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Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: The Abode of Misery [Manchester]
Recipient: Robins, Mrs Joseph >>
Address: [Manchester]
Date: [1861?] Wednesday afternoon
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He has no money and humorously begs for the loan of a shilling of which 3d will be spent on a haircut. Do not tell her husband as he will think Irving has slipped further into dissipation.
Published: -
Notes: Preserved with typewritten transcript and an early photograph of Irving. Irving first performed in Manchester on 29th September 1860, and one winter was given a suit of underclothes by Joseph Robins. The letter contains a reference to the poet and performer Charles Sloman. In the 1861 census Irving's address was 20 Rumford St, Chorlton on Medlock.
Document Holder: BL (Reference: Add.MS.40730.f.82)
Ref.No: 7861    
Author: Bateman, Hezekiah Linthicum >>
Address: 9 Porchester Square, Hyde Park
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [Manchester]
Date: 1864, Jan., 12 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He will be in Manchester shortly and will call in reference to Irving's note unless he is entirely at leisure, and if so could he come up to London to see him. Should he be in any piece at present - he would prefer writing him.
Published: -
Notes: With a letter to [W.S.?] Andrews from E.A.S[othern?] who appeared with Irving in 'My Aunt's Advice' in Manchester, from Oakley Lodge, Crown Road, North End, Fulham, suggesting Irving should apply to Bateman at the Adelphi. He has recommended him but does not wish his name to appear in the business. The letter has a note at head: "Houses averaging over £140 considered tip top at this time".
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/5)
Ref.No: 209    
Author: Bateman, Hezekiah Linthicum >>
Address: 9 Porchester Square, Bayswater, W
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [Manchester]
Date: 1864, March, 11 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He has received Irving's letter. He regrets it is impossible to come to Manchester at that time. Irving is only to make arrangements for his benefit which will make him most money. If it is possible he will come to see Irving in any serious part old or young if he will let him know a week or so ahead.
Published: -
Notes: There is an almost illegible draft by Irving on the back of the letter beginning "My dear friend I arrived yesterday ..." and referring to Miss [Emily?] Thorne and to Thorne.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/5)
Ref.No: 211    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Recipient: Irving, Florence >>
Address: -
Date: 1867, [Feb.] Friday evening
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: On Sunday he is committed to spending the evening with a cleric and his blue-stocking wife. He regrets it is he who has to pass the invitation to Clement Scott. Nothing will stop him from seeing her, if only to say good night. He refers to a secret, and regrets that Mrs Frank's information is faulty. He will play the lout the O'Hooligan. His vanity says it will cause him difficulties. He had an interview with Fechter who offered an engagement, but he declined for weighty reasons he will tell her later.
Published: L. Irving, p.136-37 (with omissions).
Notes: Typewritten transcript. Mrs Frank may be Mrs Frank Matthews, or possibly Mrs Frank Marshall. The new play was 'The Rapid Thaw'.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/9)
Ref.No: 1772    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Recipient: Irving, Florence >>
Address: -
Date: [1867?] 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: The train they had better catch leaves Cannon St at 12.40. As it may take longer to get from Charing Cross he will follow the example of "the early worm that gathers the moss". Their pieces are not over until ten past eleven - if Florence waits until then and he does not think she will have patience, he will meet her in the lobby - if not the following day. The 'Morning Star' was coupling his name with Blake & Joyce (ye Gods!) asking why they slight the audience and their art by wearing moustachios at a period when they were never worn. The critic luckily does not equate Irving's acting with the other pair who are only capable of unconscious caricatures of their parts. Irving's part is a really great success. She and her mother will probably be disgusted but the vulgar public enjoy it thoroughly. He hopes Sunday may be a propitious day with sunshine in the heavens and her smile. With love to her mother. (Postscript:) He encloses a [voucher? ] for the seats.
Published: -
Notes: The plays criticised are hard to indentify - later in 1868, Bob Gassitt is called a "disgusting part" but this writing paper is watermarked 1866. The plays may be 'The School for Scandal' followed by 'Robert Macaire' at the St James's Theatre in March 1867. If Irving refers to 'Dearer than Life' the preceding play was 'Katherine and Petruchio' where moustaches might be worn? Joyce is probably Walter Joyce, d.1916.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/39/4/1)
Ref.No: 4592    
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