| Author: | Barrie, James Matthew | ||
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| Address: | 14 Gloucester Walk, Campden Hill, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1892, Sept., 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | He is now back in town. Will he have proofs of the 'Professor' to correct? Hare wrote to ask if he had arranged about a comedy with Irving, and whether he could see it. He told Hare of the arrangement and Hare said he had asked Irving to see the play if Irving decided not to produce it. No one shall see it as long as Irving favours it. Toole was only able to offer half the terms Irving mentioned. It would be a rare pleasure to see how 'King Lear' is stage managed at some rehearsal if not against the rules. Barrie has a passion for stage management. He has damaged his writing finger ... | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | With note of answer - sent to Hare before (?). 23/9/92. 'The Professor's Love Story' was finally produced by E.S. Willard in 1894. 'King Lear' was produced at the Lyceum on 10/11/1892. A typewritten transcript is at THM/37/1/32. | ||
| Document Holder: | SCL (Reference: RL2/6/318) | ||
| Ref.No: | 250 | ||
| Author: | Barrie, James Matthew | ||
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| Address: | 14 Gloucester Walk, Campden Hill, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1892, Sept., 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is extremely disappointed although perhaps Irving is wise. Barrie thought it would be a kind of holiday after Shakespeare. Can he come to a Lyceum rehearsal - not a dress one. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving had finally decided against Barrie's 'The Professor's Love Story' which was produced by E.S. Willard in 1894. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/14) | ||
| Ref.No: | 251 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15a, Grafton Street, Bond Street,W. | ||
| Recipient: | Campbell, Gertrude Elizabeth | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1893, May, 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Has considered Lady Colin's excellent scenario for her play about Dean Swift. The two women played a small part in Swift's life and this would deprive audience of theatrical necessity - human interest. Read book on Swift by Mrs W; powerful but leaves sense of mystery. Swift seems cold-hearted and veering towards mental drangement. He outlines the risk of such a play. Little of Swift's history would appeal. Only Irving's personal opinion. Her scenario shows remarkable skill. He does not presume to make a final judgment. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A photographic copy. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/33) | ||
| Ref.No: | 263 | ||
| Author: | Campbell, Gertrude Elizabeth | ||
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| Address: | 67, Carlisle Mansions, Victoria, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1893, March, 22 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She has been battling diffidence for six months before approaching Irving to ask for interview to show him a play she and a friend have written about Dean Swift. Only Irving could play the part and if not she would destroy the manuscript. Edmund Yates is returning next week and is well after 3 months on Riviera. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19) | ||
| Ref.No: | 261 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15a, Grafton Street, Bond Street,W. | ||
| Recipient: | Campbell, Gertrude Elizabeth | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1893, March, 29 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Nothing would be more impressive than to hear her scenario from her own lips but impossible at present as he is overwhelmed with work. Could she let him have scenario of the play about Dean Swift to read as he can take it away with him for a few days. Did she know that Gladstone had been full of this subject as a play? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A photographic copy. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/33) | ||
| Ref.No: | 264 | ||
| Author: | Campbell, Gertrude Elizabeth | ||
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| Address: | 67, Carlisle Mansions, Victoria, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1893, March, 30 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She would have sent scenario sooner but is troubled by a rheumatic hand. She and her friend have used as many of Swift's utterances as possible and the scene with Vanessa is based on Swift's poem. She hopes that the play finds favour and that Irving will play 'the great Protestant cardinal'. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | See Letter 261. A play 'Bud and Blossom' by Lady Colin Campbell was performed at Terry's Theatre on 03/06/1893. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19) | ||
| Ref.No: | 262 | ||
| Author: | Bancroft, Marie Effie | ||
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| Address: | 18, Berkeley Square | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1889?], Nov., 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She thinks she is free on 28th and is delighted. She will bring a little old lady who never goes to the theatre ... She likes Bogie [Squire Bancroft] in his last dress; he looks very handsome. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | This probably refers to her husband Squire Bancroft as the Abbé Latour in 'The Dead Heart'. She signs herself 'Alice's little mother'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/13) | ||
| Ref.No: | 288 | ||
| Author: | Barrymore, Maurice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 55 Torrington Square, WC | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1896?] Mon. | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has written a a play he is anxious to submit to Irving. They had met some years before at Hamilton Aidé's. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Only plays by Barrymore performed in 1881 and 1886 are recorded, but the letter is written after Irving's knighthood. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/14) | ||
| Ref.No: | 300 | ||
| Author: | Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington | ||
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| Address: | Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1889?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Praise for an unspecified performance, mentioning 'the ghost'. Wishes Irving would consider reviving the Flying Dutchman. Irvingiana now in eight ponderous volumes. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Probably on 'Macbeth' which opened on 29th December 1888. Fitzgerald wrote part of the unsuccessful 'Vanderdecken' and later revised the play. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1464 | ||
| Author: | Chambers, Charles Haddon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 48, Clanricarde Gardens, Bayswater, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1889?], Feb., 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for sending box for 'Macbeth'. Great praise - he could send more but Irving might think he had dark design to influence Irving to read one of Chamber's plays | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/20) | ||
| Ref.No: | 317 | ||