| Author: | Priestley, Eliza | ||
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| Address: | 17, Hertford Street, Mayfair | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, April, 30 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving is part of a deputation going to visit the Home Secretary about 'Children on the Stage'. She has always thought that children who acted in the Drury Lane pantomime had a better chance of recovery from dangerous illness than their sick neighbours. She had experience of this when Dr Priestley was at King's College Hospital in a ward for sick children founded by Mr Peter Baillie. She is angered by the present outcry and hopes reason and commonsense will prevail. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving quoted this letter in full in his speech during a deputation of managers to the Home Secretary on the employment of children in the theatre on 17th May 1889. The text of the speech is at SCL (RL2/57/112). | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/34) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2773 | ||
| Author: | Swinburne, Algernon Charles | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Gosse, Edmund William | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1891], Aug., 15 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | If Irving wishes to recite his published verses on the Marlowe memorial he has no objection. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The letter was passed to Irving. See his correspondence with Edmund Gosse about unveiling the Marlowe Memorial at Canterbury, 1891. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/31) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2784 | ||
| Author: | Sayers, Joseph Draper | ||
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| Address: | Executive Office, Austin, Texas | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | London, England | ||
| Date: | 1900, Nov., 20 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He acknowledges with pleasure the receipt through Messrs Speyer & Co of New York of a cheque for $6085.66cts, the proceeds of a performance on 16th September at Drury Lane given by Irving for storm sufferers on the Texas Coast. He sends thanks through Irving to those associated with him. Tell them that it will be distributed where it is most needed among the storm sufferers and will always be remembered with feelings of gratitude. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Typewritten. A benefit after the Galveston hurricane on 8th September. The performance was actually on 16th October. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/40) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2808 | ||
| Author: | Thomas, Walter Brandon | ||
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| Address: | 2, Harley Place, N.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, May, 4 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Can he use the Lyceum for Amy Roselle's matinée? He is supported by most of the ladies on the Committee. Mrs Kendal will do all she can and Miss Terry will be their guiding star. Their ambition is for the Lyceum as an overwhelming compliment to the lady. Miss Roselle has led a beautiful life and she has not been in that position before. Irving is their King and they would be most grateful for the loan. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Headed: Private. Irving agreed and the matinée was on 16th June when he acted Shylock in the Trial Scene and £339 was raised. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/27) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2811 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Earl's Court | ||
| Recipient: | Times, The | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, Jan., 12 Tuesday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | The Drama in the Victorian Era Exhibition. As Chairman of the Committee Irving asks for loans of objects reflecting 60 years of theatre history. The committee members are listed. | ||
| Published: | The Times as above | ||
| Notes: | Austin Brereton was Secretary. Arthur Sullivan wrote in similar terms for Music on 29th January. | ||
| Document Holder: | Pd | ||
| Ref.No: | 2815 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Times, The | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1900, June, 21 Thursday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | The Canadian Matinée. Irving complains about the article on 'The Story of Waterloo' at the matinée. He has not tampered with Conan Doyle's original text. | ||
| Published: | The Times as above. | ||
| Notes: | See Letter 6416. | ||
| Document Holder: | Pd | ||
| Ref.No: | 2816 | ||
| Author: | Pollock, Walter Herries | ||
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| Address: | 9 Southsea Terrace, Southsea | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1895, May, 31 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Irving as he would have come up if it had been in his absence. He wants to go on in the Ball Room scene for old Sala's(?) sake and especially wants Irving to let him see the working of the Ghost Trap for his article on Traps in his forthcoming Dictionary of the Theatre. Irving should look in the next day's 'National Observer' for an article about him and Besant. His wife sends love. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Pollock may have asked the date for the presentation celebrating Irving's knighthood, or the unidentified benefit. 'The Corsican Brothers' had a special trap for the appearance of the ghost. Pollock's Dictionary does not seem to have been published. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/34) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2835 | ||
| Author: | Leighton, Baldwyn | ||
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| Address: | 49 Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1888?], May, 20 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thought Irving would like to know Miss Vanbrugh played very well in their comedy. Their room was very small but half the audience were in tears. He asks for support for the People's Palace Entertainments. Could Irving recite or read something one afternoon? 'Eugene Aram' or Shakespeare? He gives a list of those who have promised to help. No payments except expenses. Would Ellen Terry give her name too? The hall holds 2,500. 21 of 57 performances are arranged. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | This is probably Violet Vanbrugh but the play is unidentified. The People's Palace Entertainments were held in the Queen's Hall, opened in 1887, which later became part of Queen Mary College, in Mile End Road, Whitechapel. The President was Cyril Flower, Lord Battersea.Those supporting the entertainments include Mrs Sterling, Lady Monckton and Augustus Harris. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2893 | ||
| Author: | Tyack, Henry Simons | ||
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| Address: | The Actors' Association, 6 Duke Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Date: | 1891, May, 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Mr Macklin informs him that Irving has consented to take the chair at the first Council Meeting. The time fixed is May 15th at 1pm. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by a clerk, and the signature may be a stamp. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/41) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2897 | ||
| Author: | Tenniel, John | ||
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| Address: | 10, Portsdown Road, Maida Hill, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1881, July, 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He cannot be present at the Theatrical Fund dinner on Friday. He sends a modest contribution to the Subscription List. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/40) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2902 | ||