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Author: Pollock, Juliet >>
Address: 59 Montagu Square, W
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1881], April, 27 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: They always find Irving kind and friendly. They greatly enjoyed the previous night. Doricourt and Letitia are in different ways fascinating, as though in old novels - charming with an undercurrent of tenderness. Present day fiction prefers rough exteriors, rude manners and general ugliness. She prefers old fashioned beauty and courtesy. She is writing to the lovely Portia [Ellen Terry] and looking forward to the next Saturday with excitement. The Spottiswoode boys send grateful messages.
Published: -
Notes: 'The Belle's Stratagem' opened on 16th April, and 'Othello' on 2nd May.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/21)
Ref.No: 2537    
Author: Pollock, Sir William Frederick >>
Address: 59, Montagu Square, W
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1881, May, 10 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: He praises Irving's Othello as one of his finest performances, giving details. He was also struck by his Iago the previous week - an original conception well carried out, and as Shakespearean as the usual more sturdy bluff presentation. He wishes Irving could play both parts each night. He prefers Irving's arrangement of the last scene with the bed at the back and the door at the side. The change of place reminds him of 'Box & Cox'. Irving should be proud of the casting and setting, previously unmatched. Lady Pollock will try to find a night for Irving to visit them.
Published: -
Notes: Irving and Edwin Booth alternated as Othello and Iago beginning on 2nd and 9th May.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/21)
Ref.No: 2552    
Author: Merivale, Herman Charles >>
Address: Garrick Club
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1881, June, 7 (Tuesday)
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: He owes two pleasant evenings the previous week to Irving. Irving does things well and deserves his success. "The Bard" (not he of Avon) is not a comic author, but interesting. He will attempt to call the next day (Wednesday) at Irving's lodgings unless he has a morning performance. If they don't meet then, they will not until he has completed his tragedy.
Published: -
Notes: He possibly refers to Tennyson's 'The Cup' at the Lyceum. At the end of the letter is a note in Irving's or another hand: "- what sense had it?" The tragedy may be 'Edgar and Lucy', the first version of 'Ravenswood'. See Letter 2398.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/31)
Ref.No: 2397    
Author: Barnay, Ludwig >>
Address: 8 Charing Cross, Craven Street
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1881], [June?] Friday
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: He was ravished by Irving's performance and production of 'Othello', and refers also to Ellen Terry. He apologises for his inability to express himself completely in French but gives effusive praise.
Published: -
Notes: 'Othello' with Irving and Edwin Booth ran from 02/05/1881 at the Lyceum.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/13)
Ref.No: 294    
Author: Barnay, Ludwig >>
Address: 8 Craven Street, Charing Cross
Recipient: Stoker, Bram (Abraham) >>
Address: -
Date: 1881, June, 23 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: Asks to see great master Irving in 'Hamlet' on Saturday.
Published: -
Notes: In German, with an English translation. Note: Box sent BS 24/6/81. A letter on 22nd July thanks Stoker for a letter and picture and refers to Irving as his dear friend and brother.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 7623    
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