| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Florence | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1867, [Feb.] Friday evening | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | On Sunday he is committed to spending the evening with a cleric and his blue-stocking wife. He regrets it is he who has to pass the invitation to Clement Scott. Nothing will stop him from seeing her, if only to say good night. He refers to a secret, and regrets that Mrs Frank's information is faulty. He will play the lout the O'Hooligan. His vanity says it will cause him difficulties. He had an interview with Fechter who offered an engagement, but he declined for weighty reasons he will tell her later. | ||
| Published: | L. Irving, p.136-37 (with omissions). | ||
| Notes: | Typewritten transcript. Mrs Frank may be Mrs Frank Matthews, or possibly Mrs Frank Marshall. The new play was 'The Rapid Thaw'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/9) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1772 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Florence | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1867?], [Nov.?] Friday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | The enclosed is from a new "star" at the Lyceum under Smith's management - but he would have preferred the Queen's. Liston has asked terms and will probably settle. Irving is to play Sir Thomas Clifford and John Peerybingle. He has a new long part and wishes to defer his visit and change weekend arrangements involving her mother to save his "poor weak joints". | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | It is interesting that Irving might have appeared much earlier at the Lyceum, which was managed by E.T. Smith, 1867-69. These arrangements fell through and Irving went to the Queen's Theatre in December 1867. He never played Sir Thomas Clifford in 'The Hunchback', but played John Peerybingle in 'Dot' with J.L. Toole in 1869. The new long part might be Ferment in 'The School for Reform'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/4) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1776 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Florence | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1869], [April?] Sunday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He asks her to write more often. He considers himself a "very ill-used young man" but the delightful surprise compensates for eveything. Her letter was cheery and charming. He had been moping for her these last weeks. Mrs Charley [Charles Mathews] said Flo was ill and he hopes she is now well and will blossom with the Spring. He passed her house with Toole recently but said nothing. Toole was pleased with Flo's note. He wanted to send a Box for Thursday but Irving had scruples. He feels her mother likes him now - she must have their true love confirmed. Fechter wants him to act on tour in 'Black and White' but he is undecided - Toole may want him. Irving would want £12 a week.... | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Typewritten transcript unfinished, or with missing page. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/9) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1788 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Florence | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1869], [May?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | It is a long time since he saw or heard of her. Yesterday he was at Croydon and thought of her. Does she remember their trip there? Was he in her black books the last Tuesday? She seemed a little severe. He encloses 2 seats for the Alhambra - bring Mrs Bullen who said she wanted something wild. The bill is changed for Toole's benefit. The Colonel [Bateman?] has been with Irving that night. If Flo is home on Sunday night may he bring Toole for a couple of hours? He again refers to Fechter wanting him on tour. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Typewritten transcript. Toole's benefit was on 7th May and his season at the Standard Theatre ended on May 8th. His company performed in Croydon on May 10th and 11th. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/9) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1792 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Florence | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1869], [May?] Saturday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | She will see that Fechter is to tour without him. He encloses English's so she may judge for herself. At present he is at liberty after [June] 6th and vexed and disappointed. They cannot marry until something definite is fixed. On the brighter side his debts and insurance will be settled before they next meet. He asks for her thoughts - her last letter was very chary. He has just given a successful recital and sends papers. He thinks a reading worth considering. On tour in next 2 weeks: Gloucester, Hanley, Dundee, Glasgow, Birmingham. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Typewritten transcript. The tour started in Croydon on May 10th. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/9) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1793 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | [Glasgow?] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Florence | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1869], [May?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | His dreary room seems bright that day - her joy is contagious. He is delighted with the kindness of Flo's sister & husband. He lists his tour dates and venues to the end of June. Toole thinks that until this scrambling tour is over they had better wait to get married. What does she think? He does not think she should come on tour with him. He sends her some seats for 'Josephine' and some others, also a parasol. He hopes he will find a letter when he gets home that night. (Postscript:) Don't pay the bearer for this as he thinks she once did. | ||
| Published: | L. Irving, p.155 (part). | ||
| Notes: | Typewritten transcript. 'Josephine, the child of the Regiment' by J.B. Buckstone. The letter may date from earlier when Irving was still in London or Croydon. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/9) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1795 | ||
| Author: | Outine, Natalie | ||
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| Address: | 138, Marylebone Road. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1876, April, 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (8 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | On this occasion she gives name and address as she asks a great favour. She is shortly to leave England and is desperate to meet Irving in person. Throughout her life she has studied Shakespeare and has been dissatisfied with performances all over Europe. Disliked 'Romeo & Juliet' at the Haymarket but found her ideal embodiment in Irving's Macbeth. She does not know which of his subsequent three performances she admires most and praises his person, ability as an actor, as a public man and as a private man coping with sorrows of his private life. She offers him esteem and thanks. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | Well written in continental style. Irving's labours have 'added many a silver hair to your dark curls and made your delicate frame thinner'! | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/33) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1826 | ||
| Author: | Lacy, Walter | ||
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| Address: | 19 Princes Street, Cavendish Square | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, May, 6 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Irving for his 80th birthday gift of a beautiful gold pencil case enriched with Irving's name. He also mentions a gold backed riband in a case and refers to his children Walter and Deborah. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1849 | ||
| Author: | Lacy, Walter | ||
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| Address: | 19 Princes' Street, Cavendish Square, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1892, Feb., 6 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Birthday greetings. He is glad that Laurence is recovering. Lacy's own son Walter has been very ill with the dreaded infuenza. He hopes to see Irving in tragedy again (and can be offered a box for the next Wednesday). He has seen Fechter's Hamlet recently and comments that Irving's Hamlet was the one that set the Shakespearean ball rolling. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'King Henry VIII' had just opened. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1853 | ||
| Author: | Lacy, Walter | ||
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| Address: | Garrick Club, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1892, June, 12 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He comments on Irving as Richelieu and Wolsey with much praise. He contrasts Irving with Macready who he calls a good actor of bad-tempered parts. Macready's temper did violence to his nature. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1854 | ||