| Author: | Corelli, Marie | ||
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| Address: | Mason Croft, Stratford -upon-Avon | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1901, Jan., 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks Irving for admirable letter in 'The Morning Post' about Shakespeare's Church. It has had a burden of £700 debt for over two years. Urges Irving to get his friends to make donations. George Alexander says he can't afford anything - 'not even a half sov'. Thinks Toole would give if Irving asked. She invites Irving to her house on 23rd April for Shakespeare Birthday celebration. Happy New Year! | ||
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| Notes: | Marked "Private". | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/21) | ||
| Ref.No: | 657 | ||
| Author: | Corelli, Marie | ||
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| Address: | Mason Croft, Stratford -upon-Avon | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1901, Jan., 8 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for kind letter. Sorry he is engaged in April but hopes she can welcome him to Stratford in early summer to her house which pre-dates Shakespeare in 'sixteenth century style'. Would Ellen Terry also like to come? She finds it hard to get help re Shakespeare's Church (Holy Trinity?) but thanks Irving for his help. | ||
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| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/21) | ||
| Ref.No: | 658 | ||
| Author: | Byron, Henry James | ||
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| Address: | Haymarket Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1875, Nov., 29 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Mrs Bateman and Irving. The Executive Committee meets at the Adelphi at 12 and the General Committee at one. He anticipates their thanks. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Possibly the Lyceum was lent for a benefit. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19) | ||
| Ref.No: | 724 | ||
| Author: | Byron, Henry James | ||
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| Address: | 6 Queen's Road, Clapham Park, S.W. (Printed 1 Eccleston Square, S.W. crossed through) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1880, Oct., 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | If after reading his letter headed H.J. Turner in the day before's Era, Irving feels disposed to give anything he will gratefully receive it. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Henry Jameson Turner was an actor, c.1805-1891. See Letter 735 for Irving's response. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19) | ||
| Ref.No: | 733 | ||
| Author: | Byron, Henry James | ||
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| Address: | 5 Bedford Square, W.C. (Printed 1 Eccleston Square, S.W. crossed through) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1881, July, 1 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has promised Maddison Morton to ask a few friends to contribute to a sum of over £50 to enable him to accept a home in the Charterhouse in comfort for the rest of his life. He has contributed to harmless public amusement, is 71 and penniless. There will be no publicity. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | John Maddison Morton, 1811-1891 was a prolific writer of farces. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19) | ||
| Ref.No: | 734 | ||
| Author: | Byron, Henry James | ||
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| Address: | 6 Queen's Road, Clapham Park, S.W. (Printed 1 Eccleston Square, S.W. crossed through) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1880, Oct., 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Irving for his generosity which was well bestowed. His wife is about to have a baby and he cannot go out in the evenings at present, but hopes to come later on. He thanks Irving for his kind offer, and is always delighted at his successive triumphs. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving's response to the appeal for H.J. Turner, see Letter No.733. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/19) | ||
| Ref.No: | 735 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Cooper, Agnes | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, May, 1 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He supports movement for benefit and is glad to help his old friend Cooper. Irving's name can go on the Committee and he will help in any way except acting. He has more than he can do before 16th July and is in doctor's hands with congested sore throat. He will tell her his troubles and will help her cause. P.S. The letter should have been posted days ago! | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Thomas Clifford Cooper (1819-1895), father of Henry Cliffe-Cooper and Frank Cooper both acting at the Lyceum. T.C.Cooper was manager when Irving appeared at Oxford. Initial date 25th April 1887 has been crossed through. | ||
| Document Holder: | P | ||
| Ref.No: | 745 | ||
| Author: | Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts | ||
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| Address: | Stratton Street | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1879, Feb., 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (5 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Could he help. Will he give the enclosed £10 to Mr [William] Chippendale for his benefit remembering his long and knowledgeable professional career. In different circumstances she would have come to see Irving and his first Polonius, but the friends occupying her box are expecting an interesting evening. A Victorian actor must be grateful to be so appreciated with a Shakespearean. Secondly she asks him to get her five tickets anywhere for the unfortunate employees of Drury Lane. There is a benefit at the Agricultural Hall, but she does not know when, or the manager. She encloses £5 for this if Irving could send it to save her trouble. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Drury Lane closed after Chatterton's failure as manager. Chippendale retired that year. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/8) | ||
| Ref.No: | 777 | ||
| Author: | Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts | ||
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| Address: | Stratton St | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1879, April, 23 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She is taking a young friend to Book 3d so might be out if Irving calls. She asks him to consider the precise way he transfers the previous night's proceeds to the wretched Stratford thing. She looked round his immense and very peculiar audience with satisfaction. She does not know the amount, but thinks it should not be paid without some special notice and for a special part of the Stratford concern. Irving has a battle to fight not unlike his Macbeth, and should lose no advantage, and his contribution to the Fund should not be bundled up and hidden. She is interested in the Great Bills!! and is glad Irving is coming on Friday. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'Book 3d' may be the play by Ben Webster also known as 'Novel Expedient'. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust was set up in 1847. Great Bills are large theatre posters. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/8) | ||
| Ref.No: | 794 | ||
| Author: | Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts | ||
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| Address: | S-- St [Stratton Street] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1879, April, 25 [No.2] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thinks Irving might like to read the enclosed from Lord Rosslyn whose remarks on Irving's acting and production were beyond what is gentlemanlike and refined. Mr Wills will call on Irving either at 15/G[rafton St] or the Lyceum with his good idea for Irving's donation to Stratford. (Postscript) She sends some early produce from H[olly] L[odge] which she hopes Irving will eat as Saturn did children!! | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | For the Stratford Fund see Letter No.794. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/8) | ||
| Ref.No: | 796 | ||