| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Bernhardt, Sarah Henriette Rosine | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | 1894, July, 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Ellen Terry and he will be delighted to assist at her reception at the Grafton Gallery. He has heard it is the next Tuesday or on 17th. Whichever is right, they will be there. | ||
| Published: | S. Mayer, Reminiscences of a K.C., 1924, p.31. | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | Pd | ||
| Ref.No: | 7331 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Henschel, George | ||
| Address: | [London?] | ||
| Date: | 1901, June, 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He would have been delighted to accept the kind invitation of the Committee of the New Vagabond Club to meet Madame Sarah Bernhardt on 2 July, if it were in his power. Unfortunately he will be rehearsing all day and will not be free. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by Bram Stoker and signed by Irving. Rehearsals following the comparatively unsuccessful 'Coriolanus' or for the autumn tours. | ||
| Document Holder: | MOL (Reference: Irving Collection A2 (83.530)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 7335 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Beere, Fanny Mary | ||
| Address: | [London?] | ||
| Date: | 1894, Dec., 30 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for her kind letter. Warm new year wishes. It will be a delight to welcome her either at a matinee or evening performance. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Probably for 'King Arthur' which opened on 12th January 1895. | ||
| Document Holder: | MOL (Reference: Irving Collection, Letters/Cuttings, 5) | ||
| Ref.No: | 7337 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Beere, Fanny Mary | ||
| Address: | [London?] | ||
| Date: | 1901, June, 16 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Which evening will she come? He will be delighted to welcome her. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | To 'Coriolanus'? | ||
| Document Holder: | MOL (Reference: Irving Collection, Letters/Cuttings, 9) | ||
| Ref.No: | 7338 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Ellicott, Constantia Anne | ||
| Address: | 35 Great Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, W. | ||
| Date: | 1894, May, 28 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He hopes she will be free on 5th June for the matinee at Daly's. If possible he will hope to see her there. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | With a stamped addressed envelope postmarked MY 29 94. The matinee was the first performance of Pearl Craigie's one act play 'Journeys end in lovers meeting', performed by Ellen Terry, Johnson Forbes-Robertson and William Terriss. The play was afterwards performed at the Lyceum and on the American tour. | ||
| Document Holder: | MOL (Reference: Irving Collection, Letters/Cuttings, 26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 7344 | ||
| Author: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Knowles, James Thomas | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | 1890, April, 30 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He encloses his completed article. They had it printed as Irving wanted to read it (as they do for everything he wants to read), but it has been done confidentially by their own printer who prints their plays. It has not been mentioned to anyone else and he hopes the others act accordingly. He will come when Knowles wishes. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'The Nineteenth Century' vol. 27, p.1040-58 contains 3 articles on actor-managers, the first a long historical survey by Bram Stoker, with shorter contributions by Irving and Charles Wyndham. Letter 7351 reveals that all the major London actor managers had been sounded by Stoker about contributions. See also Letters 7352-53. | ||
| Document Holder: | WES (Reference: 716/61/1a) | ||
| Ref.No: | 7350 | ||
| Author: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Knowles, James Thomas | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | 1890, May, 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has seen all the people except Wyndham who is in Paris until the next day. Irving's is in hand; Hare & Bancroft will try once they have seen the article; Willard and Alexander are delighted. Stoker told them Knowles would write personally when sending the proof of the article as they would wish to hear from him. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | London actor-managers were invited to comment on Stoker's article on actor-managers. The correspondence preserved contains letters from Bancroft and Alexander later declining, and from Wyndham in the course of writing. Only essays by Stoker, Irving and Wyndham appeared. See Letters 7350, 7352-53. | ||
| Document Holder: | WES (Reference: 716/61/1b) | ||
| Ref.No: | 7351 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Royalty Theatre, Glasgow (written) Lyceum Theatre (printed and crossed through) | ||
| Recipient: | Not known | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, Sept, 14 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks his male correspondent for sending Herr Teller's card. Give Teller his kind regards. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by Louis Austin and signed by Irving. Leopold Teller the German actor, 1844-1908. | ||
| Document Holder: | MOL (Reference: Irving Collection. Letters/Cuttings) | ||
| Ref.No: | 7378 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Bournemouth | ||
| Recipient: | Wareing, Alfred John | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1899, Jan., 10 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for his letter. Irving is pleased with the account of Wareing's Society, but his convalescence will not permit him to attend dinners. He sends good wishes to the company. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by Louis Austin and signed by Irving. The Society may be the League of Audiences, which Wareing founded. | ||
| Document Holder: | MOL (Reference: Irving Collection. Letters/Cuttings) | ||
| Ref.No: | 7379 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Not known | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1892, Dec., 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for his letter, but the circumstances mentioned are already known to Irving. There is no doubt Shakespeare paraphrased Campion's description of Wolsey. (Postscript:) For most there is no sixth commandment. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by Louis Austin and signed with postscript by Irving. On 'King Henry VIII'. Irving may have meant the eighth commandment "Thou shalt not steal". A former owner has pasted a small engraving of Irving to the letter and added a note about his death on p.3. | ||
| Document Holder: | MOL (Reference: Irving Collection. Letters/Cuttings) | ||
| Ref.No: | 7381 | ||