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Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: The Grange, Brook Green, Hammersmith
Recipient: Craig, Edward Gordon >>
Address: -
Date: 1886, [Jan.], [16] 
Document Type: Letter (1? p.)
Content Summary: "Make good use of your time, for time flies fast." He therefore asks Craig to spend enclosed sovereign as swiftly as possible. "Henry."
Published: E.G. Craig, Henry Irving, 1930, p.11.
Notes: A sovereign sent on Gordon Craig's fourteenth birthday.
Document Holder: Pd
Ref.No: 4617    
Author: Labouchère, Henry Du Pré >>
Address: Pope's Villa, Twickenham
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1886?] Monday
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: The enclosed is for Irving's private reading. He will see that Harcourt(?) is frightened and afraid of the rest of Shaw's Reports. Irving had better look - or make his lawyer look at the Act to which he refers. He & Labouchère looked at it a week or two before and he held that "moderate" meant that the cost was not excessive for the work done. Labouchère thought he was mistaken and that it means non-structural alterations, or reasonable repairs. Labouchère fancies that if Irving is called on to make great alterations he might go to arbitration on the ground that the Metropolitan Board cannot order any beyond what is moderate. It is a question of whether the Lord Chamberlain could not force them to be made on expiry of lease - if so an arrangement might be made giving time - i.e. allowing them to be made during a dead season.
Published: -
Notes: Headed: Private. Harcourt may be Sir William, the Home Secretary. Sir Eyre Massey Shaw made a series of reports on fire dangers in theatres, and Bills to increase the power of the Metropolitan Board of Works were tabled in 1886 and 1887.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28)
Ref.No: 4658    
Author: Colvin, Sir Sidney >>
Address: Trin. Coll. Cam.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: 15A Grafton Street
Date: [1886?], Feb., 10 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: [Robert] Louis Stevenson is now in town at the Savile Club until Friday. It would be kind of Irving to have ten minutes talk with him. Irving's silence suggests to him that the play won't do, but if Irving agrees, that it contains unusual dramatic promise and the author is worth keeping an eye on. He will be grateful for ten minutes and Colvin promises the acquaintance will be pleasant.
Published: -
Notes: This may refer to 'Macaire' written jointly with W.E. Henley, but Irving preferred to stage the original version in 1888.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/25)
Ref.No: 563    
Author: Boyle, Mary Louisa >>
Address: Alford House, Princes Gate, SW
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London]
Date: [1886?], Feb., [21?] 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: Her letter is sent with 'a tribute of admiration'. She is staying with friends. She went to the second night of 'Fayst' which was magnificent.
Published: -
Notes: 'Faust' had opened on 19/12/1885; this might possibly refer to Irving's pronunciation.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/18)
Ref.No: 384    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W.
Recipient: Lane, Sarah (Sara) >>
Address: -
Date: 1886, Feb., 28 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: He thanks her for her gift. A most super looking boy who will always have a comfortable and happy home with Irving. He appreciates her kindness and good nature in entrusting her treasure to him. She said she had had difficulty getting to see 'Faust'. He would like to welcome her and asks her to name a convenient night.
Published: -
Notes: It is not certain that this letter, which probably refers to a painting, is to Sarah Lane, who gave up management of the Britannia Theatre in 1882. Another interpretation of the addressee's name is Cane.
Document Holder: MAM (Reference: MM-PA-IHE)
Ref.No: 5052    
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