Title	[Correspondence from Robert Taber]
Date	1895-04-02
Creator	Tabor, Robert
Contributor	Valera, Martha S.
Artistic roles	Robert Taber (Actor); Julia Marlowe (Actor)
Places	New York (N.Y.)
Item description	Correspondence from American actor Robert Taber (1865-1904) to Mrs. Mariba S. Valera on April 2nd, 1895. The note is written in ink on the off-white professional stationery of 'The Players' club, whose address is printed in the upper left hand corner. He mentions his wife, Mrs. Taber (Julia Marlowe) in the note.
Object narrative	Robert Taber (1865-1904) was born in Staten Island, NY and became an actor most noted for his rocky marriage to actress Julia Marlowe. He received his education at Princeton and entered into the acting profession in 1886, playing Silvius in As You Like It in Helena Modjeska's company. Modjeska engaged him for her entire season, and in following years he continued to act in the companies of other well-known stars, including Richard Mansfield, Mrs. John Drew, Augustin Daly, and finally Miss Marlowe. The role he was most noted for was Macduff in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Taber and Marlowe were married in 1894. According to many who knew her, Marlowe sacrificed her own self-interests many times in order to promote Taber's career. Despite this, however, professional jealousy ended their marriage in 1900. Taber was touring in England at the time of their divorce. This letter was written by Taber on April 2, 1895 to a Mrs. Valera during the time he and Marlowe were married. It reads: April 2nd '95 Mrs. Mariba S. Valera Dear Madame. I herewith return your play. Mrs. Taber is grateful for your kindness in submitting it and notwithstanding its interest - She finds it unsuited for her present use. Very truly yours, Robert Taber
Type	Text
Original format	Correspondence
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/)
Source collection	MSS255 Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection
Series/grouping	6.1: Correspondence and Autographs -- Correspondence
Box	79
Finding aid link	http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/collections/manuscripts/ead/mss255.xml
Preferred citation	[Identification of item], Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection, 1753-2006 (MSS255), Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives and Manuscripts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information	NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determing actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
Object ID	MSS255.B79.020
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
OCLC number	872280778

[Correspondence from Robert Taber]

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