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Author: Byron, Henry James >>
Address: 1 Eccleston Square, S.W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1880, July, 3 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He and his wife thank Irving for a delightful evening. He prefers his interpretation of Shylock to any he has seen, and liked the repose and dignity of the "trial" scene.
Published: -
Notes: 'The Merchant of Venice.'
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19)
Ref.No: 732    
Author: Stoker, Bram (Abraham) >>
Address: Royal Lyceum Theatre, Strand
Recipient: Wills, William Gorman >>
Address: -
Date: 1880, July, 5 (2 altered to 5)
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: Irving asks him to say he has studied Wills' letter. He thinks that the outlay necessary for production would be some thousands of pounds which might be a loss if the play did not succeed, so to invest a large sum in addition to outright purchase would be a great risk. Irving prefers to buy rights of performance for 5 years with a royalty of £5 per performance, or he would pay £500 for 5 years with an option of renewal for 5 years on payment of £500 or a similar sum, or would buy outright for £700.
Published: -
Notes: A copy, with a 2p. page of draft calculations for the letter. Brereton records £700 was paid for 'Rienzi' during the 1879-80 season.
Document Holder: BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 2))
Ref.No: 4352    
Author: Wills, William Gorman >>
Address: 15 Impasse Hélène, Avenue de Clichy [Paris]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1880], [July] 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: Irving's letter is satisfactory for him - he balances between the two last - the royalty each night & morning he has received - and the £700. If Irving intended staging the play soon he prefers the first but if the time is uncertain or remote he would rather have the money. However consider the arrangement complete.
Published: -
Notes: The proposals for 'Rienzi' contained in Letter 4352.
Document Holder: BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 2))
Ref.No: 4354    
Author: Stoker, Bram (Abraham) >>
Address: Royal Lyceum Theatre, Strand
Recipient: Wills, William Gorman >>
Address: -
Date: 1880, July, 16 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: Irving asks Stoker to write as he is entirely occupied and does not want to keep Wills waiting. There is no prospect of 'Rienzi' being produced that year or the next because of previous arrangements. Wills might prefer the alternative proposed in the letter. Irving will send a cheque for the remainder of the sum according to the rights, with the clause that Wills will make any alterations necessary before returning the play.
Published: -
Notes: A copy. See Letters 4352-54.
Document Holder: BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 2))
Ref.No: 4355    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: 15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W.
Recipient: Reece, Robert >>
Address: -
Date: [1880?], July, 22(?) 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He apologises at being unable to take part in the previous day's success and encloses his ticket for Box J.
Published: -
Notes: This may refer to a benefit, perhaps for Reece, at the Gaiety Theatre, for which he wrote many burlesques, in the early 1880s. The Lyceum performances would have prevented Irving attending.
Document Holder: P
Ref.No: 5986    
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