| Author: |
Leighton, Sir Baldwyn
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1836-1897 M.P., writer, editor, member of Arundel Club |
| Address: |
49, Upper Brook Street |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1875?], Jan., 23 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Thanks for the box for 'Hamlet'. It seems greatly improved but Polonius and the King are not quite up to their parts. He is away for ten days but Irving must let him know if he can give advice. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Thomas Swinbourne played Claudius, and William Chippendale Polonius. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) |
| Ref.No: |
2892 |
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| Author: |
Leighton, Eleanor
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née Leicester, Lady,
1841-post 1904 wife of Sir Baldwyn |
| Address: |
49 Upper Brook Street |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
15A Grafton St, W Bond St |
| Date: |
[1875?], [Jan], [23] |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Sincere thanks for the box the previous night. Congratulations on Irving's Hamlet. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Writing about the same performance as her husband. An integral fragment of the envelope remains, with Irving's address. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) |
| Ref.No: |
2654 |
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| Author: |
Martin, Helena (Helena Faucit)
>>
Lady,
1817-1898 actress |
| Address: |
31 Onslow Square, SW |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1875, Jan., 27 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (4 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Thanks for a private box for 'Hamlet' the previous night. Congratulations, but there were some drawbacks to her enjoyment. How little Shakespeare is known by the higher and educated classes. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
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| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/30) |
| Ref.No: |
2219 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. |
| Recipient: |
Blundell, M.(?)
>>
of the Beefsteak Club |
| Address: |
[London?] |
| Date: |
1875, Jan., 30 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He encloses his 1875 Beefsteak [Club] subscription. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Presumably Blundell was the Club Secretary. |
| Document Holder: |
P |
| Ref.No: |
8637 |
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| Author: |
Leighton, Frederic
>>
Baron Leighton,
1830-1896 artist |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1875, Jan., 31 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He had intended to pursue Irving to his room the previous night to express his deep interest in his Hamlet, but saw HRH [the Prince of Wales?] in the stage box and thought he would have the same idea. He is not volunteering comment, merely praising the last moment of the dying scene when peace comes over Hamlet, which he had not caught on the first night. He will not forget Irving's poetry and pathos as he finds rest. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
'Hamlet' had opened on 31st October 1874. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/1/15) |
| Ref.No: |
2658 |
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