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Autograph Letter Signed ‘R.Keeley’, to F.W.Hamstede, provisionally accepting a Club invitation. 1 page 7 x 4 inches, in good condition, one small paperclip mark. Turl, Oxford, 16 April 1858. Robert Keeley (1793 – 1869), English actor-manager, comedian and female impersonator. In 1823 he originated the role of ‘Fritz’ in Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein, the first known stage adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein.