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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FWP/1/4/1
Former ReferenceD3311/19/66
TitleLetter from William Martin Trinder to William Porden, sending him parts of his revised version of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, revised as "fit for a polite stage"
Date23 Nov 1806
DescriptionSending him parts of his version of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, revised as "fit for a polite stage" for his consideration and for it to be introduced to Mr Kemble; he sends the 1st Act and part of the 5th, altering Timon to die an idiot rather than a misanthrope, suitable for the acting style of a Mr Taylor,a comedian in London; he has thrown out all obscenities and vulgarisms and the characters of Phrynia and Tinandra [prostitutes]; he hopes that "these papers" are taken out of the Attic Chest before their presentation to Mr Kemble, taken out by the "dear Thalia of Berners Street" [Eleanor Porden]
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderWilliam Martin Trinder
Sender LocationHendon
RecipientWilliam Porden
Recipient Location59 Berners Street, London
Archive CreatorWilliam Porden (1754-1822)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
FormatDocument
TermLetters (documents)
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