A visitor at Becket

A letter from Bram to Helen Allingham dated 27 January 1893 survives at the University of Illinois with an annotation on the reverse about meeting Irving and Ellen Terry backstage. A second letter follows in February. Read together, the invitation and note connect the practical arrangements for a theatre visit with a visitor’s experience. The institution’s description attributes the reverse annotation to Allingham. The date of the invitation and the date of the performance need to be kept distinct.