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Author: Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley >>
Address: 64, Russell Square, W.C.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1877, May, 5 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: A long discussion of a change Irving has made in the tent scene in 'Richard III'. Burnand argues strongly for a return to the original version when Richard throws himself at the foot of the crucifix, instead of down by the bed.
Published: -
Notes: Irving's first version of 'Richard III' was staged at the Lyceum on 29th January 1877.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19)
Ref.No: 8690    
Author: Reade, Charles >>
Address: 2, Albert Terrace, Knightsbridge
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1877?], May, 5 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: Irving had asked him to write a few pathetic lines for Lesurques to say to Julie at the close of the prison scene. Reade sends three pages of lines, with advice also on setting the scene, act back drop, grouping, tableau, etc.
Published: -
Notes: Irving had taken the rights of Reade's 'The Lyons Mail' which opened on 19th May 1877.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/35)
Ref.No: 4238    
Author: Gruneisen, Charles Leslie >>
Address: 16 Surrey Street, Strand, W.C., London
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1877, May, 6 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: He thanks Irving for the stall for Richard III. He admires the original and powerful conception with strong remembrance of the Gloucester of Edmund Kean, of Macready and minor actors. He followed the performance with never diminishing interest and comments on various scenes and interpretations. (Postscript) Mrs Bateman must be congratulated....
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/17)
Ref.No: 2593    
Author: Brown, Hannah >>
Address: [Torquay]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1877, May, 9 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: She thanks Irving for the flowers. He is so good and kind...
Published: -
Notes: Hannah Brown had an eye operation in early spring and this is the first letter in her own hand afterwards. It is largely illegible.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/7)
Ref.No: 566    
Author: Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts >>
Address: Torquay
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1877, May, 9 
Document Type: Letter (5 p.)
Content Summary: She encloses a note of thanks in Mrs Brown's hand, now easier to read, but she does not see to write... This is the longest she has written. Irving's flowers are a great pleasure and were the first objects she saw spontaneously. She is writing principally that she wrote to Sydney Hodges to make the Richard sketches and he will call to see Irving. Irving will remember he talked in the bright days, and he fancied a series of small bits, but this was not quite what she had explained... She hopes Irving will rest before 'The Lyons Mail'...
Published: C.B. Patterson, Angela Burdett Coutts (without postscript)
Notes: Quite frequently the Baroness and Hannah Brown send letters simultaneously.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/8)
Ref.No: 742    
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