Typed Letter Signed to the actress Mary Lawton.

Author: 
Samuel L. ('Roxy') Rothapfel [Rothafel], American theatre impressario
Publication details: 
29 December 1917; on letterhead of the Rialto, Times Square, New York.
£56.00
SKU: 4775

One page, quarto. On paper discoloured with age. Attached along one edge of blank verso to card mount. Reads 'To simply tell you that your work is good would be putting it mildly. Things that I have heard all about me as I sat and watched the performance for the first time, from a loge seat, if you heard them, make [sic] you very very happy. | Your appearance is majestic; your enunciation beautiful; your reading and interpretation a delight. I cannot tell you how proud I am of you. Not alone have you done a great thing for yourself, but you have thrilled and will thrill many thousands in your audiences and most especially those that are Americans. | I want you to know that I appreciate the hardships and inconveniences under which you are working, but you may be sure that I am not one to forget.' Signed 'S. L. Rothapfel'.