| Author: | Boyle, Mary Louisa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | The Bonbonniere, 22 South Audley St | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1882?], [Dec.?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Warm appreciation of 'Much Ado About Nothing' with praise of scenery and acting. Terriss, Forbes Robertson and Ellen Terry are singled out. It is Irving's masterpiece, with much praise for his Benedick. She hopes he will take note of an amateur performance of a play by Hamilton Aidé. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'Much Ado' was first performed on 11/10//1882. Aidé's play 'Cousins' was performed at Sir Percy Shelley's house on 13th December. Mary Boyle was a talented amateur actress who had performed with Charles Dickens. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/18) | ||
| Ref.No: | 381 | ||
| Author: | Claretie, Jules Arsène Armand | ||
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| Address: | Bath Hotel, Arlington Street, Piccadilly, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, April, 8 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is in London for two days and would like to see Irving's Mephistopheles. Can he see 'Faust' tomorrow? His wife is with him and would also like to 'admire' Irving. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | In English. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/20) | ||
| Ref.No: | 403 | ||
| Author: | Claretie, Jules Arsène Armand | ||
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| Address: | 10, rue de Douai, Paris | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1879, June, 23 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | On reaching Paris he will send copy of article he wrote on 'Louis XI'. He has a play near to Irving's idea of André Chenier or better Camille Desmoulins. He will send an English translation of 'Camille Desmoulins' in four days. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In French. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/20) | ||
| Ref.No: | 402 | ||
| Author: | Claretie, Jules Arsène Armand | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Comedie Francaise, Administrateur General | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1888, Feb (?) ,16 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has not performed 'Mahomet'. He is pleased to send 'Le Temps' to Irving with an account of the performances of the Meininger at Bruxelles and of Irving's 'Faust'. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | In French - not entirely legible. 'Mahomet' was a play by de Bornier in which Irving was interested, but never performed. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/20) | ||
| Ref.No: | 404 | ||
| Author: | Claretie, Jules Arsène Armand | ||
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| Address: | Comedie Francaise, Administrateur General | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, April, 17 Sunday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Refers to Irving in 'The Bells', 'Hamlet', 'Richelieu', and 'Louis XI' also to Mounet-Sully as Hamlet. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In French - not entirely legible. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/20) | ||
| Ref.No: | 405 | ||
| Author: | Claretie, Jules Arsène Armand | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Comédie Française, Administrateur General | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, Nov., 11 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Comments on a production of 'Hamlet' at the Comédie Française. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In French. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/20) | ||
| Ref.No: | 406 | ||
| Author: | Claretie, Jules Arsène Armand | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Comédie Française, Administrateur Général | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1892?], June, 26 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Sorry not to see Irving in London but expresses admiration for his Cardinal Wolsey - forceful and picturesque. A living Holbein and a real Velasquez. Feels he has lived in the reign of Henry VIII. Compliments to Ellen Terry. Wishes to give 'The Bells' in Paris and would like to borrow maquettes, illusion advice etc. He remembers Irving so well as Mathias. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In French. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/20) | ||
| Ref.No: | 407 | ||
| Author: | Churchill, Jennie (Jeanette) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 2, Connaught Place, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1896?], [Dec.?], 16 16th Wednesday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Could she change stalls and have Tuesday instead of Monday? Mrs Beringer is bringing out a play on Monday and she wishes to attend. Would Irving wire 'yea or nay'? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Mrs Oscar Beringer, wife of Lady Randolph's music master. She directed among other plays 'The Holly Tree Inn' at Terry's Theatre opening on 28th December 1896. 'Richard III' opened at the Lyceum on 19th December. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/20) | ||
| Ref.No: | 396 | ||
| Author: | Bancroft, Squire | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 18 Berkeley Square | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1886, June (?), 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He does not know whether Mr Irving has yet signed the gold mount he left with him, if not will Stoker kindly get it done for him that night and he will call or send for it so as to take it with him the next time he calls on poor little Toole. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/44) | ||
| Ref.No: | 416 | ||
| Author: | Broadfield, Edward John | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Roseleigh, Prestwick, Manchester | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1886, June, 16 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4+1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He enjoyed seeing Irving again and appreciated his hospitality. He regrets not seeing 'Faust' twice to comprehend all the subtleties, but thinks Mephistopheles Irving's finest acting ever. Does the second costume of cloak and capote have the grim suggestion of a cardinal? He will publish parts of Irving's Oxford lecture in The Guardian if he will send a marked copy. He sends a copy of Walpole and Gray's unfavourable comments on Garrick about which they had spoken. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The lecture on 'Four Great Actors' was delivered in the New Schools on Saturday June 26th. The comments on Garrick were made after his debut as Richard III at Goodman's Fields. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/18) | ||
| Ref.No: | 418 | ||