| Author: |
Simpson, John Palgrave
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1807-1887 playwright |
| Address: |
9 Alfred Place West, Thurloe Square, SW |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1881, Jan., 3 late at night |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He has had a refined and noble treat. No play has been more magnificently staged - with art, intelligence and perfect appreciation of the picturesque. He praises features of the first act. Ellen Terry and Irving were superb with a vein of semi-savage roughness in both performances. The play could be seen as an old fashioned tragedy but it is a success. New Year wishes. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
'The Cup' first performed that evening. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/38) |
| Ref.No: |
3746 |
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| Author: |
Modjeska, Helena
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(Helena Modjeska Chlapowska),
1844-1909 Polish actress |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1881, Jan., 4 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
She sends congratulations on Irving's enormous success and looks forward to seeing him in his new powerful character. Will he give them a matinée? She is happy to hear everyone praising him. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
She is referring to 'The Cup' which opened on 3rd January, and which in her Memoirs she relates she saw with Tennyson. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) |
| Ref.No: |
4611 |
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| Author: |
Tennyson, Lionel
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1854-1886 son of Alfred |
| Address: |
India Office |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
1881, Jan., 10 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He asks for seats at the Lyceum for himself, his wife, Mr & Lady Florence Herbert on 17th January. His wife is still in the Toland so he is writing. He hears everywhere enthusiastic opinions of 'Camma' and its production. (Postscript:) Disregard if inconvenient. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Written by a secretary? Note: Box No 7 and going well - sent 11/1/81. Tennyson refers to his father's play 'The Cup' by the name of its principal character, played by Ellen Terry. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
5372 |
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| Author: |
Booth, Edwin Thomas
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1833-1893 American actor |
| Address: |
St James's Hotel, Piccadilly |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1881], Jan., 11 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He has received no note from Irving about the proposed luncheon with Baroness Coutts, nor no word from her and so thinks there may have been some mistake. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
A letter from Baroness Burdett Coutts dated 10th January refers to a proposed dinner; so there must have been a failure of communication. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/17) |
| Ref.No: |
933 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. |
| Recipient: |
Wellington, Arthur Richard Wellesley
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2nd Duke of, 1807-1884 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1881, Feb., 4 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Thanks for some fine plump birds. He and friends ate a brace in the old Beefsteak Room where they try to revive the atmosphere. Things are going prosperously at the Lyceum - beyond the sacrificial hopes ... |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
The "sacrificial hopes" refer obliquely to Tennyson's 'The Cup' currently being performed. A note on p.4, presumably by Wellington, muses on Irving's fame as an actor. |
| Document Holder: |
NAL (Reference: 86.WW.1) |
| Ref.No: |
7365 |
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