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Author: Greville, Sabine Matilda >>
Address: Stafford House, St James's, London
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1875], [Sept.?], [27?] Monday, 1.30am
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: The last act is an apotheosis - nothing could be better. Every syllable is clear but Irving must not drag on the first act, and must break up the lines more... She asked Delane, who really knows Shakespeare his honest opinion, and he was most struck by the attention of the audience... She prefers 'Hamlet' as a play and does not like her friends acting villains.
Published: L. Irving, p.262-63 (in part).
Notes: Further comment on 'Macbeth'. Delane is John Thadeus Delane, the editor of 'The Times'. Mrs Greville sent on a letter from him to Irving, which is in THM/37/7/22.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/15)
Ref.No: 1231    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London]
Recipient: Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington >>
Address: -
Date: [1875?] 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: Pleased to leave Box that night for Fitzgerald. Asks him to come round to see him if only for a moment. Sorry he can't be with them the next Sunday. Glad that Fitzgerald has resolved about the 'Declaration'(?) - too good a subject to let go. In haste as just off to theatre.
Published: -
Notes: "My dear Mr Fitzgerald". This may refer to a play by Fitzgerald but this title is not recorded.
Document Holder: GAR (Reference: Fitzgerald, vol. 1, p.77.)
Ref.No: 1549    
Author: Salvini, Tommaso >>
Address: Via St Sebastiano, No.17 Florence
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1875, Nov., 14 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: He asks Irving to consider an English lady of noble birth for his company. She has auditioned for Salvini and he is impressed. He has made a promise to the Garrick Club where he dined with Irving, and this is being fulfilled.
Published: -
Notes: In another hand, signed by Salvini. This may refer to the bust mentioned in Letter 4566.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/37)
Ref.No: 3693    
Author: Browning, Robert >>
Address: 19, Warwick Crescent, W
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1875, Nov., 22 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: He has received a letter from Salvini who wishes to give a bust of Shakespeare to the Club. Salvini would like Browning to present it, but as Irving instigated it at the dinner and is President would he find out from the Secretary whether a formal presentation is required. Congratulations on Irving's recent success.
Published: -
Notes: Salvini was in London from April to July 1875. Irving's play is probably 'Macbeth' which opened on 25th September. Letter 3693 refers to a presentation to the Garrick Club, and although Irving was not President, Salvini may have misunderstood his position.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/18)
Ref.No: 560    
Author: Wills, William Gorman >>
Address: Garrick Club
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1875?] 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: His 'Walter Raleigh' plot has been snubbed by Mrs Bateman. It has the power of 'The Iron Mask' with high class human nature - the finest dramatic subject and some day he will write it for Irving. He refers to dear old Charley coming back.
Published: -
Notes: No play by Wills about Walter Raleigh survives. 'The Iron Mask' may be the 1851 play by Ben Webster. Charley may refer to Charles James Mathews who went to India in 1875.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/25)
Ref.No: 4332    
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