| Author: |
Boucicault, Dion
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(Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot),
1820-1890 playwright, actor, manager |
| Address: |
Hotel Vendôme, Boston, Mass. |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1882?], Dec., 31 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (4 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He is working hard on Robert Emmett. Stetson offers to produce it at Booth's Theatre immediately - 17th March, St Patrick's Day. He recommends Charles Thorne as Emmett, not Wilson Barrett. Wallack is back in his theatre - the place for Irving - £7000 a week! Lyceum scenery will fit. Love to Ellen Terry and Bram Stoker. He has has an offer of £3500 for June in San Francisco. He encloses a sketch for approval (not present). |
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| Notes: |
'Robert Emmett' was not produced until 5th November 1884. This letter contains a reference to the banquet Irving attended which is mentioned in Letter No. 496. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/18) |
| Ref.No: |
499 |
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| Author: |
Caine, Sir Thomas Henry Hall
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1853-1931 novelist |
| Address: |
9 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, W. |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1883?], [Jan.?], [4?] Thursday |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Warm congratulations on 'Much Ado' offering charm and delight. Irving has never been better. New Year greetings. (Postscript:) He thinks they will have a run. From the feel of the house the atmosphere tingled. |
| Published: |
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| Notes: |
This probably relates to the first production which opened on 11th October 1882, but might refer to the revival on 5th January 1891. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19) |
| Ref.No: |
8736 |
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| Author: |
Boucicault, Dion
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(Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot),
1820-1890 playwright, actor, manager |
| Address: |
16, New Burlington Street |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1883?] |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Irving's argument is undeniable and strongly put. A piece of music may be read by skilled musicians, but does it degrade the composition if it be interpreted by adequate singers? How would Mozart & Handel have accepted the homage of silence and chamber study? The question is hardly worthy of Irving's admirable handling. The only plays of Shakespeare that really live are those that have been and are acted - the rest are either the shade or dusty obscurity. |
| Published: |
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| Notes: |
This may refer to Irving's paper on 'Shakespeare on the stage and in the study' published in 'Good Words' in January 1883. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/1/32) |
| Ref.No: |
497 |
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| Author: |
Martin, Helena (Helena Faucit)
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Lady,
1817-1898 actress |
| Address: |
31 Onslow Square SW |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1883, Feb., 6 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (4 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
She sends an application from an actor (?) - she had hoped the Actors' Benevolent Fund would give him help. She comments on actors and their means. Many actors and actresses show want of education; amateurs, in this, are their superiors. The Martins' friend Mr (Froude?) has given impressions of 'Much Ado'. Has Irving received her Imogen letter? She has had a long visit from Ruskin. Sir Theodore did not want Ruskin to have a copy of the Imogen letter, so it was a triumph to make a convert of him. She wonders how Irving feels in living in Sicily so long. |
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| Notes: |
Helena Martin wrote a series of papers on Shakespeare's heroines. Sicily refers to the long run of 'Much Ado About Nothing'. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/30) |
| Ref.No: |
2277 |
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| Author: |
Stirling, Fanny
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later Lady Gregory,
1815-1895 actress |
| Address: |
3, Duchess Street, Portland Place, W. |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1883?], [Feb.?], [6?] |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Headed 'Take from my mouth the wish of happy years'. Asks for permission to wear the Nurse's dress at Mrs Reid's matinee. She has the dress kindly lent for sittings for a picture. Will return it after the matinee. |
| Published: |
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| Notes: |
Mrs Stirling played the Nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet' in March 1882. It ran for 24 weeks. There is a painting in Garrick Club of Ellen Terry and Mrs Stirling in the play by Anna Lea Merritt; inscribed 1883; oil on canvas; 88.9 x 125.7 cm. Mrs Reid was the Lyceum wardrobe mistress. The greeting may refer to Irving's birthday on 6th February.
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| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/39) |
| Ref.No: |
4082 |
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