| Author: |
Buckstone, John Baldwin
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1802-1879 playwright, actor |
| Address: |
Theatre Royal, Haymarket |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1876, March, 14 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
He asks Irving to play Joseph Surface in 'The School for Scandal' for Buckstone's benefit to celebrate 50 years on stage, to be held at Drury Lane on Wedesday 10th May 1876 matinée. He is asking Phelps, Sims Reeves, Helen Faucit and many others. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
The matinée actually took place on Thursday 8th June, with Irving playing Joseph Surface. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/18) |
| Ref.No: |
464 |
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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
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1876], March, 18 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (4 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Can they have a box for Tuesday evening? She encloses a photograph by Lombardo of F.W. Burton's portrait of her as Antigone. She only sat for the head, not the grand pose. Burton has succeeded Sir William Boxall as director of the National Gallery. This picture was painted in Dublin some years previously. She hopes he is not finding the "noble moor" too exhausting. She thinks her spirit would have tired of the strain even before her body. It is hard that an actor's art has to yield to the demands of scenery and machinery. She wishes the audience told to use its imagination as Shakespeare expected in actor and audience. They aim at everything and sacrifice essentials. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
On Irving's earlier Lyceum 'Othello'. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/1/21) |
| Ref.No: |
2225 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Pigott, Edward Frederick Smyth
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1824-1895 examiner of plays, Lord Chamberlain's Office, journalist |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1876, [Feb.], 20 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
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| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
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| Document Holder: |
HUL (Reference: Edward Smyth Pigott Papers. PIG 395) |
| Ref.No: |
9286 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
15A Grafton Street |
| Recipient: |
James, Eleanor Mary
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Mrs John, 1822-1910 friend, widow of a doctor, m.1849 |
| Address: |
10 Pelham Place, South Kensington |
| Date: |
1876, March, [22?] |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
He will see and had intended to see her the next day - not about the ring which he had not thought she was serious about. It was foolish of him to lend it, but he only lent it to gratify a whim and only the poor girl's vanity prompted her to wear it. He is sorry Mrs James should have been so distressed and hopes she will not again credit him with such ingratitude. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
With envelope postmarked MR 22 76. Typewritten transcript in THM/37/1/16. Irving had lent the ring which Mrs James had given him to Isabel Bateman, who presumably wore it on stage. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/45) |
| Ref.No: |
1536 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W |
| Recipient: |
James, Eleanor Mary
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Mrs John, 1822-1910 friend, widow of a doctor, m.1849 |
| Address: |
10 Pelham Place, South Kensington |
| Date: |
1876, March, 23 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He will call on Sunday about half past five. He is sorry she has been so distressed and hopes her mind will be set at rest. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
With envelope postmarked 24th March. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/45) |
| Ref.No: |
1535 |
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