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Author: Coquelin, Ernest Alexandre Honoré >>
Address: Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin [Paris]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1898?] 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: Sympathy for Irving's illness. May he have the Lyceum for a fortnight from the 12th June? The 'Queen' and 'Cyrano' always go well. If Irving thinks of what Richard Mansfield has done, he will make a fortune. Asks Irving to respond swiftly if only in ten words.
Published: -
Notes: In French. C.B. Coquelin played Cyrano in French at the Lyceum from 4th-19th July 1898. Mansfield failed in London 1888 & 1889, but was a success as Cyrano in America.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/20)
Ref.No: 653    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Lyceum Theatre
Recipient: Oates, Austin >>
Address: -
Date: 1898, April 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: He has been thinking what to do on 17th May, and thinks best and only suitable thing to say something about a character such as Macbeth as he reads it - as already spoken at Owens College Manchester and Universities of Columbia & Chicago. The intended progammme of Conan Doyle's 'Waterloo' and 'The Dream of Eugene Aram' not being suitable, making anything purely dramatic impossible. He will meet the audience half way by appealing dramatically and intellectually. Speaking of Macbeth needs some dramatic method to impersonate the character at certain points and he hopes this will satisfy the audience and please His Eminence. 'Waterloo' would have carried most interest for those forbidden to witness any dramatic entertainment. Will Oates place this before the Cardinal and let Irving know if he approves.
Published: -
Notes: A draft written by Bram Stoker. Irving who was to read at Church House, Westminster, was invited to lunch by Cardinal Vaughan on 3rd April, so this letter may never have been sent. See Letter 1802.
Document Holder: SCL (Reference: RL2/8/167)
Ref.No: 6872    
Author: Lee, Jennie >>
Address: 3 Catherine Street, Macclesfield
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London]
Date: [1898], April, 1 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: This letter will be a surprise. She has done awful business with her company in Birmingham, Preston & there, but has paid up in full although the company would accept half salary, She has to get to Edinburgh on April 4th at [Theatre] Royal, where she knows she will do well, also Glasgow, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Dundee but has not the fares. Will Irving help and wire her £12 to be repaid the next week. Irving has helped many others, so has she, but she has had very bad luck. She is not impostor and refers him to Ellen Terry.
Published: -
Notes: Headed: Private & Confidential. Jennie Lee signs herself as her most famous character "Jo". With a receipt for amount £12 + charges paid for a Telegraph money order to Macclesfield from Strand 369 PO Ap.2 98.
Document Holder: SCL (Reference: RL2/6/452(b))
Ref.No: 6754    
Author: Oates, Austin >>
Address: Archbishop's House, Westminster, S.W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1898, April, 2 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: The Cardinal bids him invite Irving to lunch the next day, Sunday, and would be pleased if he would consent and scribble a line which the young gentleman [Oates] who enjoys his hospitality at the Lyceum can bring back with him. He has been told to ask for it at the booking office.
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/33)
Ref.No: 1802    
Author: Reeves, John Sims >>
Address: -
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1898, April, 3 Tuesday
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: Serious illness has made him give up everything and he has lost money which would have kept him for 6 months. He is arranging to leave his flat and go somewhere cheaper. He called on Harry Lawson who promised some help from him and his father if they have a statement of how things stand. They will regard Irving as the head and know the influence of his name. Reeves has had no reply from the Baroness [Burdett-Coutts], assuming her husband responsible. He apologises, but is in deep distress and very ill. (Postscript:) Several people have offered to subscribe.
Published: -
Notes: This presumably concerns the proposed National Testimonial to Reeves. Edward and Harry Lawson were proprietors of 'The Daily Telegraph'. See Letter 5296.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 5297    
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