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Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London]
Recipient: Terry, Dame Ellen Alice >>
Address: -
Date: [1882?], [Jan.?] 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: From Dublin to London, taking away something from upstairs. Ted [Edward Gordon Craig?] knew where Ellen Terry was. Irving expresses urgency and concern. He will be near her on Sunday. That night he is going to the Pollocks. God bless her- hers till death.
Published: -
Notes: An unaddressed note, probably complete, signed only with Irving's cross & circle symbol. The first line contains two onlaid printed caricatures: Fitz of Dublin is a long miserable face, becoming a full length portrait of Irving as Digby Grant. Ellen Terry had toured with the Company in late 1881, visiting Dublin, but did not appear in 'Two Roses' which opened on 26th December. This note presumably dates from before rehearsals began for 'Romeo and Juliet'.
Document Holder: BL (Reference: Loan MS 125/29/5 (ETArchive ET IN,I Z1,232))
Ref.No: 7896    
Author: Martin, Helena (Helena Faucit) >>
Address: 31 Onslow Square
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1882, Jan., 30 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: She sends a gift for the Actors' Benevolent Fund with wishes for its permanent success. If, like Alleyne at Dulwich College, Irving might found a school for the education of actors' children, it is much required. Members in the humble ranks of their profession seem the worst educated people in the world. She has noticed this in the many letters she receives from those who claim to have acted with her - ignorant of spelling and grammar. The stage demands high culture no less than natural abilities. She wishes there were some previous examination. Public and critics are too tolerant, but should they be?
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/22)
Ref.No: 2269    
Author: Godwin, Edward William >>
Address: New Athenaeum Club, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, S.W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London]
Date: 1882, Jan., 31 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He will be there from 11 till 2 the next day and would show him the plan. The opposition of the Board of Works might mean it could not be carried out.
Published: -
Notes: Addressed "Dear Sir" and probably to Irving. The nature of the plan is unknown but might be for alterations to the Lyceum.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 8004    
Author: Russell, Sir William Howard >>
Address: 18, Sumner Place, Onslow Square, South Kensington, SW.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1882, Jan., 31 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: To show that he sets store by Irving's offers asks for a Box for his daughter, Lady Macnaghton, a friend and himself for next Monday.
Published: -
Notes: To see 'Two Roses'.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/37)
Ref.No: 4040    
Author: Sickert, Walter Richard >>
Address: 12 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London]
Date: 1882, Feb., 1 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He would like to see 'Two Roses' on Saturday morning, his only chance. Good news that he has engagement for two understudies at St James's for the parts of T.W. Robertson and Mr Brandon.
Published: -
Notes: Addressed to "Dear Sir". The play is possibly Pinero's 'The Squire' ; Brandon is Walter Brandon Thomas.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 8433    
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