| Author: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
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| Address: | 32, St George's Road, Eccleston Square, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1882], Oct., 24 Tuesday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He expands on his financial difficulties mentioned the previous August. His fortune of £70,000 is still tied up. Irving can help. Marshall's family, except a sister in a convent, is against him. He has sold all his books of value but cannot pay £400 due immediately. He would repay a loan from Irving at the usual interest on the security of his copyrights. Irving has already been kind. He assigns him the copyright of 'Robert Emmet' for the £250 paid. He will give copies of the additions by 1st December. It would make a good novel. Marshall has had 10 years ill luck and cannot get his plays staged and has lost confidence. Irving's friendship has been the one bright spot. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The copyrights mentioned are: 'False Shame', 'Family Honour', a one act play Irving has (No. 50) and a new comedy never acted. The three first had been performed in the 1870s. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/30) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2559 | ||
| Author: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
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| Address: | 32, St George's Road, Eccleston Square, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1882, Oct., 27 [No.2] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He assigns the entire copyright of 'Robert Emmet' or 'A Noble rebel' to Irving for £450. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The formal written agreement referred to in Letter 2560. An earlier agreement exists signed and dated 1879 which includes the right of renewal in five years (Letter 8012). | ||
| Document Holder: | BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 2)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2561 | ||
| Author: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
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| Address: | 8, Bloomsbury Square, WC | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1889?], Oct., 31 Thursday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4+ p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He assumes Irving has seem W.A.'s [William Archer's] piece in 'The World'. He sends a few extracts of what he has written between 2 and 4 when he is lying awake because of his incurable liver complaint - he cannot sleep more than 5 hours. Irving has encouraged new authors by ordering plays from them. He compares Irving favourably with Garrick who never paid for pieces and kept them in a drawer. He disparages Archer's dyspeptic criticism and calls Ibsen flabby and morbid. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Marked: Private. With three sheets of notes attached. The letter is unsigned but may not have anything missing. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2564 | ||
| Author: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
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| Address: | 2 Clifton Gardens, Folkestone | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, Feb., 16 Saturday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (6 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Mr Mellish the clergyman for whom he asked for tickets for 'Macbeth' received neither tickets nor letter and Marshall felt guilty for asking for so many. Arnold Palmer returned. How did Irving like it? He encloses the prospectus of a cigar association for which he asks Irving's support. He sends the final part of the 'Hamlet' stage history and asks his advice, mentioning various actors. He hopes Irving will understand his reticence about the Lyceum 'Macbeth' for various reasons. All his promissory notes are now paid but Irving must remember he paid him £50 the previous August. He takes this as part of the £96 due. He receives nothing from Blackie and is £5 out of pocket each month. For 'Robert Emmet' he has received nothing. Could he rework it for Irving? They are all well. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Blackie was the publisher of 'The Irving Shakespeare' which Marshall was editing. 'Robert Emmet' was staged by Boucicault in America. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/30) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2566 | ||
| Author: | Guthrie, Thomas Anstey | ||
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| Address: | 16 Duke Street Mansions, Grosvenor Square, W | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1891, June, 13 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He returns the agreement, read and approved. He prefers to limit it to five years for the present. His Christian name is Thomas and what the F stands for he never knew. It was originally a printer's error for T and he stuck to it. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Pseudonym F. Anstey. Nicoll lists no plays by Anstey before 1901. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/44) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2594 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | T.R. Sheffield (15A Grafton Street printed address crossed out) | ||
| Recipient: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1878, Nov., 26 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He wants Marshall to write a preface of about 70 or 80 words for the edition of 'Hamlet' he means to publish for sale at the Lyceum. Irving's views are the same as his. Not about the character of Hamlet but more of the picturesqueness of the play, which he wishes to be carried out. Look at the tempting on the cliff, the business of Ophelia in the evening - he quotes from the play. The coming of Spring with brighter trees at the catastrophe - what they talked over in Manchester. He will be in Birmingham for a fortnight from Monday and if Marshall comes down for a night he will be glad to see him. (Postscript:) He asks about the progress of 'Emmet'. He has bought a good copy of Ben Jonson. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'Hamlet' was to open at the Lyceum on 30th December. Marshall was writing a play about Robert Emmet for Irving. Note at head: Received 27th Nov. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/14/9/8(3)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2611 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W | ||
| Recipient: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1886, Feb., 5 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Revise just to hand. When Marshall approves please send back there and he will have it in book form. New scene (4th Act) splendid - wonderful improvement but should end after the sound of Ulric's voice. "God how that voice seems to chill my heart" (something like that) then quick curtain. No talk about processions or not trusting poor old Werner. Good in theory but dangerous in practice of successful fall of curtain. (Postscript:) Glad about Julian Marshall's letter? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Marshall was adapting Lord Byron's 'Werner' for Irving. The date is altered in ink from 4th February. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/14/9/8(3)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2615 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W | ||
| Recipient: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, March, 17 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He finds it necessary for the effect he wants to return to the scene of the secret passage, and a few lines for Faber, something like this[six lines of text]. In Kreutzner(?) it says he hides among the mountains [quotes]. Blackie has written from Glasgow to see him on Monday. He seems full of fear and trepidation. He supposes Macmillan's Jubilee Edition [of Shakespeare] has pricked(?) business. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Marshall was revising 'Werner' of which the single performance was on 1st June 1887. Blackie was publishing 'The Henry Irving Shakespeare' which Marshall was editing. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/14/9/8(3)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2616 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre, London | ||
| Recipient: | Possart, Ernst von | ||
| Address: | Theatre Leipzig | ||
| Date: | 1890, Sept., 26 | ||
| Document Type: | Telegram | ||
| Content Summary: | Greeting. He would be glad to obtain the English acting right of 'Oliver Cromwell' - if it were in Possart's power to secure it for him, if on reading the play he found it suitable and terms were reasonable. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Draft telegram with Irving's name in Bram Stoker's hand. The play by Rudolph Gottschall. | ||
| Document Holder: | BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 2)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2679 | ||
| Author: | Hornung, Ernest William | ||
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| Address: | 14, Rossetti Mansions, Chelsea, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1894, Oct., 1 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Only just moved in so apologises for delay in answering letter of 26 September. Very difficult to supply scenario of piece at present - still vital parts undecided when Doyle went away. He has all the MSS and notes for latter part of play with him. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Hornung was brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. | ||
| Document Holder: | BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 2)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2689 | ||