| Author: |
Bancroft, Marie Effie
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née Wilton, Lady,
1839-1921 actress |
| Address: |
31 Cavendish Sq.,W |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1878, June, 1 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Thanks and praise for his performance. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Probably referring to 'Louis XI'. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/1) |
| Ref.No: |
275 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W |
| Recipient: |
Compton, Edward
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1854-1918 actor |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1878, June, 3 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
Thinks it presumptuous to pass comment on Henry Compton as an actor. His inimitable acting as First Gravedigger in 'Hamlet' at the Lyceum contributed much. Pleasant memories of rich humour etc. Will never forget speech at supper given by Mr Bateman after 100th performance of 'Hamlet'. Compton had played in the introductory farce 'A Fish out of Water'! |
| Published: |
C. & E. Compton, Memoirs of Henry Compton,Tinsley Bros, 1879 |
| Notes: |
Reprinted not in facsimile. |
| Document Holder: |
Pd |
| Ref.No: |
550 |
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| Author: |
Wills, William Gorman
>>
1828-1891 artist, playwright |
| Address: |
Garrick Club |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1878], June, 6 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He thanks Irving for acting about [Francis] Lawson's picture. After the slur cast on it by the Royal Academy he cannot ask the original price of £1000 - would be willing to take £800. He is very willing to dispose of it to Baroness Burdett Coutts. Lawson wants money badly. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Baroness Burdett Coutts did buy 'Dawn ' by Francis Lawson; see Letters 762, 2008-09. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/43) |
| Ref.No: |
4334 |
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| Author: |
Brown, Hannah
>>
neé Meredith,
d.1878 governess then companion of Angela Burdett Coutts |
| Address: |
Stratton Street |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1878, June, 8 [No.1] |
| Document Type: |
Letter (4 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Wednesday 3 o'clock on June 5, 1878 will not be forgotten by friends assembled in the Large Drawing Room to hear Irving read selections from the characters of Romeo, Macbeth and Claude Melnotte in his usual quiet and dignified manner; portraying the passions of each by his facial expressions and intonation. All appreciated such kindness at a time of pressure of work after 70 or 80 consecutive performances of Louis and rehearsals of Vanderdecken. He realises the beauties of fiction in his own nature. She thanks him for the pleasure and profit received from his rereadings of Shakespeare. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Dictated, probably to Baroness Burdett-Coutts. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/7) |
| Ref.No: |
670 |
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| Author: |
Brown, Hannah
>>
neé Meredith,
d.1878 governess then companion of Angela Burdett Coutts |
| Address: |
Stratton Street |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1878, June, 8 [No.2] |
| Document Type: |
Letter (4 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
What she has just been dictating is the truth, but it is nothing to what she feels when she thinks of Irving's kindness. The pleasure he has given her should cheer him. (Postscript) They go in a large party that night to Philip Vanderdecken's first night. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Written by Mrs Brown. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/7) |
| Ref.No: |
671 |
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