| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1884, June, 5 [i.e.7?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He hopes Lord Lytton received the precious book he returned registered, and he congratulates him and the theatre manager fortunate enough to produce the play. Mr [Wilson] Barrett is a thoroughly able man, and Irving only regrets the necessity which compelled this wise course. He is sure the play will be a success. He hopes he may sometime be able to accept the kind invitation to Knebworth which is a privilege. When they act 'Twelfth Night' he hopes Lord Lytton will come. Lytton's expressed satisfaction with some of their work is a great incentive to Irving and to Miss Terry to whom he gave Lytton's welcome message. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The reply to Letter 2183, which is dated June 6th. Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton's play 'Junius Brutus' was produced by Wilson Barrett at the Princess's Theatre on 26/01/1885. Irving produced 'Twelfth Night' at the Lyceum on 8th July 1884. | ||
| Document Holder: | HALS (Reference: DE/K/C/36/143/2) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5044 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Grundy, Sydney | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1891, July, 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Grundy for his letter of which he appreciates the spirit. He does not consider the task worthy of Grundy but wishes to benefit from his experience in a literary job which might lead to a more substantial collaboration. He thinks Grundy could accomplish the task in a week and offers £300, provided, of course, he can arrange with the author. The matter is entirely confidential and there would be no announcement if Grundy did not wish his name to appear. He has no worries about the play. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | A proposal concerning 'Schuldig' by Richard Voss. Irving's draft file copy, Letter 1132, is dated a day earlier. | ||
| Document Holder: | MAM (Reference: MM-PA-IHE) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5049 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Grundy, Sydney | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1891, July, 23 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is glad Grundy is willing to undertake the work, and at the prospect of association with him. He is expecting a letter from Austria about the play, and once everything is settled will let Grundy know. (Postcript:) Enclosed just to hand and he has no doubt they should come to terms. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving's file copy of this letter is Letter 1133. Grundy agreed to adapt 'Schuldig' by Richard Voss, but Irving did not stage it. | ||
| Document Holder: | MAM (Reference: MM-PA-IHE) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5050 | ||
| Author: | Collier, Robert | ||
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| Address: | 7 Chelsea Embankment, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, July, 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | The Select Committee of the House of Lords for consideration of the Copyright Bill is considering 3 clauses relating to the dramatisation of novels. They would like Irving's opinion at the meeting at 11 am the next Thursday. Would he appear at any time between 11 and 3 pm? If he cannot come, can he suggest a witness who could give valuable evidence on what limit to place on a novelist's veto to dramatisation during copyright without his consent, and the interests of the drama in the matter. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Collier was Chairman of the Committee. Irving nominated Bram Stoker whose evidence would also be that of a novelist. See Letters 7630 & 5112. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5111 | ||
| Author: | Ward, Mary Augusta | ||
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| Address: | Hotel Dufour, Breut, Clarens, Switzerland (25 Grosvenor Place (?) at head) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | [1902?], May, 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (8 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Some years before Irving expressed an interest in the dramatisation of her novel 'Marcella'. Isaac Henderson had advised her to keep the production based on her novel 'Eleanor' to herself in 5 matinees. Addison Bright is her agent. [George] Alexander offered 3 days but withdrew after the success of 'Paolo and Francesca' and [William] Gillette was then at the Lyceum and Irving in America. Bright will send Irving the play and she sets out stringent demands for its production: Irving to produce and play Manisty, with Marion Terry as Eleanor and Miss [Elizabeth] Robins as Alice, Mrs Ward to approve the rest of the cast. She describes the "woman's play" which she wants him to read at once and give an immediate answer. She does not return until 14th May and the 2nd week in June is most convenient for the play. Irving in the cast would interest the public. (Postscript:) Money is no object regarding 'Eleanor'. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Note: Addison Bright told not 7/5/02(?). Irving did not return from America until April 1902 to begin his final season at the Lyceum. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5411 | ||
| Author: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Tennyson, Hallam | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1892, April, 16 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Mr Irving asks him to say that he has spent his holiday over 'à Becket' which is now in the form he thinks best, and which he would like to have submitted. As Hallam and his father are so distant Irving thinks it would be best for Stoker to run down with the altered work to explain his views, in case there is anything to talk over. If this will suit them he can come down any day the next week - the sooner the better for all. Could Hallam reply by return. Regards to Lord & Lady & Mrs Tennyson. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving greatly altered the first published edition of 'Becket' of 1884, to make it suitable for performance. By courtesy of the Tennyson Research Centre, Lincolnshire County Council. | ||
| Document Holder: | TRC (Reference: 4310) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5504 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street (Garrick Club printed) | ||
| Recipient: | Tennyson, Hallam | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1875] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving has made an enquiry at [Josh- -?] but Dixon's book only embraces the lives of Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn and goes no further. He has sent, in case Alfred Tennyson does not have them, Miss Strickland's 'Mary & Elizabeth' which contains a lot of stuff which may be of use. Remember Irving most kindly to his father. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | On Garrick Club paper with address handwritten. 'Queen Mary' the first play written in what Alfred, Lord Tennyson called his "historical trilogy " ('Harold', 'Becket' and 'Queen Mary') was published in 1875. Irving played King Philip and Kate Bateman, Queen Mary on the opening night at the Lyceum, 18th April, 1876. William Hepworth Dixon wrote 'History of Two Queens' in 1873. By courtesy of the Tennyson Research Centre, Lincolnshire County Council. | ||
| Document Holder: | TRC (Reference: 3789) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5510 | ||
| Author: | Tennyson, Alfred | ||
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| Address: | Aldworth, Black Down, Haslemere | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1874?] | ||
| Document Type: | Misc.Document (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | The undersigned will never mention the title of the play, or that Tennyson is writing one at all. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Signed by Sabine Greville and Henry Irving. The document refers to Tennyson's first play 'Queen Mary' published in 1875, and performed by Irving in 1876. Hezekiah Bateman had an option on the play by the time of his death in March 1875. This document bears the pencil title "Mad Bess" not in Tennyson's hand. By courtesy of the Tennyson Research Centre, Lincolnshire County Council. | ||
| Document Holder: | TRC (Reference: 5074) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5509 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Tennyson, Hallam | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1875] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Returns the play [Queen Mary] by that post. It has just come from Mrs James. Before sending it to her Irving just had time to read it and hurriedly select scenes he thought best suited to the stage but, of course, with Tennyson's further permission Irving's absolute arrangement would be a work for some time. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Was Irving arranging a reading, or was a copy made for him to adapt? By courtesy of the Tennyson Research Centre, Lincolnshire County Council. | ||
| Document Holder: | TRC (Reference: 3796) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5511 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Tennyson, Hallam | ||
| Address: | 72, Eaton Place, Eaton Square | ||
| Date: | 1879, March, 18 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Asks Hallam Tennyson to make the appointment for the reading on Sunday at 3pm if that suits his father. Irving finds it difficult to spare a day from rehearsals, which he has recommenced. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | With stamped envelope. Probably rehearsals for 'The Lady of Lyons' produced on 17th April 1879. A reading of 'The Cup' or 'The Falcon'? By courtesy of the Tennyson Research Centre, Lincolnshire County Council. | ||
| Document Holder: | TRC (Reference: 3792) | ||
| Ref.No: | 5513 | ||