| Author: | Lee, Richard | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Arundel Club, 12 Salisbury St, Strand, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1876, May, 18 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (12 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | A long musing on Irving's Essay 'on Amusements' as reported in the 'Daily Telegraph' and as printed in 'All the Year Round' and on the status of actors. Only Irving and Helen Faucit are worthy of consideration as elevating the stage by their intelligent performances. He especially praises Irving's Richelieu, a greater performance than Macready's. He regretted a lack of reply to his last two letters but has realised that they may have been missed when Irving left town. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | This is Irving's paper to the Church of England Temperance Society delivered in Shoreditch in 1875. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1864 | ||
| Author: | Lee, Sidney | ||
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| Address: | Dictionary of National Biography, 15, Waterloo Place, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1890, March, 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He will call at the Lyceum at 1.15 the next Monday. He privately informed the Mayor of Canterbury, where the Marlowe Memorial is to be placed, of Irving's willingness to aid the Memorial Fund. He quotes an appreciative letter from the Mayor on behalf of the local committee. The Mayor wishes to make a public announcement at an early date. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | See also Letter 1866 and letters from Edmund Gosse. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/30) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1865 | ||
| Author: | Lee, Sidney | ||
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| Address: | Dictionary of National Biography, 15, Waterloo Place, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1890, April, 19 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | At a meeting of the Marlowe Memorial Committee in the room of the Lord Chief Justice (as President) the previous afternoon, Lord Coleridge proposed a resolution from the chair thanking Miss Terry & Irving for the generous aid they had promised to the Memorial. Lord Coleridge especially mentioned his own high appreciation. The committee feel that their kind action gave the scheme a certainty of success it might not otherwise have had. It was proposed by Lord Coleridge and seconded by Joseph Knight that Onslow Ford should be the sculptor. Lee is also writing to Miss Terry. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | See also Letter 1865 and letters from Edmund Gosse. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/30) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1866 | ||
| Author: | Palmer, Albert Marshman | ||
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| Address: | Madison Square Theatre, Manager's Office. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1888, March, 24 Saturday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Sends Irving the little Garrick snuff-box of which he spoke the previous night. He hopes Irving will accept some accompanying letters which give interesting data about it. John Wickins was a subscriber to a 1784 book 'A History of Stratford-upon-Avon and an account of the Jubilee'. He supposes Irving has many mulberry wood treasures but hope this will have distinction coming from an American hand. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Enclosed is only one letter from Henry Vandenhoff (d.1888) unaddressed and undated, which details Wickins' background. He supposedly lent Garrick a large sum when he was in managerial difficulties. Garrick gave Wickins the snuff-box in gratitude when debt was re-paid. Vandenhoff is remembering the story told by his father when H.V. was a boy. Thinks wood was cut from Shakespeare's tree by Garrick (untrue). It bears Shakespeare's bust and the town's old arms. A letter from the Misses Wickins authenticates its value to Wickins. Vandenhoff thinks Irving bought a similar undecorated box for £100. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/33) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1868 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Queen's Hotel, Dundee(? ) (embossed on paper) | ||
| Recipient: | Leno, Lydia | ||
| Address: | Springfield, Clapham Park | ||
| Date: | [1904], [Nov.] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Deep and respectful sympathy with her and her family in their deep sorrow. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In pencil and possibly not in Irving's hand, the address definitely not; but he was in Dundee in the first week of November. Dan Leno died on 31st October 1904. This is likely to be the draft telegram sent on receipt of the news. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1881 | ||
| Author: | Le Sage, John Merry | ||
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| Address: | [Daily Telegraph?] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1898], [April], [5?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He encloses the paragraph written by [Clement] Scott about which Sir Edward [Lawson] has been in touch. The only additional words are those in pencil at the end of the first sentence to which Sir Edward sees no objection. If Irving approves of the statement altogether will he initial it and then he hopes the wretched business will be settled. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Typewritten and with an ms. copy of Scott's statement and a typewritten transcript of it: in the form of a letter from Clement Scott to Sir Edward Lawson apologising for his article in 'Great Thoughts' 1897 attacking actresses. Address and date have been torn off. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/38) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1882 | ||
| Author: | Le Sage, John Merry | ||
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| Address: | Daily Telegraph, Fleet Street, London, E.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1898], [April], [6?] Wednesday evening | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Sir Edward Lawson approves Irving's substitution of the word "incident" for "controversy". Would he object to changing "permitted" to "enabled" in the sentence "Now that I am permitted once more", &c. Sir Edward thinks Irving will not object. Please let him know. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | These changes do appear in the final version. On Clement Scott's apology for hs remarks about actresses. See also Letter 1882. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/38) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1883 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Leslie, Fred | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, Sept., 23 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving sees that in Leslie's new burlesque he is represented in women's clothes and he hopes he will withdraw the exhibition. He does not know if it is by Leslie's manager's desire, but he thinks it indefensible. | ||
| Published: | Recollections of Fred Leslie, vol.2, pp.109-10 (facsimile). | ||
| Notes: | In the burlesque 'Ruy Blas' four men took off the Gaiety pas de quatre in 'Faust up to date' made up as Irving, Toole, Wilson Barrett and Arthur Roberts. After Irving's protest his figure was partly withdrawn from the ensemble. According to Margaret Clement Scott, Leslie's reply was that he was willing to withdraw the personation, but powerless to do so unless ordered by the manager, with whom Irving should communicate. Irving's letter is transcribed in A. Hyman's 'The Gaiety Years', 1975 and the incident discussed by L. Irving, p.516-18. | ||
| Document Holder: | Pd | ||
| Ref.No: | 1884 | ||
| Author: | Leslie, Fred | ||
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| Address: | 8 Tavistock Chambers, New Oxford St, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1892, May, 14 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | In answer to Irving's appeal on behalf of the North London Consumption Hospital he sends a guinea for the worthy institution. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Leslie died that year aged only 37. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1885 | ||
| Author: | Lewis, George James Graham | ||
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| Address: | Lewis & Lewis, Ely Place, Holborn, E.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1903, Jan., 22 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has the day before's letter and has written to the manager of 'The Tivoli' saying that Irving will give permission if asked. He returns the original agreement between Irving & Edward German. Please acknowledge its receipt and he returns the paper about Novellos. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by a clerk. With a note of the wording of the clause giving performing rights to Irving, and a note about Mrs Novello requesting the clause; signed by Bram Stoker 14/01/03. This is Edward German's music to 'King Henry VIII'. | ||
| Document Holder: | BTC (Reference: 2006/0078) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1892 | ||