| Author: |
Dickens, Enid
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afterwards Hawksley,
1877-1950 daughter of Henry & Marie Dickens, m.1902 |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
1898, March, 15 |
| Document Type: |
Postcard (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Could she have box for 'Madame Sans-Gêne' one night? Her excuse is sweet face on card and she knows he will say if impossible. Any night except 28th & 29th. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
The card has a printed portrait of Ellen Terry. |
| Document Holder: |
SCL (Reference: RL2/6/383) |
| Ref.No: |
6650 |
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| Author: |
Nethersole, Olga Isabel
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1866-1951 actress |
| Address: |
Walsingham House, Piccadilly, London, W. |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
1898, March, 17 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
She asks for a seat to see Irving in 'The Merchant of Venice'. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Ticked. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
8106 |
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| Author: |
Hichens, Robert Smythe
>>
1864-1950 novelist |
| Address: |
19, Ashley House, W.C. |
| Recipient: |
Stoker, Bram (Abraham)
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1847-1912 author, Acting Manager at the Lyceum |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
[1898], [March], [18] Friday |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He is unexpectedly at St Margaret's Bay Hotel until Monday for health reasons. If wanted for Monday will return, otherwise will spend Monday night at St Stephen's Rectory near Canterbury. He has asked Mr Traill to work on Act 3 and will send soliloquy from Dover. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Dated from envelope postmark. 'The Medicine Man' being written with H.D. Traill. The Archive holds a number of undated letters on the play's progress. Rehearsals began on 16th February. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
8124 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
Lyceum Theatre |
| Recipient: |
Not known
>>
|
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1898, March, 18 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He is obliged for the proposal but arrangements have already been made for the version of 'Cyrano de Bergerac'. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Written by Louis Austin and signed by Irving. Headed "My dear Sir". Suggestions for translators were made by, among others, Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Sir Frederick Pollock, to either of whom this letter could have been addressed. Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie was translating the play for Irving, but he decided against production. |
| Document Holder: |
MOL (Reference: Irving Collection. Letters/Cuttings) |
| Ref.No: |
7380 |
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| Author: |
Taber, Robert
>>
1865-1904 American actor |
| Address: |
The Arts Club |
| Recipient: |
Stoker, Bram (Abraham)
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1847-1912 author, Acting Manager at the Lyceum |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
[1898], [March], [18] Friday |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
If Sir Henry feels he can be of use by playing the part he is glad of the opportunity and will accept. He acknowledges the courteous manner in which it was broached to him. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Dated from postmark, and presumably referring to the part of Dr Rainham in 'The Medicine Man' after the comparative failure of 'Peter the Great'. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
8290 |
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