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Barrett, Wilson. (1846-1904). English manager, actor and playwright. - Autograph Quotation from

Title: Autograph Quotation from "Clito" Signed by English Theatre Manager, Actor and Playwright Wilson Barrett.
Description: October 18, 1886. 1886. - "Love like a poet is not made but born" is penned on a 3-3/8 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide card and signed "Clito" and "Wilson Barrett / Oct 18 / 86". There are 2 chips & slight soiling to the right hand edge of the card. Scraps of paper adhere to the verso where the card has been removed from an album. Good. Wilson Barrett [1846-1904] was an English theatre manager, actor and playwright. Barrett and his company were credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatre goers because of his success with melodrama. His most successful play both in England and the United States, was "The Sign of the Cross" [1895]. "Clito" was a play by Sydney Grundy in which Barrett performed the principle role in 1886. Good .

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; ENGLISH THEATRE; THEATRE; MANAGER; ACTOR; PLAYWRIGHT; WILSON BARRETT; AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; CLITO; PLAY BY SYDNEY GRUNDY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY,

Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 96346

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