| Author: |
Bateman, Hezekiah Linthicum
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1813-1875 manager |
| Address: |
Lyceum Theatre, London |
| Recipient: |
Downing, William
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1844-1910 Birmingham bookseller, publisher |
| Address: |
[Birmingham] |
| Date: |
1875, Aug., 24 |
| Document Type: |
Postcard (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Please reserve volume of Holbein portraits for Mr Bateman and on receipt, with bill, he will send postal order. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
In the third person, with postmark 25th August supplying year. This is likely to be for the production of Tennyson's 'Queen Mary' which opened on 18th April 1876. The book was rejected as full length figures were required; see Letter 8525. |
| Document Holder: |
BIC (Reference: MS1366/B/4 p.11) |
| Ref.No: |
8524 |
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| Author: |
Hurst, Joseph
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1833-1899 box office manager at the Lyceum |
| Address: |
Lyceum Theatre |
| Recipient: |
Downing, William
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1844-1910 Birmingham bookseller, publisher |
| Address: |
[Birmingham] |
| Date: |
1875, Aug., 27 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
The book does not contain the desired full length figures. Mrs Bateman would like to see one with these. He has returned the parcel by rail, and sends Mrs Bateman's thanks. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
The response to the volume of Holbein portraits sent; see Letter 8524. |
| Document Holder: |
BIC (Reference: MS1366/B/1 p.3) |
| Ref.No: |
8525 |
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| Author: |
Hurst, Joseph
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1833-1899 box office manager at the Lyceum |
| Address: |
Lyceum Theatre, London |
| Recipient: |
Downing, William
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1844-1910 Birmingham bookseller, publisher |
| Address: |
[Birmingham] |
| Date: |
1875, Sept., 6 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He encloses a postal order for 12/- requesting immediate dispatch to Mrs Bateman of a copy of Burton's History of the Kingdom of Scotland. Mrs Bateman thanks Downing for the list and will order any books required. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Irving opened in 'Macbeth' on 25th September 1875. The book is probably Richard Burton (N.Crouch's) 'The History of the Kingdom of Scotland to ... 1602', 1813. |
| Document Holder: |
BIC (Reference: MS1366/B/6/ 261) |
| Ref.No: |
8526 |
|
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| Author: |
Bateman, Isabel Emilie
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1854-1934 actress |
| Address: |
Rutland Lodge, Rutland Gardens, S.W. |
| Recipient: |
McHenry, James
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merchant, railway contractor, 1816?-1891 ? |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1875, Sept., 7 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
They count on his presence at the first night of 'Macbeth'. Mrs Crowe and Mr Irving would be disappointed if he could not come. Let her know so she can reserve a place. Her mother as been ill but is now better. Affectionate regards. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
'Macbeth' opened on 25th September. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
7634 |
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| Author: |
Garvice, Charles Andrew
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1851/52-1920 novelist, playwright, journalist |
| Address: |
The Retreat, Cookham, Berks |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1875, Sept., 13 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He requests permission to dedicate a three-volume novel he is republishing to Irving. He expresses the warmest admiration for him as an actor and eagerly anticipates 'Macbeth'. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Which of Garvice's many novels is not yet determined. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) |
| Ref.No: |
1190 |
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