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Author: Greville, Sabine Matilda >>
Address: Stafford House, St James's, London
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1875], [Sept.?], [30?] Thursday
Document Type: Letter (6 p.)
Content Summary: Old Dr Quinn who remembers Mrs Siddons before the OP riots was enchanted by Irving's Macbeth as was Lord Ronald [Gower] and the Duchess [of Sutherland] who will write. She comments on Mrs Crowe's interpretation and concludes that no great tragic actor and actress flourished together in the same century. She mentions friends Joséphine and Leonora and thanks Irving for the pink leaf, which she already had. She is now devoting herself to Queen Mary.
Published: L. Irving, p.262-63 conflates with Letter 1231.
Notes: The OP riots were in 1809. Mrs Crowe was Kate Bateman who played Lady Macbeth. Mrs Greville was studying her friend Alfred Tennyson's 'Queen Mary' which Irving was to produce in April 1876.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/15)
Ref.No: 1232    
Author: Byron, Henry James >>
Address: Haymarket
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1875?] Friday
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: If Irving can't come the next morning let Byron know by 11 that night - but he has reserved him a box.
Published: -
Notes: This probably relates to one of Byron's plays, performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1875 or 1878; there is a trace of an 1875 watermark.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19)
Ref.No: 723    
Author: Davison, James William >>
Address: 36 Tavistock Place, Tavistock Square.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1875?] Friday night
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: Thanks to Mrs Bateman for her kindness and to Irving for magnificent acting as Macbeth. His Russian friend, Madame Ewipoff, a great pianist, wished to give Irving 'a good friendly hug'. Irving never finer in two incomparable acts but he asks him to emphasise 'She SHOULD have died hereafter'.
Published: -
Notes: Madame Ewipoff is the famous Russian pianist Anna Yesipova.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/21)
Ref.No: 790    
Author: Greville, Sabine Matilda >>
Address: The Cottage, Milford, Godalming
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1875], [Oct.?], 5 Tuesday
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: Irving's copy is too precious to meddle with and she will return it by the next post. She longs to see the play again. Dighton [Probyn] goes on Saturday. She wonders if any other couple will feel the separation of the Indian expedition so acutely. She has promised to go the next month to Loton to act in a comedy Sir Baldwyn [Leighton] has adapted from a novel by Whyte Melville. Is Irving coming there on Sunday? His royal robe is not thick enough; could he not get a blanket dyed scarlet? She hopes the Duc de Morniers(?), a respected judge who cares for acting, will go soon, as his appreciation will settle Irving's European reputation.
Published: -
Notes: Mrs Greville still discusses 'Macbeth'. Sir Dighton Probyn was her brother-in-law and first cousin. Leighton's play 'Day Dreams' was performed on 5th November, see later letters.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/15)
Ref.No: 1233    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: 15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W
Recipient: Meller, Ida >>
Address: Elm Cottage, Lower Norwood
Date: 1875, Oct., 5 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He thanks her for her kind letter. He has the greatest pleasure in granting so trifling a favour.
Published: -
Notes: With stamped envelope, addressed in another hand, postmark dated 6th October. With another similar empty envelope postmarked 18th December 1877 which may have contained a Christmas card. With a stamped addressed envelope postmarked 6th October.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/14/9/8(4))
Ref.No: 2637    
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