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Author: Aitken, James Alfred >>
Address: 271, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Jan., 3 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: Aitken sends New Year wishes. Delighted to hear of Irving's great success on Saturday. Sends regards to Loveday. What about the promised photo?
Published: -
Notes: Sketch of Irving at foot of letter. Probably refers to a performance of 'Hamlet'
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/10)
Ref.No: 75    
Author: Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts >>
Address: 1 Stratton Street
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Feb., 6 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: She sends some lemon bunns(?) with every good wish. She has photographic souvenirs and a little card bearer she will offer... for his Birthday, by her and her true and affectionate friend who is always with them in spirit and memory. She will remedy one thing about the photographs in the arrangements for the Day which they had planned.
Published: -
Notes: With matching envelope: 'With a parcel Henry Irving Esq.' delivered by hand. The Baroness refers to her dead companion Hannah Brown.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/19)
Ref.No: 774    
Author: Chippendale, Mary Jane >>
Address: 32, Broad St, Bloomsbury
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1879], [Feb.], [10] Monday
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: Mrs B[ernard] Beere has asked her to play Madame Deschappelles for her the next Saturday morning. Does he object? If so she will refuse. She would have refused without troubling Irving except for a continuance.
Published: -
Notes: Lyceum receipt stamp 11 Feb 79. It was customary to ask for such permission - the continuance presumably meant she had played the part from 'The Corsican Brothers' for Mrs Beere before. For her response to Stoker's reply see Letter 7625.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 5108    
Author: Muther, M. >>
Address: Windsor Castle
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, Feb., 27 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: He has heard from Lady Ely that it was Irving himself who provided them with the box at the Lyceum on Tuesday. He and Major Wernher express their heartiest thanks for his kindness, and very much enjoyed his highly interesting interpretation of Hamlet. Both admired the reality and consistency of his interpretation, and will long remember the eminently artistic performance.
Published: -
Notes: Muther apologises for being awkward in English. He may be the "Grand Duke's gentleman" referred to in Letter 778.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32)
Ref.No: 2476    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: 15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W
Recipient: Kean, Ellen >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, March, 7 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: He hopes she will recover speedily and that he will see her soon. He thanks her for her reply and encloses a cheque for £40 for rights in 'The Corsican Brothers' for two months. He intends to do it the next June & July. If he wishes to prolong it can he do so for six guineas a week? This seems fair. Everything she lends him will be carefully preserved for her.
Published: -
Notes: 'The Corsican Brothers' opened on 18th September 1880.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/14/20(1))
Ref.No: 1762    
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