| Author: | Aston, Joseph Keech | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Brockington Grange, Bromyard, Worcester | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1899, Sept., 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He was glad to read Irving was better. He is there for vacation. The drawing room in Dean's Yard has been pulled down for local improvement. He has splendid bust of Hamlet. He has ordered a recep[tion room] with oriel window of five lights into which he wishes, with the bust, to introduce 5 Shakespeare heroines - 4 besides Ophelia. He asks Irving to suggest 4 with pleasing contrast of style of face and dress for an artist, so he can get a sketch from Mess. Powell - a well known painter of stained glass windows. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | On blank third page Irving lists: Juliet, Beatrice, Portia and Rosalind. The firm of James Powell & Sons was a major manufacturer of stained glass in this period. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/306) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6600 | ||
| Author: | Thwaites, William Ramsey Marsh | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Press Club, Sheffield | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | [Bournemouth] | ||
| Date: | 1898, Dec., 30 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thwaites is sorry that Irving's illness prevented him being their guest in Sheffield that year. Best wishes for continued recovery. Sometime ago Irving promised that Mr Ernest Moore could paint his picture. Could Irving now give him a few sittings in Bournemouth? They would like to place Irving's picture in their new Club. Mr Moore would cause Irving as little fatigue as possible. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Note top corner 'arrange next month if that will suit'. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/7/55) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6635 | ||
| Author: | Forbes, Norman | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Edinburgh | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | Windsor Hotel, Glasgow | ||
| Date: | 1898, Oct., 23 2/11 | ||
| Document Type: | Telegram | ||
| Content Summary: | Will Irving let him play Burchill. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving's note: he has no objection if not already given out. Must be settled among them. Irving was ill with pleurisy during the tour and the company carried on without him, here performing 'Olivia'. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/409) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6684 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Reeves, John Sims | ||
| Address: | Clifton Villas, Durand Gardens, Clapham, S.W. | ||
| Date: | 1898, Dec., 14 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | 'My dear old friend, Believe me I never forget you - you are very often in my thoughts and I have deeply sympathised with all your anxieties. I have had a rough time but am now nearly recovered and only need sunshine and rest. I saw Santley in Glasgow and we talked much of you. He is a good and true friend. I hope that we will meet soon and 'talk our battles over'. God bless you.' | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | Irving had been taken ill with pneumonia and pleurisy in October 1898 in Glasgow. | ||
| Document Holder: | P | ||
| Ref.No: | 6804 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Not known | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | 1884, July, 26 | ||
| Document Type: | Misc.Document (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Mr Irving regrets that owing to indisposition of Ellen Terry there will be no performance at the Lyceum that evening. Miss Terry is suffering from acute inflammation of the hand and rather than offer an imperfectly rehearsed performance Mr Irving has regretfully decided to close the theatre for that night. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | A ms. draft. See also Letters 6238-39. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/8/15) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6807 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | [Lyceum Theatre] | ||
| Recipient: | Not known | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | 1887, Jan., 28 | ||
| Document Type: | Misc.Document (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Mr Irving regrets that through indispostion Miss Ellen Terry is unable to play that evening. The part of "Margaret" will be taken by Miss Winifred Emery. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A printed notice with ink alterations by Irving. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/8/12) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6813 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Mortimer, James | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, March, 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is suffering from a very bad cold which he fears was increased the day before at Drury Lane. Must look after himself on Sunday. Can Mortimer come on Thursday 18th March - next Sunday fortnight? On the eleventh he has to be away otherwise he'd ask Mortimer to fix that day. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | P | ||
| Ref.No: | 6838 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Provincial Tour, 1900 paper [Sheffield] | ||
| Recipient: | Not known | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1900, Dec., 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Misc.Document (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Doctors say can cure himself absolutely if removes cause - but cause will never be removed under present conditions of work - & unless he gets into high & dry climate where mucous membrane of nose & throat will heal & dry - & return to normal. Persistence would lead to permanent & dangerous bronchitis when reasonable caution would effect complete cure. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In pencil, apparently in Irving's own hand, and just possibly not about his own case. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/8/178) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6864 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | [Bournemouth] | ||
| Recipient: | Pinero, Arthur Wing | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1898], Dec., 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Telegram | ||
| Content Summary: | Love & greeting - hearty thanks for sweet letter. Matter of little time only. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | This is a reply to Pinero's letter of 16th December (Letter 2341) offering help, but Irving's letter of reply (Letter 2342) is dated 20th December. Possibly this telegram was not sent or the letter was held back or misdated. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/8/201) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6877 | ||
| Author: | Terry, Ellen Alice | ||
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| Address: | Boston | ||
| Recipient: | Austin, Louis Frederick | ||
| Address: | [London?] | ||
| Date: | [1884], [Feb.], [25] | ||
| Document Type: | Telegram | ||
| Content Summary: | Don't believe it. They are all in best of health and spirits & she has never been better. That night return visit - enormous enthusiasm - 'Louis XI' & 'Belle's Stratagem'. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A draft telegram in Irving's hand. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/8/445) | ||
| Ref.No: | 6898 | ||