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Taylor & Francis The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry Volume 1 2010 Edition by Katharine Cockin
Ellen Terry's correspondence was both exuberant and extensive. Her remaining letters provide a fascinating insight into the dynamics of the Victorian theatre, and the difficulties of life for a woman maintaining a successful public persona whilst raising two illegitimate children. Table of contents :- Volume 1 Letters 1865-1888 Volume 2 Letters 1889-1893 Volume 3 Letters 1894-1898 Volume 4 Letters 1899-1904 Volume 5 Letters 1905-1913 Volume 6 Letters 1914-1928 Volume 7 Letters Undated and Supplementary Volume 8 Letters Undated and Supplementary Addressees: Janet Achurch (1863-1916), performer; Acton Bond (1861-1941), author; Bertha Bramley, friend; Austin Brereton, author; Audrey Campbell, friend; Mrs Casella, friend; Olive Chaplin (nee Terry), niece; Pauline Chase (Mrs Drummond), performer; James Henry Chute (1808/l0-1878), actor and theatre manager; Stephen Coleridge (1854-1936), barrister; John Paul Cooper (1869-1933), artist; Edith Craig(1869-1947), theatre director and costumier; Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), artist and theatre designer; Augustin Daly (1838-1899), author, director and theatre manager; Rev Charles Dodgson [aka Lewis Carroll] (1832-1898), author; Herbert Duke, friend; Edith Evans (1888-1976), performer; Joe Evans, friend; W E Gladstone (1809-1898), politician; H A Gwynne (1865-1950), journalist; Mary-Anne Hall, friend and artist; John Hare (1844-1921),actor manager; Sir John Martin-Harvey(1863-1944), performer and theatre manager; Lady Jeune, friend; Boyd N Joli, MD; Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929), dramatist; Lady Elizabeth Lewis (1845-1931), friend; Sir George Lewis (1833-1911), lawyer; Dr Alexander Mackenzie, friend; Mrs Elizabeth Malleson (1828-1916), friend; Mabel Malleson, companion to Edith Craig; Cyril Maude (1862-1951), performer; Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938), artist; Lady Monckton, friend; Major Herbert Neye, Kent neighbour; Elsa Queen Palmer (1850-1894), friend; Bernard Partridge (1861-1945), artist; Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), dramatist; Lady Margaret Pirrie (died 1935), friend; Lady Georgina Poliock (died 1935), friend; Charles Reade (1814-1884), author and dramatist; Rev Compton Reade, friend; Ada Rehan (nee Crehan) (1869-1916), performer; (Walford) Graham Robertson (1866-1948), artist; Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952), performer and author; Elizabeth Rumball (nee Bocking), companion; Clement Scott (1841-1904), drama critic; Sir Albert Seymour, friend; George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), author; Christopher St John (1871-1960), author; Bram Stoker (1847-1912), author; Florence Stoker (nee Balcombe) (1859-1935), friend; Tom Taylor (1817-1880), dramatist; William Terriss (1847-1897), performer; George Terry, brother; Kate Terry (1844-1924), sister; Marion Terry (1853-1930), sister; G F Watts (1817-1904), artist and Terry's first husband; Ben Webster (1864-1947), performer; Dame May Whitty (Webster) (1865-1948), performer; Ernest George Harcourt Williams (1880-1957), performer and producer; William Winter (1836-1917), drama critic