[Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, author, judge and Radical politician.] Autograph Letter Signed to T Davis Esq regarding the acting of Henry Thomas Betty, son of 'the young Roscius'.

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Talfourd s entry in the Oxford DNB notes that he was particularly loved by Dickens, and that he provided the archetype of the idealistic Tommy Traddles in David Copperfield; his children Frank and Kate gave their names to two youngsters in Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby. The subject of the letter is the actor Henry Thomas Betty (1819-1897), son of the young Roscius Henry Betty (1791-1874), whose entry in the ODNB also see. 1p, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged, and with slight traces of mount on reverse. Folded for postage. Begins: My dear Sir, / Mr. Henry Betty, the Son of the sometime famed young Roscius, is about to perform in your Town; - and, among other parts, proposes to try that of Thoas in my Play of "The Athenian Captive". He is a very meritorious youth; - and if you should know any play-going people (now alas! a small remnant) in the neighbourhood whom you could inspire with a wish to see him either in that or in better parts, you would very much oblige, My dear Sir, / Your s most truly / T N Talfourd . See Image. N° de ref. del artículo 25625

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