| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 117 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury | ||
| Recipient: | Lowne, Edward Yates | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1870?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | He replies at once. He regrets the result of his innocent joke. Toole will have given Lowne the details. He had hopes of making amends but [David?] Fisher seems to have taken it to heart and although previously the best of friends is now distant. If Fisher had already been to Cheltenham and informed Macready of what he saw as the facts he must have acquitted Lowne of any blame. He had tried to draw Fisher out over Macready's probable restless night over the ludicrous business of the clown, but he was stoically reticent. If he hears anything he will at once communicate with Lowne. He deplores the annoyance caused to all by this stupid joke. It will be a lesson to him in the future. Best wishes to Toole and Lowne. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 117 Great Russell St was a lodging house. The circumstances of the joke are unknown, but Lowne was a fervent admirer of Macready. This may be connected with the obscure events mentioned in Letter 5584. David Fisher the Elder acted with Irving in 1869 in 'Formosa' at Drury Lane, and afterwards at the Olympic and Globe Theatres. | ||
| Document Holder: | RRL (Reference: Theatre Manuscript Collection) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5608 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago | ||
| Recipient: | Not known | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1893, Oct., 17 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | ... He will do all he can to honour the memory of Edwin Booth and will attend the committee meeting. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Booth died in New York on 7th June, 1893. | ||
| Document Holder: | HTC (Reference: Portrait Prints, Box 33) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5639 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Johnson | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1891, Jan., 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | They must have a chat... He would do anything possible to help Johnson and he is wrong in thinking Irving has any objection to anything he could make. He knows his difficult circumstances. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | This could be written to either Henry or Samuel Johnson or a correspondent as yet unidentified. | ||
| Document Holder: | HTC (Reference: Portrait Prints, Box 33) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5641 | ||
| Author: | Stanford, Charles Villiers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 50, Holland Street, Kensington, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1896, June, 23 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is anxious and asks Irving's help. His opera 'Shamus O'Brien' was successful the previous March and is now touring the provinces for 18 weeks from 3rd August, also America. [Augustus] Harris who ran the small company has died and the other directors and Stanford's cousin Edward Haskins, a school inspector, cannot tackle the theatrical side. They need someone to supervise things, and it would be a good opportunity. He would love to have Bram Stoker but Irving must endorse any approach. He stresses the importance of the quite light but paid work. This is not official but Irving can mention this to Stoker privately if he agrees. | ||
| Published: | P. Murray, From the shadow of Dracula, 2004, p.94-95. | ||
| Notes: | Headed: Private and Confidential. And HI 26/6/96. The result is not known, but in October Stanford told Stoker that Jessop wanted to talk to him about the provincial tour. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5342 | ||
| Author: | Macleod, Donald | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1882], Nov., 18(?) | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has never had the pleasure of meeting Irving but thanks him for the excellent article on 'Shakespeare and the closet' which he has contributed to 'Good Words'. It is beautifully thought out and expressed. When (if?) Irving has time he asks for another piece on support for the Drama. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A letter from Irving dated 28/10/1881 says that Macleod has asked for an article for 'Good Words'. Irving's article 'Shakespeare on the stage and in the study' appeared in January 1883. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2695 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Walker | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1881, Feb., 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Mr [Edwin] Booth left them on Saturday. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | FSL (Reference: MS Y.c.485) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5712 | ||
| Author: | Tisdall, Charles Edward | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 22 Herbert Place, Dublin | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, July, 13 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks Irving for the souvenir of 'Madame Sans-Gêne' highly commending the illustrations. He asks him to tell Stoker he has read 'Dracula', reminding him of seeing Boucicault in his play 'The Vampire' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and praising the book. Next month he will send Pt I of his lecture on 'Puffing' from the August 'Common Sense' based on an 1867 essay he sent Charles Dickens, which was acknowledged in a letter which he transcribes ... | ||
| Published: | P. Murray, From the shadow of Dracula, 2004, p.205 (part). | ||
| Notes: | The letter from Charles Dickens to Tisdall was dated 21/7/1867. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5388 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Jarvis, John William | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1890, June, 25 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for 'Arden of Feversham' and the Kingsland monograph on Robert Browning. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by Louis Austin. 'Robert Browning' by William G. Kingsland was published in 1890. | ||
| Document Holder: | FSL (Reference: MS Y.c.485.) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5742 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Olive, John | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, Dec., 20 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Information on Richard Burbage. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by Louis Austin. | ||
| Document Holder: | FSL (Reference: MS Y.c.485) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5753 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Riseley, George | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1900, June, 13 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving cannot meet him: please write. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by Louis Austin. | ||
| Document Holder: | FSL (Reference: MS Y.c.485) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5756 | ||