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Author:	Jefferson, Joseph
Address:	5th Avenue Hotel [New York]
Recipient:	Irving, Henry
Address:	-
Date:	1900, April, 16
Document Type:	Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary:	Jefferson has had a letter from Malorie(?) Clark, the blind journalist, who says Irving has given him a cheque for $100 for his Benefit Fund. Jefferson knows that Irving has given thousands of pounds to charity, but none more deserving. Jefferson met John Drew the day before, who says he was sandwiched between Irving and Jefferson at Buffalo. He hopes he tasted well. He hopes to see Ellen Terry and Irving before they go, but if not, God bless them both.
Published:	-
Notes:	Irving's Sixth American Tour ran from October 1899 to May 1900.
Document Holder:	THM (Reference: THM/37/7/27)
Ref.No:	1474

Author:	Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Address:	Bull Hotel, Cambridge (written) (Printed: 'Today.' A weekly magazine journal, Howard House, Arundel St, Strand, London)
Recipient:	Irving, Henry
Address:	-
Date:	189[5], [May]
Document Type:	Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary:	Could Irving let Miss Ashwell off being a corpse on Saturday? She opens there (Cambridge) at 8 and she has to catch the 5pm from St Pancras - if she misses, a terrible fiasco. Irving has been so kind to release her to play Saturday afternoon on 1st June - could he release her from the Thursday? He explains.
Published:	-
Notes:	Lena Ashwell was playing Elaine in 'King Arthur' at the Lyceum in matinees only by mid-May. Jerome's play 'The Prude's Progress', written with Eden Phillpotts, was first performed at Cambridge on 10th May 1895, before coming to the Comedy Theatre in London on 22nd May. Jerome, a former actor, was editor of 'Today'.
Document Holder:	THM (Reference: THM/37/7/27)
Ref.No:	1475

Author:	Irving, Henry
Address:	Victoria Hotel, Bamburgh, Northumberland (Lyceum Theatre crossed through)
Recipient:	Irving, Laurence Sidney Brodribb
Address:	-
Date:	[1896?], July, 25
Document Type:	Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary:	Laurence has been doing some splendid work - all those parts one after another... However rough the experience he believes the practice invaluable. He hears one should beware of Montefiore (?). Affectionately ... (Postscript:) Has just heard from Henry (H.B. Irving) - they seem both to be supremely happy. God bless them.
Published:	-
Notes:	Difficult to read. Harry Irving married Dorothea Baird on 20th July, and Irving afterwards saw them in Bamburgh.
Document Holder:	THM (Reference: THM/37/1/36)
Ref.No:	1476

Author:	Irving, Henry
Address:	Grand Hotel, Birmingham
Recipient:	Irving, Laurence Sidney Brodribb
Address:	-
Date:	[1897?], Sept.(?), 29
Document Type:	Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary:	Does he think Sardou would enjoy meeting Wilson [Barrett?]. It might amuse him. The photograph has just arrived & he will ask Mr Samuel to send him 60 or so. Laurence must let him know how the supper went off. He might ask Terriss(?) whether he has made any engagements after 'Macbeth(?)'. If not, he is happier with Irving - he's a good fellow. He is sending a copy of 'The Sketch'.
Published:	-
Notes:	Sardou was presumably in London to discuss 'Robespierre'. Terriss was not in 'Macbeth' in 1897 though in 'The Marriage of Convenience', but the letter is difficult to read.
Document Holder:	THM (Reference: THM/37/1/37)
Ref.No:	1485

Author:	Irving, Henry
Address:	Royal Bath Hotel, East Cliff, Bournemouth
Recipient:	Irving, Laurence Sidney Brodribb
Address:	-
Date:	1898, Dec., 27
Document Type:	Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary:	Come on Sunday week instead of the next Sunday and they will have more time together. At the end of that week two or three are coming. All accounts of the play are very interesting. He thought Randall(?) came out very well. He will come one night when he gets back. It must have been hard work putting it together. They will have a lot to talk over. There's a capital Sunday train at 12.5. McHardy, a doctor, came by it on Xmas day. All is going well and he feels stronger each hour. (Postscript:) He has no intention of disposing of American rights of 'Robespierre' at least at present.
Published:	-
Notes:	The play referred to may be 'The Crystal Globe' by Sutton Vane in which Laurence was appearing at the Princess's Theatre from 24th December, but no Randall seems connected with it. Professor McHardy the oculist had spent Christmas Eve 1897 with Irving when he was laid up with ruptured knee ligaments.
Document Holder:	THM (Reference: THM/37/1/38)
Ref.No:	1482

Author:	Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington
Address:	Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall
Recipient:	Irving, Henry
Address:	-
Date:	[1885], [April?]
Document Type:	Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary:	Glad Irving is back. Fitzgerald is bringing out Lamb's Dramatic Esays and as Irving is reviving 'Hamlet' Fitzgerald is encouraged to make two pages of suggestions as to how the Ghost should be played.
Published:	-
Notes:	In 1885 Fitzgerald published 'The art of the stage as set out in Lamb's dramatic essays'; 'Hamlet' was revived on 2nd May 1885.
Document Holder:	THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24)
Ref.No:	1490

Author:	Floury, Antoine
Address:	Théâtre Municipal de Chatelet
Recipient:	Irving, Henry
Address:	-
Date:	1886, Oct., 3
Document Type:	Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary:	Congratulates Irving on his performance of Mephistopheles. The production is superior and the play well acted. He thanks Irving for the seats and places the Chatelet at his disposal.
Published:	-
Notes:	In French.
Document Holder:	THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24)
Ref.No:	1494

Author:	Irving, Henry
Address:	15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W
Recipient:	Irving, Laurence Sidney Brodribb
Address:	-
Date:	[1895?], [June?]
Document Type:	Letter (4+ p.)
Content Summary:	He hopes the cares of management do not trouble Laurence. He is pluckily pushing on but cannot offer much advice as he has little faith in the venture. He explained all that to Mr Collier(?) and hoped Laurence would close the tour. He thinks the managers could have been satisfied but it is too late. All management requires capital and without backers it is not wise to make engagements. Laurence's early "starring" is not the way to make good actors. It is better first to study one's art with capable and better actors. Irving followed that course and old actors would agree with it. Harry told him how well Laurence was when he had seen him in Birmingham, and he was glad to get his message. D.L. is not for the multitude. Not one in a thousand has ever read the book.
Published:	-
Notes:	On Laurence's disastrous provincial tour of 'Uncle Silas'. The Drury Lane production was probably one in Eleanora Duse's season, which began on 3rd June.
Document Holder:	THM (Reference: THM/37/1/38)
Ref.No:	1487

Author:	Irving, Henry
Address:	Birmingham
Recipient:	Irving, Laurence Sidney Brodribb
Address:	-
Date:	1891, Sept., 30
Document Type:	Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary:	He encloses the £10 for October one month in advance. Write to him the week before the first of the month with his address. Benson had told him how well Laurence got on as Hortensio. He must take it quietly but Irving wishes he could get more important characters. Harry has done well and improved since the first night but he is not sure it was wise to launch him so boldly. He wonders if they will ever be near one another. Write to him more frequently. Harry has not written since his first night. Irving generally has 30 or 40 letters a day to get through but can always spare a moment.
Published:	L. Irving, The Successors, p.166-67.
Notes:	Irving subsidised Laurence who was an apprentice with Frank Benson's company. Harry had opened in 'School' at the Garrick Theatre in John Hare's company on 19th September 1891.
Document Holder:	BTC (Reference: 2007/0037)
Ref.No:	1502

Author:	Irving, Henry
Address:	Queen's Hotel, Penzance
Recipient:	Irving, Laurence Sidney Brodribb
Address:	-
Date:	[1904], Aug., 12
Document Type:	Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary:	He is glad Laurence is thinking of a play. His ultimate triumph lies that way. He thinks that 'Chaplain of the Fleet' was dramatised for John Clayton, but that should not interfere with any other version, but he might find out to be sure of a prior claim. It may have been only talked about. The Lord Chamberlain's Office might give information. When does his tour begin - perhaps they should meet in town where he will be in a fortnight. He is sure Laurence is enjoying the cottage. His hotel reminds him of Chicago with the noise of traction engines and motors shaking the foundations in early morning. He is having a good rest - was at Tintagel for 3 weeks - nearly a week with Harry at Sheringham & is moving on from there the next day. Love to both.
Published:	L. Irving, Precarious Crust, p.82, with omissions
Notes:	'The Chaplain of the Fleet' was a novel by Walter Besant, first dramatised in 1890.
Document Holder:	THM (Reference: THM/39/3/16)
Ref.No:	1488

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