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Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Lyceum (written)
Recipient: Not known >>
Address: -
Date: 1900, July, 16 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He regrets it is not practible to revive 'Charles I'.
Published: -
Notes: Written by Lewis Austin and signed by Irving. A single performance in 1895 was the last recorded at the Lyceum. The scenery and costumes were presumably lost in the 1898 fire.
Document Holder: P
Ref.No: 7544    
Author: Merivale, Herman Charles >>
Address: Uplands, Feltham, Middx
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1900, July, 17 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: He sends Irving 'The Gambler'. Fechter played a version called 'Rouge et Noir' which was an utter fiasco. Lemâitre's parts never suited Fechter who was a superb romantic actor, therefore his Hamlet was immensely attractive. He made his first acquaintance with Laurence Irving the previous night at dinner at Mrs Patrick Campbell's.
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/31)
Ref.No: 2462    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Lyceum Theatre
Recipient: Smith, Samuel >>
Address: -
Date: 1900, July, 18 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: Thanks for his letter dated 13th July. To ignore Mr [Clement] Scott's act of atonement to the profession is to respect the injustice of the editor of 'Great Thoughts'. If the retraction was made to soothe the feelings of those insulted, what does this say of the man who withdraws at the bidding of those he has impeached. This is ministering to the unworthy prejudices which have hindered public appreciation of the art of the theatre and which are more injurious to the moral life of the nation than any individual play censured. Irving knows of no one deserving the terms of reprobation Smith has used and finds more to welcome than condemn in the modern theatre. Little still needs amendment. He returns the letter and if such statements about plays are true, does not find his reverence for the Bible diminished because of the grossness of some of its pages.
Published: L. Irving, p.634 (with omission)
Notes: Clement Scott had attacked actresses in an article in 'Great Thoughts' he was compelled to retract. His charges were repeated by a Presbyterian MP, Samuel Smith who sent a pamphlet to Irving. With the typewritten transcript is a letter from S.Pernell Kerr, 1948 saying he was Smith's private secretary. He says Smith wrote his pamphlet never having been in a theatre. Scott had sent a letter to Smith about the farewell dinner to John Hare, 1895, when the Duke of Fife attacked the degenerate drama, saying it would be ammunition for Smith.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/40)
Ref.No: 3778    
Author: Aberdeen, John Campbell Gordon >>
Address: 58, Grosvenor Street, W.
Recipient: Stoker, Bram (Abraham) >>
Address: [London]
Date: 1900, July, 20 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: Is grateful for Stoker's note of 15th saying that Sir Henry has included Aberdeen's daughter in his invitation. Many thanks for Box ticket. He looks forward to the evening with great interest.
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: SCL (Reference: RL2/7/94)
Ref.No: 6816    
Author: Stoker, Bram (Abraham) >>
Address: Lyceum Theatre
Recipient: Morritt, Greta >>
Address: -
Date: 1900, July, 23 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: Sir Henry asks him to send her seats for Tuesday, the next night.
Published: -
Notes: Greta Morritt is possibly a pseudonym. She founded the British Empire Shakespeare Society of which Irving was the first President.
Document Holder: P
Ref.No: 9004    
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