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Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Macgregor's Hotel, St Vincent Street, Glasgow
Recipient: Thompson, Alfred >>
Address: -
Date: 1881, Oct., 28 
Document Type: Letter (9 p.)
Content Summary: Expectation in Edinburgh is so great he wishes he had some new material. The paper would go round Great Britain too. D.C. Macleod wishes him to contribute to 'Good Words'. Has Thompson time to put together an essay on the "Stage as it is" - he knows as much as Irving - on the lines of the old essay (enclosed)? A chatty paper would be the thing. That the stage is not banned nor its members parasites, and it depends on the conduct of its members, and theatres and actors are increasing in number and the good in the majority must be encouraged. He is not there to defend but to state the truth that the stage is a great moral engine for good or evil... Irving has just realised the great expectation about what he will say. His engagement is historical in that nearly £1400 has been earned in 4 nights and this in Scotland. Reject the Dramatic Reform Association. The people get the plays they want. The playhouse is a good school. Can Thompson understand and do it for him? He will see him in Manchester when the boy will be with them? Loveday wrote to Ian to join them there? Beautiful tribute to poor Kempster(?) Billson(?) is a rum'un. He has a lot to tell him which will keep.
Published: -
Notes: Photocopy with transcript at THM/14/9/8(1). The old essay is not present, but with a copy of a printed text of Irving's address at the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, 8th November 1881 from a newspaper.
Document Holder: P
Ref.No: 4323    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Macgregor's Hotel, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow
Recipient: Stoker, Bram (Abraham) >>
Address: -
Date: [1881], [Nov.], [2] 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: Stoker must circulate Edinburgh pages of Irving at the Philosophical Institute to London and provincial papers, but he had better go up there first as soon as the Arnold business is settled. A friend of Irving's, [F.] W. Lawson, Editor of the 'Edinburgh Courant' is now in London at 47 Fleet St. Irving has written asking him to see Stoker. Call on him as he will give Stoker hints on how best to circulate the address. Have it printed, and save trouble. All Edinburgh papers have applied for copies so best to do it methodically and well. They all have colds - Irving coughs, but not the audiences.
Published: -
Notes: Dated by Stoker, with pencil listing of tasks on letter. Irving addressed the Edinburgh Philosophical Institute on 8th November on 'The Stage as it is'. Walter Arnold owned the Lyceum.
Document Holder: SCL (Reference: RL2/6/132)
Ref.No: 6232    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Glasgow
Recipient: Stoker, Bram (Abraham) >>
Address: -
Date: 1881, Nov., 5 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: Stoker had better come to Edinburgh on Sunday. Ellen Terry wants him to bring her Teddy [Craig] with him. He'd be a nice companion. They'll talk over all other matters when they meet.
Published: -
Notes: Irving was on his autumn tour.
Document Holder: RRL (Reference: Miscellaneous Letters)
Ref.No: 5614    
Author: Blackie, John Stuart >>
Address: 9 Douglas Crescent [Edinburgh]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1881], Nov., 10 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: He is sorry he could not attend Irving's lecture. He sympathises with Irving's campaign for the moral and intellectual dignity of the stage. He is very involved in academic business at the beginning of the term and does not know if he can come to the theatre. The will does not always find the way.
Published: -
Notes: Irving's lecture to the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution on 8th November 1881 was titled 'The Stage as it is'.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/17)
Ref.No: 458    
Author: Blackie, John Stuart >>
Address: 9 Douglas Crescent [Edinburgh]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1881?], Nov., 11 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: He is glad to hear that Irving intends to stage Faust. He has always believed in its potential if adapted to British tastes and sends Irving his new edition. He greatly admired Ellen Terry's Portia and is grateful for the introduction. He hopes to call on her or perhaps she and Irving would lunch with him and his wife on Sunday from 1 to 2. He has sent Ellen Terry one of his books.
Published: -
Notes: On University of Edinburgh headed paper.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/17)
Ref.No: 461    
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