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Dion Boucicault letter, 1861 November

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Dion Boucicault (1820-1890) to a Mr. Reade, withrawing an offer allowing Reade to attend a rehearsal of Boucicault's own play, The Octoroon, or Life in Luisiana, about the love of a white man for a black slave girl. The artists have asked that the "imperfection of a rehearsal not be made public."
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  1. Acting
  2. Boucicault, Dion, 1820 1890
  3. Letters
  4. Plays
  5. Theater
  6. Theater Rehearsals

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