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Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: 15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W
Recipient: Bancroft, Sir Squire >>
Address: -
Date: 1880, May, 14 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: Warm birthday wishes. He is engaged for supper but he will get away in time for one cigar. No more because the next day is busy for both of them. (Postscript:) He thinks the pocket book is very pretty.
Published: Mr. & Mrs.Bancroft... (7th ed. 1889), p.304-05.
Notes:
Document Holder: Pd
Ref.No: 4186    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Royal Lyceum Theatre, Strand
Recipient: James, Eleanor Mary >>
Address: 10 Pelham Place, South Kensington
Date: 1880, May, 14 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He hopes she will come to Miss Young's Benefit and see their new piece. He has a great deal to tell her about when they meet.
Published: -
Notes: With envelope. 'Iolanthe' was to open on 20th May.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/45)
Ref.No: 1615    
Author: Hare, Sir John >>
Address: St James's Theatre
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London]
Date: [1880?] 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: He would have been pleased to have had supper on Thursday night, and will do so if it is of importance, but now he is living on Hampstead Heath it is a terrific journey late at night. Kendal will come and Hare will be happy to meet Irving at any time if necessary.
Published: -
Notes: Hare and Kendal were partners at the St James's Theatre 1879-1888.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/26)
Ref.No: 1700    
Author: Lacy, Walter >>
Address: 33 Maddox St W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1880, May, 16 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: Thanks for stalls for the RAM Secretary. He asks for 2 more for the next Tuesday for Lilly Garcia the sister of Senor Garcia, just back from Madrid. Good wishes for the revival of Sir Tristram [Tristan]. (Postscript:} He discusses Ada Fellows - her mistake in opening as Juliet after he offered to coach her as Belvidera or Mrs Haller - Dr Whitty her guardian had taken the Imperial Theatre with awful results - gratuitous cruelty of reviews.
Published: -
Notes: Note: 2 stalls sent 17/5/80. Addressed "My dear Irving". Gustave Garcia taught at the Royal Academy of Music. Irving was reviving 'Iolanthe' which he had played at his benefit with Helen Faucit in 1876. Lacy thought Ada Fellows more suited to heavier tragic parts.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 7993    
Author: Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) >>
Address: 32 St George's Road, Pimlico, S.W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1880, May, 17 Whit Monday
Document Type: Letter (7 p.)
Content Summary: He has been ill and is preparing his house for letting. They had been called to Torquay in March to his sick brother John, but they now have him in town, fatally ill. They have all been ill and are grateful for Irving's sympathy. He had been working on 'Robert Emmet' for Irving and now hopes to give him the alterations and fair copies by the end of June. He now has a trustworthy honest copyist. He is pressed for money. Irving has paid £150 of a promised £200. Marshall has lost £700 of income since October, and asks if he could have £100 that week. His family have all suffered from the North British Railway and cannot help. He finds it hard to get work. He hopes Irving will come to see his brother.
Published: -
Notes: Headed: Private.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/30)
Ref.No: 2558    
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