Lot 958
O'Neill, Eugene (1888-1953) American playwright; winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1936) and four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1920, 1922, 1928, and 1957). Autograph letter signed ("Gene"), 1¼pp (two separate sheets), 11 x 8½", "Bellevue" Paget East, Bermuda, April 30 (1926). To his agent, Richard Madden, about publishing a new volume, getting more publicity, and the production of his plays. "…Yes, it is alright for Cape to go ahead on the new volume…I am sore because I never notice a damn line of notice or ad about my stuff in his publishers magazine. He ought to do better by me. How about 'Beyond' - London?…I never saw or signed any contract for that production….Belasco wrote me…He is some faker, what? I…told him he could have all [the] time he wanted if he forfeited his advance…thereby calling his bluff….I have a line from [George Jean] Nathan [co-editor and drama critic of The Smart Set]. He says he hasn't heard from you. Better keep in touch with him on 'Marco'. He is strong for it and has good hunches….Please, for Gawds sake, bring in some royalties! I have written Kenneth [Macgowan] a strong protest against what I feel is unfair treatment. It is all McKaig's fault…." Alexander McKaig was the business manager of the Greenwich Village Theatre. One ink smear, else fine.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
Mel Smith Collection, ex Lion Heart Autographs, 1990.
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