YEATS WILLIAM BUTLER Typed Letter Signed W B Yeats to A H Bu

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YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. Typed Letter Signed, "W. B. Yeats," to A. H. Bullen and Frank Sidgewick, asking his publishers to send a copy of Ideas of Good and Evil to famed English actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell, as she has been cast to play Deirdre upon her return from America. With several holograph corrections. 1 page, single 4to sheet; folds, minor soiling, two holes punched in the left margin (not affecting text). Dublin, 29 October 1907

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". . . She is going to play 'Deirdre' at the Abbey Theatre on her return, and has asked for 'ideas' and I would not for the world it missed reaching her in time . . ."
Mrs. Campbell's performance as Deirdre on 9 November 1908 was an enormous success for the actress, Yeats and the Abbey Theatre.