| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Florence
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née O'Callaghan, Lady, 1844-1935 wife of Henry Irving |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1867?], [July?] |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
He thanks her for her loving and impassioned words. Do not let the fickle weather prevent them from meeting the next day. The previous night he felt that the "stuck-up people" and everyone but Florence was a bore. They could hardly speak and he wanted to say so much. He refers to his O'Hooligan character and Clement Scott. He refers to wasted years and wishes he had known her earlier. He has lived a reckless, never wicked life and now has a being to work for and worship. He thanks God for her "magical power" and the ecstasy of kissing her. |
| Published: |
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| Notes: |
Typewritten transcript. The weather reference is to St Swithin's Day (July 15), but the letter may be earlier as Irving played O'Hooligan in March 1867. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/1/9) |
| Ref.No: |
1773 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Florence
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née O'Callaghan, Lady, 1844-1935 wife of Henry Irving |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1867?], [Nov.?] Friday |
| Document Type: |
Letter (4 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
The enclosed is from a new "star" at the Lyceum under Smith's management - but he would have preferred the Queen's. Liston has asked terms and will probably settle. Irving is to play Sir Thomas Clifford and John Peerybingle. He has a new long part and wishes to defer his visit and change weekend arrangements involving her mother to save his "poor weak joints". |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
It is interesting that Irving might have appeared much earlier at the Lyceum, which was managed by E.T. Smith, 1867-69. These arrangements fell through and Irving went to the Queen's Theatre in December 1867. He never played Sir Thomas Clifford in 'The Hunchback', but played John Peerybingle in 'Dot' with J.L. Toole in 1869. The new long part might be Ferment in 'The School for Reform'. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/4) |
| Ref.No: |
1776 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Florence
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née O'Callaghan, Lady, 1844-1935 wife of Henry Irving |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1867], [Nov.?] |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
Although of little interest to her the last night's performance satisfied him and Clarke. His stupid part and perfect make-up were very well received. 'The Morning Post' says this and the other papers should. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Typewritten extract only. This refers to a production at the St James's Theatre in company with John Sleeper Clarke - probably 'The School for Reform' which opened on 20th November in which Irving played Ferment. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/1/7) |
| Ref.No: |
8762 |
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| Author: |
Sothern, Edward Askew
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1826-1881 English actor, manager |
| Address: |
2 Norfolk Road, Edgbaston, B'ham [Birmingham] |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1869?] |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He returns the cheque as it complicates matters. Send one to Mr Morton T.R.H. [Haymarket](He arranges all these matters about B's Bru) and put on comedy 'Blanchard's Bell'. Otherwise he may fancy it's a thoughtful present from Irving to him - & refuse it. |
| Published: |
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| Notes: |
It is just possible that this refers to Thomas Haynes Bayley's burletta 'The Spitalfields Weaver' which Irving and J.L. Toole performed at benefits at Drury Lane on 11/03/1869 and in Holborn on 4/04/1870 but the reference is obscure. Morton may be the dramatist John Maddison Morton. Sothern is said to have returned to America after 1869. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/38) |
| Ref.No: |
4689 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Florence
>>
née O'Callaghan, Lady, 1844-1935 wife of Henry Irving |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1869, March, 23 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
He sends the result of last Friday - his share £57. Save for a few trifles he is now free. He thinks she feels contempt for the time taken to accomplish this. He intended to wait before writing but is impatient to share his thoughts. He felt unaccountably sad on Friday that she could not talk to him from the audience - if only he could have accompanied her home as he used. He is sanguine about the future and of cherishing her as a husband. He refers to her love and constancy. He asks how she liked his [stage] love-making . He sends this to her openly and hopes she will reply. |
| Published: |
L. Irving, p.153-54 (in part). |
| Notes: |
Typewritten transcript. Irving is referring to his benefit at the Queen's Theatre, playing in 'Plot and Passion' and 'The Spitalfields Weaver'. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/1/9) |
| Ref.No: |
1787 |
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