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Marie Corelli's Correspondence with A.J. Still

Description

Letters and telegrams from Marie Corelli, mainly dated at Stratford, to Alexander William Still, editor of the 'Birmingham Daily Gazette'.

Begins with general solicitation for press notices, but continues with:
- complaints against the 'Stratford-upon-Avon Herald' for its disinclination to report the public luncheon to be held on Shakespeare's Birthday;
- the controversy over the proposed demolition of cottages in Henley Street to provide a site for a Carnegie Free Library;
- Marie Corelli's quarrel with J. Harvey Bloom, 'a country cleric', particularly over his 'Errors of the Avon Star', a 'scurrilous pamphlet';
- H. Beerbohm Tree's disagreement with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre;
Concludes with reference to the libel case against Fred Winter.

  • Finding No

    DR790

  • Date

    April - November 1903

  • Extent

    25 items

  • Status

    open

  • Level

    collection

  • Associated people

    Corelli, Marie

    Tree, Herbert Beerbohm

    Winter, Fred

    Bloom, James Harvey

    Still, Alexander William

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