| Author: | Achurch, Janet | ||
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| Address: | 10, Oakley St, Chelsea | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | [1889], [July], [20?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She thanks Irving for coming to 'A Doll's House'. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | William Archer's translation of Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' was first performed at the Novelty Theatre on June 7th 1889. On June 19th Janet Achurch invited Irving to the matinee on Wednesday 26th June. According to Graham Robertson Irving was not impressed with the play. (Laurence Irving p.535 confuses this incident with the later production at the Criterion Theatre in June 1891.) See Letters 78 & 9112. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/31) | ||
| Ref.No: | 10 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Hotel Bristol, 5th Ave & 42nd St, New York | ||
| Recipient: | Brereton, Austin | ||
| Address: | 13 York Chambers, Adelphi | ||
| Date: | 1901, Nov., 1 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Keep his eye on this young man - success with old repertoire phenomenal - could travel world through with 'Merchant of Venice' but also have larger repertoire than any living actor and plays which crowd houses. No necessity for new plays - and only following footsteps of Garrick, Kean, Macready and Booth. Drop a line. He sees the "Holy One" has had a bogus interview to drag in a bogus story of an outrage against a youth for a harmless bit of fun - dismissal from the Lyceum. Brereton probably saw the interview. What a dirty dog the writer is. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Negative photocopy in THM/37/7/2; typewritten transcript in THM/37/1/41. The "Holy One" and his article are not yet identified. | ||
| Document Holder: | HTC (Reference: Brereton Scrapbook) | ||
| Ref.No: | 28 | ||
| Author: | Achurch, Janet | ||
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| Address: | 10 Oakley St, Chelsea, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, June, 19 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She invites Irving to the morning performance of 'A Doll's House' at the Novelty the next Wednesday. The play has been a success and she would like Irving to see such a good play before she and Mr Charrington sail for Australia next Friday week. She has also invited Miss Terry. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Janet Achurch and her husband Charles Charrington toured Australia 1890-92. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/31) | ||
| Ref.No: | 78 | ||
| Author: | Achurch, Janet | ||
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| Address: | 6 Sloane Street | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1893?], [March?] Friday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (7 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | In desperation she asks for a loan of £150 for one month. She is ill with congestion of the womb and has had two operations that day and cannot leave the carriage. She must rest for a week. The bill is due and although backers are coming forward receipts are dropping. They dare not show signs of weakness. She promises to repay him. The theatre runs on £300 a week. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving lent the money; see Letter 80. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/31) | ||
| Ref.No: | 79 | ||
| Author: | Achurch, Janet | ||
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| Address: | 21 Elm Park Road, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1893], April, 14 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She asks Irving to wait a little longer for the £100 he lent her. They are having a bad time privately and in business. She thinks "Clever Alice" would become a popular success if the Telegraph and Standard had not been dead set against it, and they had more capital. As soon as she can she will send at least part of the £100. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'Clever Alice' by Brandon Thomas was performed at the Royalty Theatre from 6th April 1893. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/31) | ||
| Ref.No: | 80 | ||
| Author: | Armytage, George | ||
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| Address: | Garrick Club, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, March, 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Offers thanks for Irving's gift to the Garrick Club of portrait by George Clint of Edmund Kean as Sir Giles Overreach in final Act of 'A New Way to Pay Old Debts' by Philip Massinger. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Oil on canvas 165.1 x 235 ins, Gift 218, now hanging on main staircase of the Garrick Club. Originally exhibited at R.A. in 1820, and showing the cast of the Drury Lane 1819-20 season. One of the most striking of all theatrical paintings. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/10) | ||
| Ref.No: | 84 | ||
| Author: | Albery, James | ||
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| Address: | 11, Bentinck Terrace, NW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1883, April, 9 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Wishes Irving to meet the American dramatist Bronson Howard. He asks Irving for a Box for 'Much Ado About Nothing'. He will bring Howard round. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Bronson Howard married Charles Wyndham's sister Alice. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/10) | ||
| Ref.No: | 91 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Albery, James | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1870, Sept., 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | He is guiltless of a jest. Knows nothing of Miss Maxamillian [or] Mandarillo, whatever her name. Irving will see Albery soon so he can answer queries. Montague is getting on well and will return by 100th night. Lin Rayne is better. Returns last Saturday best ever. All at home well. Mother and child are at Southend. "Why did I marry?" Joseph Irving is dead. He is going to dine with Frank Matthews and wife [three jolly people?] plus Arthur Sketchley - three busybodies. 'Handsome' is not a success. It was damned at the Arundel. Will prepare cocoa for Albery the next day. | ||
| Published: | L. Irving, p.167. | ||
| Notes: | Typewritten transcript. The joke is unexplained. 'Handsome is as Handsome Does', a play by Tom Taylor, opened at the Olympic Theatre on 3rd September. The letter refers to 'Two Roses' at the Vaudeville Theatre . | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/10) | ||
| Ref.No: | 86 | ||
| Author: | Albery, James | ||
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| Address: | 26, Avenue de Friedland, Paris | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1873, April, 22 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Just been reading 'The Times' criticism of 'Eugene Aram'- greatly pleased. Comments on Irving's good fortune in meeting 'Colonel' Bateman and discovering Wills, and how they all work together. From Oxenford's notice there is only one fault in the play - Eugene's suffering comes from without rather than within. In that one respect 'The Bells' was better etc. Bateman and Irving are helping each other to greatness. Asks to be remembered to friends at Lyceum. He is writing a comedy for Mrs John Wood. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | John Oxenford, drama critic of 'The Times'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/13) | ||
| Ref.No: | 87 | ||
| Author: | Albery, James | ||
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| Address: | 24, Paragon, Ramsgate | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1875, Nov., 29 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Albery is staying in Ramsgate with Halliday as Albery is unwell. He sends a quotation from Bulwer Lytton's 'Kenelm Chillingly' about attitudes to Macbeth and speculations on his age. He is writing a new play (unspecified). | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving's first Lyceum Macbeth was first performed on 25th September 1875. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/10) | ||
| Ref.No: | 88 | ||