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Author: Long, Edwin Longsden >>
Address: Weeting Hall, Brandon, Norfolk
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Oct., 3 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: Sorry he was not in when Irving called. He is back on Tuesday and will look up the Venetian sketch to send down. He is not going away again and will be glad to go on with Vanderdecken. What a game about the 'Walrus' - he hopes the Baroness wasn't frightened. He is longing to see 'The Iron Chest' and thanks for the offer of a box - he will come one day the next week.
Published: -
Notes: Long had been one of the party on Baroness Burdett-Coutts' yacht the Walrus in the Mediterranean, which later had run on to rocks in the Channel Isles and ridden through a storm. The Venetian sketch would be a source for 'The Merchant of Venice'. See also Letter 2117.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28)
Ref.No: 2116    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: 15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W
Recipient: Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Oct., 6 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: He is glad Burnand is coming to the 'Iron Chest'. Some of it is delightful... Perhaps Tenniel and he will call behind afterwards. Burnand is booked for the first night of the 'Merchant' which is a bargain. It will be in about 5 or 6 weeks if all goes well.
Published: -
Notes: 'The Iron Chest' had opened on 27th September, and 'The Merchant of Venice' opened on 1st November. The letter also refers to the first Tooles. A typewritten transcript is at THM/37/1/19.
Document Holder: DUL (Reference: Add. Ms. 832/2)
Ref.No: 1003    
Author: Long, Edwin Longsden >>
Address: 19 Marlborough Hill, N.W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Oct., 7 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: He is disappointed how bad the Venetian sketches are - done a long time before in watercolour on the Rialto. He describes the shops, jeweller, money changers, etc. as being much as in Shylock's time. He also sends photos of the Alhambra. He invites Irving to look at the Dutchman [Vanderdecken] on Sunday about 12.
Published: -
Notes: Irving was staging 'The Merchant of Venice'.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28)
Ref.No: 2117    
Author: Maurel, Victor >>
Address: Paris
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Oct., 7 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: Thanks for the souvenir, and Irving's kind welcome to his friend Mr Sfrinek who had to procure designs for pieces of Hamlet costume. He does not favour imitation but one learns from the great interpreters of art. He includes a cutting from 'Journal de République Française' proving what he and his friends think of Irving's Hamlet.
Published: -
Notes: In French, with the cutting attached. This states that Maurel is studying Ambroise Thomas' opera 'Hamlet' with new style costumes inspired by Irving's sensational production the previous year. Maurel quotes: "The best is the enemy of the good."
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 5222    
Author: Stoker, Bram (Abraham) >>
Address: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Recipient: Not known >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Oct., 7 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: Mr Irving sends regards and would like to see him during Wednesday's performance.
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: PSU (Reference: Box 7, Folder 51)
Ref.No: 9196    
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