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Author: Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts >>
Address: S-- St [Stratton Street]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Nov., 18 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: She is sorry Irving had called. They were detained at the Training Ships and she was in difficulty as to Mr Austin's appointment as she wanted to see him first for herself. She suggests Saturday between 10 & 11 if it suits him. She is saddened about Mr C[lough] for them both, but she feels the two would never do. He would not understand her and that would be wretched as she clings to the association for the sake of Mrs Brown. She wishes it might have been different but oil and vinegar, & certain temperaments, cannot mix.
Published: -
Notes: Irving recommended Louis Austin, later to be his own secretary, to replace Mr Clough in working for the Baroness.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/8)
Ref.No: 827    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Grafton Street
Recipient: Melville, David >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Nov., 18 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: Declining to alter the text of a Shakespeare play according to modern rules of grammar.
Published: -
Notes: 'The Merchant of Venice' was being performed.
Document Holder: LPL (Reference: Beloe Papers MS 3264 f.149)
Ref.No: 9249    
Author: Pollock, Walter Herries >>
Address: F[ort/ift]y, Cornwell Residences, Regent's Park
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London]
Date: [1879?], [Nov.], [18] Tuesday
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: (Walter:) Sends what he forgot to leave the previous night. Would like to rewrite the other, a fresh start being better. Would Irving remember to send him 'The Count's Secret' with 1 or 2 playbills for 'The Merchant of Venice'. They wish they were going to meet him that night. (Emma:) Walter enjoyed himself the night before. She is glad Irving comes to them the next day week. Baked potatoes. Him alone. (Walter:) Last night he forgot to say he had been asked to give a Friday evening lecture at the Royal Institution the next season and had picked 'Shakespearean Criticism'. He wants to consult Irving. His chief asks for seats for the next Wednesday .
Published: -
Notes: Written jointly by Walter Pollock and his wife Emma. Note of a box sent 21/11/79, also 2 stalls for 26th. The first play mentioned is unidentified, and 'The Count's Secret ' is untraced. In 1880 Pollock refers to the manuscript of 'A Terrible Villain' in a letter to Stoker, and to another lost ms.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 8158    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W.
Recipient: Charlton, Ilsley Richard >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Nov., 19 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: Thanks for the sympathetic letter. He does not know whether he will ever attempt the characters mentioned, but he will not forget the thoughtful suggestions.
Published: -
Notes: Written by Bram Stoker to a stranger, and signed by Irving.
Document Holder: P
Ref.No: 8833    
Author: Shelley, Sir Percy Florence >>
Address: Shelley House, Chelsea Embankment, S.W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Nov., 19 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: Thanks for his and his wife's pleasure the previous night and Irving's admirable performance. Lady Shelley forgot her suffering. He thinks Shylock the best of Irving's impersonations. Macready made his Jew a detestable creature and Irving draws all sympathy until he insists in the Hall of Justice which he thinks was Shakespeare's intention. They share the universal opinion of Portia. (Postscript:) The exit into Burleigh Street was the greatest boon and they would not have come without it.
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/19)
Ref.No: 3698    
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