| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool | ||
| Recipient: | Lawrence, Gerald | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1902?], Nov., 26 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He supposes Lawrence's engagements are all (made?), and hopes they are, but should he happen to be free in April he would like to make him a proposal for 'Dante' for England and America. He was delighted with his Orlando in Manchester. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | With envelope confirming date, whilst Irving's year is not clear. Lawrence did join Irving's company. | ||
| Document Holder: | GAR (Reference: Autographed Letters volume.) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1995 | ||
| Author: | Gillette, William Hooker | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, May, 17 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Irving for his message of good wishes and hopes the suggested opportunity of meeting will occur. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Gillette's first appearance in London was in 'Secret Service' at the Adelphi Theatre on 15th May. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1998 | ||
| Author: | Gillette, William Hooker | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, May, 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | It will give him great pleasure to take supper on Monday evening June 7th at 11.30 in the Beefsteak Room. He will bring with him Henry Woodruff of his company - a charming young fellow. The postscript thanks Irving for sending the Honorary membership notification for the Garrick Club. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1999 | ||
| Author: | Gillette, William Hooker | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1902?], [April?], [4?] Friday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is sorry to hear that Irving is ill and hopes he is already better. They were disappointed that he could not come to the supper the previous night. He cannot accept Irving's invitation for Sunday week as he leaves that morning for Edinburgh, but they will meet before then. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Gillette appeared in 'Sherlock Holmes' at the Lyceum from 9/9/01-12/4/02. Irving had had the play to read in January 1898 but had not taken it up. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2000 | ||
| Author: | Gillette, William Hooker | ||
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| Address: | Plaza Hotel, 5th Ave, 58th and 59th Sts, New York | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1899?], [Nov.?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving is very kind about the Tolstoi book which he will not return, but he must return the book he forcibly borrowed from Irving's pocket, by Mary E. Bond. If this is Doctor Mary E. Bond she is a lovely woman. He thanks Irving for his note and enjoyed his call that afternoon more than Irving could have done and wishes he will come again. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Gillette and Irving were both in New York at the same time in 1894, 1899 and 1903. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2001 | ||
| Author: | Labouchère, Henry Du Pré | ||
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| Address: | 10 Queen Anne's Gate, St James's Park | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1878], March, 8 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (7 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving needs a combination to carry out his ideas. Labouchère was making a scheme for the Queen's Theatre and thinks Shakespeare pays if his plays are staged with care and expense. All except 'Cymbeline' paid him. He gives details of his finances at the Queen's. He suggests how he might set up a company for Irving to run (originally thinking of Phelps) and he would let the Queen's cheaply. But this would cut out the Lyceum and vice versa. The company needs a good male figurehead, not a woman. Perhaps however Irving could bring in Mrs Bateman. He would be happy to call to discuss this. He has national drama on his mind. | ||
| Published: | L. Irving, p.301-02 (in part). | ||
| Notes: | Headed: Private. The Queen's Theatre, Long Acre closed in 1879 and was demolished. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/18) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2013 | ||
| Author: | Labouchère, Henry Du Pré | ||
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| Address: | 5, Old Palace Yard, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1898], July, 23 | ||
| Document Type: | Postcard | ||
| Content Summary: | He asks Irving the next time he is in the Commons to stand in front of the bust of Oliver Cromwell which has just been put up. Irving is more like Cromwell than anyone else and with a little "get-up" might be it exactly. Why is there no play about Cromwell? Labouchère does not believe in 'Cyrano' in English. It reads better than it acts - it is not only the acting of Coquelin but the rhythm of the French words that carries it through, which would be lost in English. | ||
| Published: | L. Irving , p.438 (in part, wrongly dated) | ||
| Notes: | 'Cyrano de Bergerac' was first produced in 1898. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/24) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2016 | ||
| Author: | Lawson, Edward Levy | ||
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| Address: | Daily Telegraph, Fleet St, London, E.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1874, Nov., 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Congratulations from his wife and himself on Irving's Hamlet. He commends Irving for intellect, dignity, etc. so different from the coarseness, bawdiness & ribaldry with which the town reeks. He sends congratulations to Colonel Bateman, but has criticism of the play scene. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/14) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2018 | ||
| Author: | Keyser, Agnes | ||
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| Address: | 17 Grosvenor Crescent, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1899?], [April?], [1?] Saturday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She tried to get a copy of 'Catherine' but it is not for sale yet. However the Prince [of Wales] dined there on Thursday and was discussing plays in Paris. He thought 'Catherine' too quiet for the Lyceum and is decided as ever against 'Cyrano' in England and in English. She enjoyed seeing Irving the last Sunday. She told the Prince about 4th May and how glad Irving would be if he were present. She is not sending 'Robespierre' back until Monday as she wishes to read it carefully again. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'Robespierre' opened on 15th April 1899. 'Catherine' might possibly be Dumas' play 'Catherine Howard' or even 'Catherine of Cleves'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/27) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2029 | ||
| Author: | Loveday, Ely | ||
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| Address: | 11 Keppel St, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1879], Nov., 24 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She praises Irving's 'Merchant of Venice' and his Shylock. In her 63 years connection with the stage she has seen and acted with all the celebrated actors but not a real Shylock before. She praises the Tubal and trial scenes and Ellen Terry's charming light-comedy Portia which she thought lacked force in the trial scene, and other actors. She and her late husband had lived in France and knew Talma intimately and Irving would have admired him. She is forced to write with left hand because of gout, but again thanks Irving for Saturday's pleasure. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2049 | ||