| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1888], [July] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | The problem is difficult; he doesn't know any between whom the wardrobe might be divided and selling the things would fetch little. Mrs Haines' [ ] would perhaps recommend Lord Henry(?) to the best market and perhaps some dealer away from theatrical wardrobes would be best. The Neilson Fund (Toole, Scott & Lane the trustees) does much good and would be glad on any addition. [A final note is illegible.] Irving was off to Scarborough for a few weeks. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A draft reply to Letter 4642, written on the inner side of the folded leaf of Watson's letter. Lord Henry [Somerset?] had been asked to dispose of the theatrical wardrobe and jewellery of the dead actress Hilda Hilton for the benefit of another actress. The Neilson Fund was bequeathed by the actress Adelaide Neilson. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/42) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4647 | ||
| Author: | Labouchère, Henrietta | ||
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| Address: | 5 Old Palace Yard, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1892], [Jan.?] Sunday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She is helping to get up an entertainment for a very good charity. Will Irving recite? Tosti is providing the music and several of the best artists will sing. At Prince's Hall Piccadilly on Wednesday afternoon 30th March. It would be asking too much of Nelly [Ellen] Terry to recite - she has such hard work, but Irving is stronger and can get through more work. This is the first favour she has asked and she will not bother him again. They want to raise about £500. She has not seen 'Henry VIII' yet. They have both had influenza. She is looking forward to it, hearing it is perfect. Is irving giving any morning performances? Dora is anxious to see the play. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | She does not name the charity concerned. 'Henry VIII' opened on 5th January. Dora was her daughter. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4653 | ||
| Author: | Sothern, Edward Askew | ||
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| Address: | 2 Norfolk Road, Edgbaston, B'ham [Birmingham] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1869?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He returns the cheque as it complicates matters. Send one to Mr Morton T.R.H. [Haymarket](He arranges all these matters about B's Bru) and put on comedy 'Blanchard's Bell'. Otherwise he may fancy it's a thoughtful present from Irving to him - & refuse it. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | It is just possible that this refers to Thomas Haynes Bayley's burletta 'The Spitalfields Weaver' which Irving and J.L. Toole performed at benefits at Drury Lane on 11/03/1869 and in Holborn on 4/04/1870 but the reference is obscure. Morton may be the dramatist John Maddison Morton. Sothern is said to have returned to America after 1869. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/38) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4689 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, April, 8 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He states when he will be at the theatre. Referring to 'Werner', he had no objection to [Clement] Scott's mentioning Marshall's association in the work, but he did object to the mention that several new scenes had been written. That should have come later and from Irving. "Anything more calculated to ... sharpen the quills of the detractors could not be imagined." He comments on the prying habit so common in journalism ... What about dinner? | ||
| Published: | I.K. Fletcher, Catalogue no.220, 1966, item 230. | ||
| Notes: | Addressed "Dear Frank" and signed "affectionately ever yours" but partly illegible. Byron's 'Werner', revised by Marshall, was performed on 1st June 1887 at a benefit for John Westland Marston. A digital image of this letter is at http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/phl | ||
| Document Holder: | HLC (Reference: Box 7, Folder 35) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4705 | ||
| Author: | Mary, (Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth) | ||
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| Address: | White Lodge, Richmond Park | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1890, March, 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She recollects Irving’s help at a Charity concert she organized in summer 1883 and is encouraged to request his aid at a concert Baroness Burdett Coutts is organizing for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at St James’ Hall on the afternoon of Friday 13th of June under the patronage of the Queen. Madame Albani has promised to sing. Can she count on Irving if he is in London? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/40) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4739 | ||
| Author: | Teck, Francis Paul Karl Ludwig Alexander | ||
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| Address: | White Lodge, Richmond Park | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1883, April, 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Princess Mary thanks Irving for his kind answer. The Concert is at St James’ Hall on May 31st. He will tell Mr Ganz to communicate with Irving about arrangements. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/40) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4746 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Russell House, Detroit | ||
| Recipient: | Fields, Annie | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1884, Oct., 19 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is unable to carry out her suggestion for a Benefit for the associated charities in Boston. He has already had to refuse so many similar appeals in various cities that he would cause great offence by breaking a rule he has been forced to make. He would have been only too glad to aid her cause, not only for her sake but also for the sake of the friend of them both - Miss Hogarth. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Addressed "My dear Madam" but Mrs Fields is identified by the reference to Georgina Hogarth, the sister-in-law of Charles Dickens, also found in Letter 4761. | ||
| Document Holder: | HUL | ||
| Ref.No: | 4760 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | [Boston] | ||
| Recipient: | Fields, Annie | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1899, Nov., 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He could not thank her the previous night as he wished for the beautiful wreath. She was talking then of Miss Hogarth, a true friend of his, and if Mrs Fields should be writing to her he asks for his best love to be sent. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Georgina Hogarth, the sister-in-law of Charles Dickens. | ||
| Document Holder: | HUL | ||
| Ref.No: | 4761 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Furnivall, Frederick James | ||
| Address: | 3 St George's Square, Primrose Hill, N.W. | ||
| Date: | 1885, Nov., 16 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Much as he would wish to comply with Furnivall's desire he cannot do so. A present their stage is in constant use all day in the production of 'Faust'. It would have given him the greatest pleasure to have helped the members of the Browning Society in any possible way and only urgent necessity prevents compliance. He wishes them good luck on Thursday. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | With stamped envelope. Furnivall had asked to use the theatre for a performance and rehearsal of 'Columba's Birthday' on 19th November; see Letter 1738. 'Faust' was in rehearsal at the Lyceum whilst 'Olivia' ran at night. | ||
| Document Holder: | HUL | ||
| Ref.No: | 4763 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Scott, Clement William | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, March, 4 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is truly sorry for poor Mr Mortimer & glad much is in his favour to give him a leg up. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | At head Scott has written: Zaehnsdorf CS, indicating preservation by the book binder. Mortimer is probably the journalist and playwright James Mortimer. | ||
| Document Holder: | HUL | ||
| Ref.No: | 4767 | ||