| Author: | Lewis & Lewis | ||
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| Address: | 10 & 11 Ely Place, Holborn, E.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Date: | 1887, June, 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Arrangements for the signatures of Col. Urquhart & Mr Irving and four documents handed to them at Stationers' Hall which require careful filling up by M. Delpit & signing. M. Delpit may postpone his signing until he receives his balance of 3000fr. They should be sent over at once so the registration can take place within three months of the first performance in Paris. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | With an illegible signature. This concerns Delpit's novel and play 'Mdlle de Bressier', adapted by Herman Merivale as 'Civil War' and performed at the Gaiety that day, 27th June. See also Letters 1893, 2427-28. | ||
| Document Holder: | BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 2)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1894 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A Grafton Street, Bond street, W | ||
| Recipient: | Pollock, Juliet | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1892, Dec., 9 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Sends warm thanks and hopes to be worthy of her regard. He agrees with her comments on his first wrestle with King Lear. If she comes again she will be pleased with the changes. On the first night he tried to find an old man's voice for the grand old man - a mistake. Poets sometimes write what is impossible to realise, like Satan and Lear, who can only be suggested. Past actors cut out the Fool and the best parts of the play. He comments on the Fool being played by the low comedian in Shakespeare's time. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | "My dear friend." 'King Lear' had opened on 10th November 1892. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/5) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2642 | ||
| Author: | Pollock, Juliet | ||
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| Address: | 59, Montagu Square, London, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1874?] Monday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She leaves something with Walter at Irving's door. Called with hope of seeing Irving as she has too much to say in note. Would her 'most dear Hamlet' let her borrow Sherborne note books and Collier's Shakespear [sic] Library and [? ]lectures on drama. She has been asked to write something. Comments on fact that ladies cannot be present at Garrick Club for theatrical dinner. She has great, great wish to be present. Will he agitate? She persuaded Dickens to get it approved for Macready dinner. She is coming to 'Hamlet' the next day with her husband and ten year old Hugh Spottiswoode. Would Irving come round to the Box or she to him? Doesn't understand Robert Lytton's admiration for Salvini. It must be the Italian language that bewitches him. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Letter 2456 mentions borrowed books. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/24) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2649 | ||
| Author: | Pollock, William Frederick | ||
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| Address: | 59, Montagu Square, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1875, April, 18 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | If Irving sees an article in the 'Quarterly Review' about Macready's Reminiscences he would like him to know it is by Mr Theodore Martin. It is indignant and treacherous with an obvious motive for revenge as Helen Faucit is not glorified in the book. Pollock cannot understand such baseness and unfair criticism. All other critics have been appreciative of his editing which reveals both light and shadows. Macready's book will live. He wants Irving to meet Matthew Arnold who has seconded Irving's name for the Athenaeum. Let them know when he can come. He and Lady Pollock thank Irving for his kindness to Walter over his forthcoming lectures. P.S. Lady Pollock has had letter from the Dickens family about the Macready book. | ||
| Published: | |||
| Notes: | W.C. Macready's Reminiscences; ed. Sir Frederick Pollock, 2 vols, 1875. His son Walter gave lectures on theatrical subjects; see also Letter 8158. Irving was not elected to the Athenaeum until 1882 (see Letter 2553), | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/15) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2653 | ||
| Author: | Leighton, Frederic | ||
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| Address: | 2 Holland Park Road, Kensington, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1891] Thursday mg [morning?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Since last Friday there has been a change in the arrangements for the play in which Miss Dorothy Dene (Miss Pullan) is about to perform. He encloses particulars: the Globe has been substituted for the Court. He saw Miss Dene and she is gratified by Irving's attention but regrets that the play in which she will be seen by him is not most suited to her talents, but she will say this if she has the promised interview. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The play at the Globe seems to be W.G. Wills' 'Gringoire' on 24th January 1891. Dorothy Dene was listed by Adams as taking part in the first trial performance, but she is not listed in the cast by Wearing. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2672 | ||
| Author: | Leighton, Frederic | ||
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| Address: | 2, Holland Park Road, Kensington, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1893?], [June?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving must know why he cannot attend the dinner for health reasons. He has had to decline all Jubilee dinners without exception. He encloses his annual cheque. He is disgusted at the result of Monday's election at the Athenaeum. No one was more weightily endorsed than Bancroft. Everyone important is as astounded as he that a parcel of nobodies have shut the door on his friend. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Bancroft failed to be elected in 1893. The dinner is unidentified. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2667 | ||
| Author: | Harris, Augustus Henry Glossop | ||
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| Address: | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, Nov., 19 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He agrees with Irving's letter. Would Irving mind if he dressed some groups in his Shakespeare procession like Irving's 'charming' productions "as a sort of respectful homage"? (Postscript 1) He has been told that Irving would be offended by this (Postscript 2) The procession is 'artistic' not buffoonery. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | This is presumably for the Drury Lane 1889 pantomime 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2683 | ||
| Author: | Harris, Augustus Henry Glossop | ||
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| Address: | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and Royal Italian Opera Company | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, Nov., 20 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving is always so obliging and charming too. He will do anything in his power to be agreeable to Irving. (Postscript) Would Irving like to visit the Court Theatre, Liverpool, where they are clamouring for him? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2684 | ||
| Author: | Howard, James Brown | ||
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| Address: | Abercrombie Place, Edinburgh | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1883, Feb., 11 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | The excavations are about to begin on Wednesday. He intends the auditorium and exterior of the Royal Lyceum Theatre to be lit by electricity something like the Savoy. He thinks Irving will like the arrangements. He has changed his plan about forming a Company. They can get a mortgage of £9,000 and he discusses the financial proposals for loans and payment of interest. He asks Irving for part of what he has promised. The bonds will be ready at the end of the week. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In an envelope: Loan and Bills/Howard and Wyndham, with note by Stoker 'all cleared off 16/9/87 BS'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/23) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2690 | ||
| Author: | Howard, James Brown | ||
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| Address: | Edinburgh, Theatre Royal | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London (West Strand PO/A) | ||
| Date: | 1883, March, 19 10.31 | ||
| Document Type: | Telegram | ||
| Content Summary: | Letter and enclosure just received. Thank the chief for him. [Words crossed out.] `` Will write the next day". | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Handed in 9.55, received 10.31. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/23) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2691 | ||