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Autograph Letter Signed, to Thomas Phillips, laying down the law on his performance, threatening to close the theatre. 1 page 6 x 4 inches, with the address leaf, a few blemishes. Undated. James Grant Raymond (1771-1817), actor, manager of the English Opera. “If you cannot sing, you must perform the part without music – or we must close the Theatre – of course an apology will be necessary. What damned fortune attends our best exertions.”