Autograph letter signed from William Charles Macready, White Mountains, New Hampshire, to John Payne Collier, Victoria Road, Kensington, London, 1844 August 4

Item — Box: Y.d.341(57-112)

Identifier: Y.d.341 (103a-b)

Scope and Contents note

Writes of his busy experiences in the United States. Comments on nature, politics, progress, the railways, and his mission "to expand and illustrate Shakespeare," which has so far been successful. Includes an anecdote about American actors' responses to Hamlet.