Correspondence to Wallack family, 1827-1879.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Wallack, Lester, 1820-1888.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

9 items (10 leaves)

Contained In:

Lester Wallack Papers. Folder 16

Place of Publication:

1827-1879.

Biography/History:

Actor, playwright and manager of the Wallack Theatre Company. The son of the actor-manager James William Wallack, Lester made his New York acting debut in 1847. Lester succeeded his father as manager of the Wallack Theatre in 1861. He opened a new Wallack Theatre in 1882, and managed both playhouses until his retirement five years later.

Summary:

Includes letters Wallack wrote as a child to his parents from boarding school and later to his own his sons. The boarding school letters are signed using Wallack's birth name John Johnstone Wallack. Lester was taken as his stage name.

OCLC:

236185750