| Author: | Hume, Fergus | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 44 Elm Park Gardens, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1901, Jan., 4 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Hume is very concerned about the play he has written for Irving which is not now to be performed. Irving has already advanced him £250 and he now asks him to buy all future rights for a further £250. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The play was 'The Vestal'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1201 | ||
| Author: | Hume, Fergus | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 44 Elm Park Gardens | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1901, Jan., 11 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Irving for his kindness in meeting his suggestion. He is a very nervous man and apologises. He will change the unsympathetic part so that Ellen Terry will play in it. He met Ellen Terry through Martin Harvey and would like an interview with her. He thanks Irving for speaking to George Alexander for him. Irving must think him very vulgar. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In Letter 1201 he had proposed a final payment of £250 for all rights in his play 'The Vestal'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1202 | ||
| Author: | Hardy, Thomas | ||
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| Address: | Savile Club, 107, Piccadilly, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1891, May, 5 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He will report Irving's opinion to the adaptors of the novel. He had told them the subject would not suit the Lyceum, and Irving was most kind to consider the play so carefully. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'The Woodlanders' was adapted in 1891 by C.W. Jarvis and J.T. Grein. (With kind permission of the Miss E.A. Dugdale Will Trust.) | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/31) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1253 | ||
| Author: | Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold | ||
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| Address: | 196 Adelaide Road, South Hampstead, NW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, Jan., 10 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He sends Irving an American edition of 'The Perils of Richard Pardon' which he originally sketched as a play - it might still have a strong drama in it. Pays tribute to production of 'Macbeth'. Irving is a great inspiration to the rising generation. As a young man Farjeon went to Sadler's Wells to see Samuel Phelps - he lists the parts Phelps played. Irving's raising of the drama to its highest level has had similar effects. He hopes Irving's knee is better. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1302 | ||
| Author: | Gilbert, William Schwenck | ||
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| Address: | 8 Essex Villas, Kensington | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1874, May, 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has conceived what he thinks will be a tremendous principal part for Irving. Would he care to hear more about it? If so make an appointment. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1316 | ||
| Author: | Gilbert, William Schwenck | ||
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| Address: | 8 Essex Villas, Kensington | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1874?], Aug., 23 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Montague's unexpected departure for America has left the piece he was writing on his hands. It was intended for Irving but since he had not written, the play was sold to Montague. Is it of any use, in which case he will write to Bateman. Irving seemed to like the original idea which has since been improved on and an act and a half finished. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | See also Letter 1316. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1317 | ||
| Author: | Gilbert, William Schwenck | ||
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| Address: | 24, The Boltons, South Kensington | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1881], July, 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | What does Irving say to a play founded on 'Le Roi S'Amuse' - not a translation but a play in which the three main characters stand in the same relation as in Victor Hugo's play? 'The Fool's Revenge' is so delicately written that he puts it out of the question. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'The Fool's Revenge', 1859, was by Tom Taylor (see also Letter 1321). The paper is watermarked 1880. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1320 | ||
| Author: | Gilbert, William Schwenck | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 24, Boltons (Printed: Yacht Chloris) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1881], July, 29 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He usually stipulates for 10% of Irving's receipts - French tariff - but if Irving objects he must think of something else. He will be back in September (is now yachting) and they can meet to talk it over. He can envisage a fine play on the subject of Rigoletto. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Paper watermarked 1881. 28 July altered to 29. See Letter 1320. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1321 | ||
| Author: | Fenn, George Manville | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Bedford Walk(?), W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1886, Oct., 22 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks to Irving for considering his piece. Sorry that 'the old bean' would not do - it would have suited Irving exactly. The next best thing will be for GMF to get it out and Irving can come to see it. Hopes to meet Irving at the Reform [Club] some time. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Fenn wrote several plays; this may be 'The Barrister' performed in Leeds in March 1887, and at the Comedy Theatre in London in September. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/23) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1351 | ||
| Author: | Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington | ||
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| Address: | 37, St.George's Road, Eccleston Square, SW. (Printed 33, Upper Merrion St, Dublin crossed through) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1877?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Often wished to suggest a remarkable play - charming and poetical - no other than old friend, the Flying Dutchman. Not the hero of Fitzball's vulgar drama but Wagner's beautiful operatic story. Hesitated to suggest because he knows Irving must be overwhelmed with suggestions. Has mentioned the subject to [W.G.] Wills but he hasn't had time yet. May he send original French piece which has spectacle, mystery, poetry, tenderness and love? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Fitzgerald's 'Vanderdecken', written jointly with W.G. Wills, opened at Lyceum on 8th June, 1878 under Mrs Bateman's management. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1410 | ||