| Author: | Pollock, Juliet | ||
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| Address: | 59, Montagu Square, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1879?], [Nov.?] Saturday night | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Before she goes to bed she thanks Irving for the great pleasure given to her and her friends that afternoon. Madame Mounet and her friend were carried away by their sympathy although Mme Mounet does not speak English. They also felt the charm and emotions of Portia and went home to describe it to poor Mounet Sully who is laid up with a bad leg and forbidden to go to the theatre. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'The Merchant of Venice.' | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/34) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2530 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Pollock, Juliet | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1882, Nov., 5 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Cannot accept her invitation to go home with them that night, but hopes to dine with her and Sir Frederick on 3rd December. In her kindness she will understand that Lady Beatrice [Ellen Terry] would also like to be present. The next day he is to drive into the country to see Miss Kelly in her 94th year. Perhaps some day they might visit her together. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | 5th may be an error for Saturday 4th November, after a performance of 'Much Ado'. The actress and manager Frances (Fanny) Maria Kelly, 1790-1882. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/5) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2534 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W | ||
| Recipient: | Pollock, Juliet | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1886, Oct., 29(?) | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He will visit her later as he is busy at the theatre for about a fortnight. Mr Balston(?) seems pleasant. Irving has had a poisoned finger but it is healing. His regards to her husband. (Postscript:) Mounet Sully is having a great success. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/5) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2540 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W | ||
| Recipient: | Pollock, Juliet | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, Jan., 17 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She had asked him about possibly acting for Mr Delaunay's farewell. Could she make enquiries about what is happening? He should not decline his services. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Difficult to decipher.The great French actor retired in 1887 but Irving does not seem to have been involved in a performance. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/5) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2541 | ||
| Author: | Pollock, William Frederick | ||
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| Address: | 59, Montagu Square, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1881, May, 10 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He praises Irving's Othello as one of his finest performances, giving details. He was also struck by his Iago the previous week - an original conception well carried out, and as Shakespearean as the usual more sturdy bluff presentation. He wishes Irving could play both parts each night. He prefers Irving's arrangement of the last scene with the bed at the back and the door at the side. The change of place reminds him of 'Box & Cox'. Irving should be proud of the casting and setting, previously unmatched. Lady Pollock will try to find a night for Irving to visit them. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving and Edwin Booth alternated as Othello and Iago beginning on 2nd and 9th May. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/21) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2552 | ||
| Author: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
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| Address: | The London Library, 12 St James's Square, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1882, Nov., 22 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Two extracts from 'The Reminiscences of Michael Kelly' on Mr Higgins the posture master, with brief covering sentence. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Michael Kelly, 1762-1826, singer and composer. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/30) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2562 | ||
| Author: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
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| Address: | 8, Bloomsbury Square, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1886(?), Oct., 22 Saturday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He comments on the paragraphs at the Club, along Irving's line. 1) Aston was not favourable to Betterton. Whatever his physical disadvantages Betterton interpreted Hamlet by his intellectual and emotional qualities and realised his mind and heart. 2) He discusses [Samuel] Johnson's comments on the scene-shifter speaking "To be or not to be" and says that Garrick spoke as a man thinking aloud. They must remember that Johnson felt some contempt for the actor as actor. How great Garrick must have been to wring such a tribute from him. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | This is probably in connection with Marshall's essay on 'Hamlet' or introduction for 'The Irving Shakespeare'. Although the written date appears to be 1886, in that year 22nd October was not a Saturday and it seems likely Marshall mistook the date from time to time as other letters also suggest. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/30) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2563 | ||
| Author: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
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| Address: | 8, Bloomsbury Square, WC | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1889?], Oct., 31 Thursday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4+ p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He assumes Irving has seem W.A.'s [William Archer's] piece in 'The World'. He sends a few extracts of what he has written between 2 and 4 when he is lying awake because of his incurable liver complaint - he cannot sleep more than 5 hours. Irving has encouraged new authors by ordering plays from them. He compares Irving favourably with Garrick who never paid for pieces and kept them in a drawer. He disparages Archer's dyspeptic criticism and calls Ibsen flabby and morbid. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Marked: Private. With three sheets of notes attached. The letter is unsigned but may not have anything missing. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2564 | ||
| Author: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
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| Address: | Palazzo del Parto(?), Napoli | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1878?], May, 8 Wednesday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (8 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is writing a book about Naples and has been at Vesuvius at a time of eruption, which he describes at length. Irving might find comfort in studying characters in the older poetic drama. He talks of modern trends in drama, moral attitudes, and the responsibility of the dramatist. Teddy and his wife are well. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Postscript at head suggests that Irving was considering 'The Wandering Jew' as a dramatic subject. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/30) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2557 | ||
| Author: | Marshall, Frank (Francis Albert) | ||
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| Address: | 32, St George's Road, Eccleston Square, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1882], Oct., 24 Tuesday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He expands on his financial difficulties mentioned the previous August. His fortune of £70,000 is still tied up. Irving can help. Marshall's family, except a sister in a convent, is against him. He has sold all his books of value but cannot pay £400 due immediately. He would repay a loan from Irving at the usual interest on the security of his copyrights. Irving has already been kind. He assigns him the copyright of 'Robert Emmet' for the £250 paid. He will give copies of the additions by 1st December. It would make a good novel. Marshall has had 10 years ill luck and cannot get his plays staged and has lost confidence. Irving's friendship has been the one bright spot. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The copyrights mentioned are: 'False Shame', 'Family Honour', a one act play Irving has (No. 50) and a new comedy never acted. The three first had been performed in the 1870s. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/30) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2559 | ||