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Theatre companies
Touring theatre companies appeared at Machynlleth Town
Hall in the 1890s. In this letter, Cymro apHugh, the director of the Diamond
Star Dramatic Combination Co., applies to book the hall for one of the
'most successful plays of the century':
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Dear Sir
Can you book the above P.O.C. [Power
of Conscience] at your hall on sharing terms or certainty. I visited the
town on 4th April 1894 and had a good house. I forgot whether I played
"Divorced" or above [Power of Conscience]. I should also like
you to share with me in a variety enterprise later on, all my shows, as
you know, are good ones, and very attractive and there is money in them
all.
An early reply will oblige.
Yours faithfully
Cymro apHugh
PS All kind of special printing by all
the pictoral printers extant. Also letterpress.
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Letter from Cymro apHugh of the
Diamond Star Dramatic Combination Co.
Powys County Archives
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Another company, La Comedie Anglaise Company, from Spalding,
Lincs, wrote this enquiry, hoping to perform the play The Sorrows of Satan:
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Letter from W L Dobell, La Comedie Anglaise,
written on the back of the flyer, right
Powys County Archives
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Sir
What vacant dates can you offer me in
March & April? What Co's have you had lately, did they do well,
and what have you now booked? Have you had "Sorrows of Satan"
yet? Does Lent affect business much? Your reply by return will oblige.
Yours truly
W L Dobell
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Flyer for 'The Famous La Comedie
Anglaise Company'
Powys County Archives
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