| Author: | Tirebuck, William | ||
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| Address: | 355 Park Road, Liverpool (Stamped: St Mathew's Vicarage, Duddeston, Birmingham, crossed out) | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1888, June, 8 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Stoker for his reply on Irving's behalf about his suggestion over 'Dante'. He is glad Irving would like to see what can be done with the idea. In two months he hopes to have finished a book he is writing and he can then give attention to Dante. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Sardou's 'Dante was not produced until 1903. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/31) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2786 | ||
| Author: | Webster, Benjamin | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre (paper) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1884], [May?], [3?] | ||
| Document Type: | Misc.Document | ||
| Content Summary: | He agrees to sell to Irving the entire rights of the play 'The Dead Heart' by Watts Phillips which is his property for £600 and to take whatever steps are necessary to protect Irving's rights by giving consent to any necessary form of proceeding. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | An incomplete copy in an envelope (addressed to Edward Lawson, Arlington St) with note: £300 paid 03/05/84. | ||
| Document Holder: | BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 5)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2787 | ||
| Author: | Pollock, Walter Herries | ||
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| Address: | South Lodge, Campden Hill Road, Kensington, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1891?] Monday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Besant has sent back the play of the wicked knight who comes changed out of a trance as altered by Pollock without further alteration. May he read it to Irving? He is still thinking of Irving's other suggestion. He has recently had a very unpleasing experience in dramatic matters which has shown him, not for the first time, that Irving's insight into people is truer and keener than his own. It is unpleasant to be disillusioned about people. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Pollock addresses Irving as 'My dear "Uncle Henry" '. The play may possibly be an alteration of 'The Charm' performed in 1884, but it does seem to have been staged in London in the 1890s. Pollock's address dates from after September 1890. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/34) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2829 | ||
| Author: | Pollock, Walter Herries | ||
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| Address: | 168 Oakley St, Chelsea (Printed: Rabelais Club crossed through) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1885(?), Sept., 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (12 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He hopes Irving will answer his letter. He forgot to say that 'Chicot' now being written is an original play by Walter Besant & Walter Pollock and Irving only has rights over Pollock's part by virtue of the noble commission paid. Besant's rights must be negotiated (the Savile Club will find him) and he writes without his knowledge. Irving must say if he is not seriously thinking of producing the play so that it does not lie in his drawers with other good work while Irving produces 'Olivia'! This is not nastily meant, but he must know as it was hard to get Besant to collaborate, and the work must not lie on a shelf. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'Chicot' originally by Alexandre Dumas, which is also mentioned by Richard Mansfield, never seems to have been perfomed, unless it was turned into 'The Ballad Monger', 1887. 'Olivia' opened on 27th May 1885. Irving is now "Dear Henry". At the foot of the letter is a barely legible note by Irving directing that Pollock should call between 5 & 7. There are also initials E.T. and perhaps times, written in figures. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/34) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2830 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Thomas, William Moy | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1894, June, 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for his thoughtful suggestion. He will certainly try to see 'Izeyl' as soon as he can. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'Izeyl' starring Sarah Bernhardt and Lucien Guitry opened at Daly's Theatre on 18 June 1894. Thomas was dramatic editor of 'The Daily News'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/14/9/8(2)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2847 | ||
| Author: | Galdemar, Ange Emile | ||
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| Address: | Le Gaulois, 2 Rue Drouot 2 [Paris] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1896, Nov., 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | About the conversation they had at the Lyceum a few weeks before about Sardou's 'Robespierre' . He has just seen M. Sardou and there has been a misunderstanding. When he was told by Galdemar that Irving thought he wanted a guarantee of £10,000 he was amazed. He has never thought of asking so much. If Irving is willing to come to an understanding he will write 'Robespierre' which is in his hand, when he has finished his play for Sarah Bernhardt. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2863 | ||
| Author: | Leighton, Baldwyn | ||
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| Address: | 49 Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1891?], July, 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has read through the scenes of 'King Arthur' and made a sketch of how it should be done, with detailed comments on how the stories should be interwoven, omitting Enid and Pelleas &c. He would like to see Irving in the next three days. He is leaving town soon but will be back for a week or two in July. Irving is invited to an uninterrupted lunch on Monday or Tuesday. Is there any objection to using Tennyson's lines? He remembers discussing the subject with Mrs Greville some ten years before, and makes futher detailed comments on the outline. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Leighton discusses the version of 'King Arthur' by W.G. Wills who died in 1891. Possibly this outline was given to J.C. Carr; see Letter 2894. 'King Arthur' was not staged until January 1895. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2895 | ||
| Author: | Leighton, Baldwyn | ||
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| Address: | 49 Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1891?], June, 15 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has found the rough sketch he made for 'King Arthur' and will send something in a few days. Will Irving come to meet Burne-Jones at luncheon the next Friday? He is full of the legend of Arthur. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Leighton's involvement in 'King Arthur' has not been discussed. Irving paid £500 to W.G. Wills for his version, in 1887. This was printed in 1890 but found to be inadequate on Wills' death in 1891. J.C. Carr's version was read in 1893 and in ms. in 1894. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2894 | ||
| Author: | Thorne, James | ||
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| Address: | Vaudeville [Theatre] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1881, July, 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | They are surprised to see 'Two Roses' announced for Irving's opening play. For 10 years they have had the right of revival in London and it has been understood between Albery and themselves that they have the power of retaining that right until the end of their management at the Vaudeville. They don't think it is quite fair to them. (Postscript:) Have written Albery. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Signed by James and Thomas Thorne without surnames. See also Irving's correspondence with Albery about his play 'Two Roses'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/40) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2915 | ||
| Author: | Traill, Henry Duff | ||
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| Address: | 47, Gordon Square, WC | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, Jan., 1 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Good wishes for the New Year and Irving's speedy recovery. Would he be interested in seeing the outline of a play about ancient Egypt which he is thinking of writing with Robert Hichens. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2938 | ||