| Author: |
Hill, Jane Dalzell
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née Finlay,
d.1904 wife of Frank Hill, m.1862, writer |
| Address: |
3 Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, SW |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1880], Nov., 10 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (7 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
She comments on Edwin Booth as Hamlet. His manner is now subdued and in private he is almost dejected. Some studied effects are almost lost on his audience, with too much gesture and facial expression, his accent too American. Foreigners & Americans should not be encouraged to act Shakespeare. Everyone praised Irving as they left the theatre, and Booth should not have chosen 'Hamlet' for his first appearance - it will not last two weeks. Booth's wife and daughter are nice and devoted to him. Irving and [Frank] Hill will have a fine talk on Sunday - Mr Russell Lowell is coming. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Edwin Booth's 'Hamlet' opened at the Princess's Theatre on 6th November 1880. Mrs Hill addresses Irving as "My dear Fabien" in 1880-81. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/26) |
| Ref.No: |
1386 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Not known
>>
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| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1880?] |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
... acting has become so much a second nature that he does not know what his methods really are. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Facsimile of a page of a letter from an unidentified periodical. It is illustrated with an engraving from a photograph of Irving by S.A. Walker made in 1880 but may be of later date. |
| Document Holder: |
BL (Reference: Loan MS 125/27/1 (ETArchive HIL-G321)) |
| Ref.No: |
8200 |
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| Author: |
Telbin, William Lewis
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1846-1931 scene painter and designer |
| Address: |
Lyceum Theatre |
| Recipient: |
Loveday, Henry Joseph "Harry"
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1839-1910 stage manager at Lyceum, etc. |
| Address: |
[Lyceum Theatre] |
| Date: |
[1880], [Nov.], [11] |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He asks for £15 the next day. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
£15 sent 12/11/80. With further requests on 19/11 and 26/11, and other accounts. This is probably for scenery for 'The Cup'. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
8315 |
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| Author: |
Sinclair, Sir William Macdonald
>>
1850-1917 Archdeacon of London |
| Address: |
St Stephen's Vicarage, Westminster |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
1880, Nov., 13 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He sends a note from Miss Jackson in answer to Irving's kind message. She suggests either 23rd or 24th. Good wishes. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
This may be Miss Ironside Jackson to whom Irving wrote in April 1880 (Letter 1975). Note states 23rd Box, with, in blue pencil, + good seat 15/11/80. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
5339 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Recipient: |
Booth, Edwin Thomas
>>
1833-1893 American actor |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
1880, Nov., 15 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Hopes to meet and renew acquaintanceship. |
| Published: |
Bloom, Arthur W. Edwin Booth, 2013, p. 120. |
| Notes: |
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| Document Holder: |
HAM |
| Ref.No: |
9012 |
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