Letter from Squire Bancroft to a Wentworth Sturgeon regarding a request for a ticket to see Mrs Marie Bancroft (Bancroft's wife) perform.
Inscription
[embossed] Garrick Club
[handwritten] Tuesday Sep 24th
Dear Sir
I am compelled in reply to your letter to say that Mrs. Bancroft has for some years made it a rule never to have a free stall (with the single exception of a favor "first nights" only) but will have pleasure in offering you a seat in a circle box.
Yours faithfully
S Bancroft
Wentworth Sturgeon
Notes
Alan Cole
Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) was an English actor-manager.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squire_Bancroft