Letter from George Riddle to May Wright Sewall.

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Letter from George Riddle to May Wright Sewall.

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Title: Letter from George Riddle to May Wright Sewall.
Description: Expresses regrets over Mr. Sewall's death. Will be in St. Louis on Sunday. George Riddle (1851-1910), elocutionist and actor. He debuted in Boston in 1875 playing Romeo, and became attached to several stock companies in Boston, Philadelphia, and Montreal. From 1878 to 1881 he was an instructor of elocution at Harvard. He gave readings of literature in cities across the U.S. Among his most successful were Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelssohn's music, Byron's Manfred with Schumann's music, and Oedipus Tyrannus with the music of John K. Paine.
Correspondent: Riddle, George Peabody, 1851-1910
Date: 1900-10-25; 1900
Time period: 1900s (1900-1909); 20th century;
Subject: Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920; Riddle, George, 1851-1910; Elocutionists
Genre: Correspondence;
Theme: Women; Education;
Collection: May Wright Sewall Papers
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Copyright information: This item is in the public domain.
Physical repository: Indianapolis Special Collections Room, Indianapolis Public Library
Repository collection name: May Wright Sewall letters
Digital publisher: Indianapolis Marion County Public Library
Date digitized: 2005
Repository: The Indianapolis Public Library Digital Collections
Source: From: May Wright Sewall Papers
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