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Author: Gladstone, William Ewart >>
Address: 1, Carlton Gardens, SW
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1890, Nov., 25 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: How kind Irving is. Irving's silence will mean 'yes'. Gladstone proposes to come to the Lyceum with friends and to get himself directed to the privileged place which he has under the pressure of need.
Published: -
Notes: To see 'Ravenswood'. A reply to Letter 7872. Irving placed a seat in the wings for Gladstone as his hearing and sight deteriorated.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/25)
Ref.No: 2408    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Lyceum Theatre
Recipient: Loveday, Henry Joseph "Harry" >>
Address: -
Date: 1890, Nov., 29 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: He hopes Loveday is improving. The business is steady, with even mediocrity, in bad weather. About mid-January he will produce 'Much Ado'. Poor old Ted has a chill and has been out of the bill since Wednesday. Stoker has "the rheumatiz" but is getting better. "The Liberator" is engrossing attention: his manifesto is the finest conception since Iago and will make the Unionists the most powerful body in the country.
Published: L.Irving (in part), p.531.
Notes: A typewritten transcript. 'Ravenswood' was first performed on 20th Sept. 1890. “Poor old Ted” is probably Edward Gordon Craig, who played Henry Ashton. The Liberator is Charles Stewart Parnell; this is a rare political comment from Irving.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/31)
Ref.No: 7    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Lyceum Theatre
Recipient: Gladstone, William Ewart >>
Address: -
Date: 1892, April, 29 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: Irving invites Gladstone to see 'Henry VIII'. His presence would please everyone at the Lyceum. Irving offers the same [stage] box and seat as before in the corner of the stage. He encloses their version of the text.
Published: -
Notes: The endorsement summarises the letter for Gladstone, with a note indicating May 3, which is the date of Gladstone's reply (Letter 2409). Gladstone had a chair in the wings because of his increasing deafness. The reference to the book of the text has an inserted note "(at no.1) which indicates it had gone to 1 Carlton Gardens.
Document Holder: BL (Reference: Add.MS.44512.f.240)
Ref.No: 7873    
Author: Clarke, James Hamilton Siree >>
Address: 24 Paragon, Ramsgate
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Lyceum Theatre, London
Date: 1892, May, 2 
Document Type: Misc.Document (1 p.)
Content Summary: Selling for £10 to Irving and his heirs full rights in any music composed or arranged for productions of plays at the Lyceum Theatre under Irving's management.
Published: -
Notes: Witnessed by Ralph Stewart, tutor and elocutionist, of Broadstairs.
Document Holder: BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 1))
Ref.No: 6968    
Author: Gladstone, William Ewart >>
Address: -
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1892, May, 3 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: They thankfully accept his most considerate offer for Wednesday 11th. He is glad Irving was not long under eclipse.
Published: -
Notes: The reply to Letter 7873 inviting him to 'Henry VIII', and more likely referring to Irving's recent indisposition than Laurence's accident.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/25)
Ref.No: 2409    
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