Title: Close of a Letter Signed by the Italian Actor Tommaso Salvini.
Description: Circa [1880s]. [1880s]. - Two-and-a-half lines from the close of a letter penned on a slip of paper, approximately 2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Signed "Tommaso Salvini". The paper is mounted on a piece of card, 4-3 /4 inches high by approximately 7 inches wide. The slip of paper is somewhat darkened & its top edge has been irregularly torn or cut. Good.
Tommaso Salvini [1829-1915] was an Italian actor. In 1847 he joined the company of Adelaide Ristori and won his first success in tragedy playing the title role in Alfieri's Oreste opposite Ristore as Elettra. His most famous role was Othello, which he played for the first time at Vicenza in June 1856. He acted frequently in England and America, playing Othello to the Iago of Edwin Booth in 1886. When playing with an English-speaking company he always delivered his lines in Italian. His acting in Othello inspired the young Russian actor Constantin Stanislavski who saw him perform in Moscow and later wrote that Salvini was the "finest representative" of his own approach to acting. Good .
Keywords: THEATRE; ITALIAN THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; ITALIAN ACTOR; TOMMASO SALVINI; SIGNED CLOSE OF A LETTER; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; OTHELLO.
- Book number: 34233
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