| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | [Glasgow] | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1898], [Oct.], [26] Wedy | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | What's the best way to answer this? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A pencil note marked answered by Stoker on that date. Irving was just beginning to recover from pleurisy. The letter or article to be answered is not yet identified. The note may have been included with Letter 6399. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/228) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6398 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Provincial Tour, 1898 [Glasgow] | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1898], [Oct.], [26] Wedy | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | All going well. He is up the first time. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Dated by Stoker. Irving was just beginning to recover from pleurisy. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/230) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6399 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | [Glasgow] | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1898], [Oct.], 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Would something like this be good for London papers, but tip (?) a little. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A pencil note on a scrap pad leaf, dated by Stoker. Irving was just beginning to recover from pleurisy. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/227) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6400 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | The Windsor Hotel, Glasgow | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | 18 St Leonard's Terrace, Chelsea, London, S.W. | ||
| Date: | [1898], [Nov.], [7] Monday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Send a few gracious sentences for reply to this very gracious letter. No possibility of going to Da--y [Dalmeny] for he is to do nothing for some time still. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A pencil note on a scrap pad leaf, with envelope postmarked NO 7 98. This is the answer for Letter 2801 from Lord Rosebery inviting Irving to convalesce at Dalmeny. Received in London on 8th November, with note by Stoker that it was answered on 9th. With various notes by Stoker on the envelope mentioning J. Parkinson, J.S. Lawson(?), G. Lewis and Joseph Conrad's 'The Nigger of the Narcissus', &c. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/233) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6401 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | The Windsor Hotel, Glasgow | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | 18 St Leonard's Terrace, Chelsea, London, S.W. | ||
| Date: | [1898], [Dec.], [1] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Encloses mail he telegraphed about day before. Was sent to Lyceum which seems stupid. They won't know he is away. Are they hurrying up? He supposes they are difficult to move. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Enveloped postmarked DE 1 98. Irving was still convalescing after his attack of pleurisy. Those concerned are not identified. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/234) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6402 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | [Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood] | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | [Lyceum Theatre] | ||
| Date: | [1899], May, 22 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | This is not fair (see X) Public should be told he will not preside on Thursday or disappointment will fall on his head at the meeting & it will seem he has been compelled by illness to break another public engagement. All well. (At head:) Should like telegram on Wednesday Queen's Birthday - respectful duty &c. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | With notes by Stoker that done 23.5/99 and the same on his own part. Queen Victoria was 80 on 24th May. The cutting referred to is not present. The likely envelope is at RL2/8/483. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/239) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6409 | ||
| Author: | Escott, Thomas Hay Sweet | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 90, Buckingham Road, Brighton | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897(?), April, 18 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Apologises for inflicting lines from 'one laid up'. Some years ago Irving asked him to write something giving a detailed but untechnical account of recent politics at home. Irving may have forgotten but Escott sends two articles he has written for the Quarterly Review. Hope Irving is recovering from his accident. Escott is pulling round. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | Letter dictated because of illness. Articles 'Rival Party Leaders & their Legacies', Quarterly Review, Oct. 1896; 'Cosmopolitan in the House of Commons', Quarterly Review, Jan. 1897. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/23) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1270 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1897], [Feb.], [16] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Please give enclosed(?) to Loveday. Ashton says Prince is sure to come, so will announce Saturday 27th... | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The rest is illegible. Hand delivered envelope, dated by Stoker. This is Irving's return to play Richard III on 27th February after the accident to his knee. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/216) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6421 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Palace [Hotel, Edinburgh] (Lyceum Theatre crossed out) | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1897], [Nov.], [24] Wedy | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Getting all right again. Will be in Liverpool Sunday, and next day goes to town for 3 days. McBride says best to go South where many little things to do - better than to go away. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Letter dated by Stoker. Note on back G7 Box Sat mat or Sat night. Irving had had throat trouble during his Scottish tour. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/205) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6426 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Royal Bath and East Cliff Hotel, Bournemouth | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | Theatre Royal, Brighton | ||
| Date: | [1898], [Dec.], [28] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Send him formal reply that as through illness has had to forgo public engagements, it would be impossible to appear in public. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Postmark 28 DE 98. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/225) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6428 | ||