Duse (Eleonora) Autograph letter signed ('Eleonora'), in Italian, to her husband Tebaldo Marchetti, passionately begging him to be patient with her as she cannot stand being alone and asking him to go home after a performance, one page, light age-related toning, some words underlined in blue pencil, 8vo, n.d. [but c. 1882] ***RARE LETTER OF THE GREAT ITALIAN STAGE ACTRESS TO HER HUSBAND Duse married actor Tebaldo Checchi (pseudonym of Tebaldo Marchetti) in 1881. By 1885, the couple had one daughter, Enrichetta, but divorced after Duse became involved with another actor, Flavio Andò.