If a Wednesday in Lent will suit you come tomorrow and ask for Mr. Walter with whom I will leave now [...]". - In the 1880s, Bancroft, alongside his management responsibilities, continued to play leading roles in numerous contemporary plays, as well as in works by Shakespeare, often opposite his wife Effie (née Wilton). - With an embossed vignette of the "Garrick Club" and traces of old mounting on the verso.