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Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Royal Lyceum Theatre, Strand
Recipient: Merivale, Herman Charles >>
Address: -
Date: [1882?], [July?], [20?] Thursday
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: Sorry that he is unable to see Merivale the next day but he can see him on Tuesday or Thursday for half an hour if convenient. Merivale will understand that until they close he has not an unoccupied moment. Will Merivale send him the play (which he is glad is now a fact) or wait until the week after next.
Published: -
Notes: Probably referring to 'Edgar and Lucy' which became 'Ravenswood'.
Document Holder: P
Ref.No: 5645    
Author: Merivale, Herman Charles >>
Address: 8 Montague Place, W.C.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1882, July, 21 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: He states when he is free on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday he and his wife leave for 2 weeks in Devon and 4 in Switzerland. He knows Irving is busy but wants him to hear the play - he wants to display it and Irving cannot read his writing at present. He prefers to have it copied after Irving has made suggestions. However he will send it act by act and they can drink at parting. He wishes Irving were not going to America which is a beastly place. He is satisfied with 'Edgar & Lucy' [Ravenswood] and thinks he has hit Irving and Ellen Terry to advantage. It is his best play and probably his last.
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/31)
Ref.No: 2399    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Recipient: Lowne, Edward Yates >>
Address: -
Date: 1882, Aug., 7 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: If Lowne can come down to the Lyceum for a chat any night, Irving will make his mouth water. He has something to show him. Come and be impressed.
Published: -
Notes: This may refer to some historical item suitable for Lowne's collection of Macreadiana.
Document Holder: RRL (Reference: Theatre Manuscript Collection)
Ref.No: 5588    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Royal Hotel, Whitby (written; 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W crossed out)
Recipient: Nicholson, Henry "Harry" >>
Address: -
Date: 1882, Aug., 9 Wednesday
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: If there is space on 18th he wishes to add 'The Sacrilegious Gamesters'. He suggests the programme order for it, 'The Feast of Belshazzar' and 'Gemini and Virgo'. The audience will be most interested in Mr Reeves and himself and people sometimes like him to recite something mysterious.
Published: -
Notes: This seems to refer to an evening concert with Sims Reeves in Scarborough on 18th August. 'The Sacrilegious Gamesters' is a poem by Eliza Cook. A digital image of this letter is at http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/phl
Document Holder: HLC (Reference: Box 7, Folder 25)
Ref.No: 5532    
Author: Reeves, John Sims >>
Address: Grange Mount, Upper Norwood
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1882, Sept., 27 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: Writes with vivid recollection of their artistic evening in Scarborough and will always connect Irving's brilliant performance with everything that gives him happiness. They have decided it might interfere with the career they have marked out for their son if he were to be entirely on the stage and as he already has many engagements it would be awkward to break into the run of a piece. Irving has announced it much earlier than first intended. May he have a Box this week or early next as he wants to have a chat?
Published: -
Notes: Possibly referring to a concert on 18th August (see Letter 5532). Irving seems to have offered Herbert a part. He appeared in 'Much Ado About Nothing' at the Lyceum in 1894-95, but not in 1882.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/35)
Ref.No: 3479    
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