
An Original Third Person Hand Written and Signed by Writer Mary Russell Mitford to Critic Mr Nugent Who Reviewed Her Play Rienzi. Paper dated 1828. Short note thanking for the lovely critical comments about her play Rienzi performed at Dury Lane in1828. Mary Russell Mitford 1787-1855 was an English author and dramatist. She was born at Alresford in Hampshire. She is best known for Our Village, a series of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characters based upon her life in Three Mile Cross near Reading in Berkshire. Size is 110mm x 93mm. Condition is near good. Rear with small broken loss to corner. Light soiling.