| Author: | Wills, William Gorman | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | [1880], [April], [4?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Asks for a box for Friday. He hopes soon to read Irving the first 2 acts of 'Rienzi' about which he feels confident. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Box for 9th 5/4/80; for 'The Merchant of Venice'. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 8391 | ||
| Author: | Wills, William Gorman | ||
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| Address: | Garrick Club | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | [1881?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Asks him to get the 2nd Act of 'Faust' back from Irving as he is going rewrite the first third. He assumes Irving has not yet had time to look through the 2 acts. Stoker never sent him his book which received favourable notices. Send a line with the ms. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Ticked. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 8393 | ||
| Author: | Wills, William Gorman | ||
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| Address: | 37 Sydney St, Fulham Road | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | [1881?], [July?], [19?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thought 'Eugene [Aram]' went well until the death when the illusion was lost, with too short a time to believe in his death. Wills suggests Aram might resort to poison when alone and his crime discovered, and show the effects. Miss Terry's part in the last scene lacks colour and he suggests improvements to the action. If Irving agreed, write to him, or Stoker could do so. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Ticked. This probably relates to the revival of Wills's play 'Eugene Aram' on 18th, 19th & 22nd July 1881; it was also revived on 19-21 July 1883. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 8394 | ||
| Author: | Wills, William Gorman | ||
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| Address: | 37 Sydney St, Fulham Road | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | [1884], [May], [12?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He welcomes Irving's return. Does he mean to stage 'Faust'? Tell him privately and he will not mention it. Has sad news from Dublin with a relative dying in his house and he must return to be with his mother so it is important to know whether Irving will want him. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Note: See him - Acks conventional 13/5/84. Irving had just returned from his first American tour; 'Faust' was not staged until December 1885. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 8397 | ||
| Author: | Wills, William Gorman | ||
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| Address: | Garrick Club | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | [1884], [July?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He fears Barrett's new play 'Brutus' by the late Lord Lytton will disadvantage 'Rienzi' as it must concern the Brutus who suddenly finds himself a hero. His old mother very much wants to read 'Olivia'. He asks for a copy there. Something Irving said made him think their agreement was for 3 years, but he finds it is 5. He would not be hard on resale transactions. He has sold English and colonial rights to Irving and would have liked to add America, but as Irving knew had long before sold those rights to an American actor for £500. Irving can trust him in sending a copy. As he was away he has not seen Irving's Malvolio. He was obliged for the stall and hopes to return soon and see it. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'Twelfth Night' had opened at the Lyceum on 8th July 1884; Bulwer Lytton's 'Brutus' was staged on 26th February 1885, and 'Rienzi' was never produced. Irving guarded 'Olivia' jealously and eventually bought the American rights from Wills's brother. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 8398 | ||
| Author: | Toole, John Laurence | ||
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| Address: | Garrick Club | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | 1888, May, 6 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He wonders about the little play 'Daisy's Escape' which belonged to Irving. Irving once talked to him about it and he would like it as a first piece. Would Stoker ask Irving and write to him at T[heatre] R[oyal] Manchester. He sends love. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | There is no note of the result. Irving assigned Pinero's play to his son Laurence in 1904; see Letter 5896. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 8416 | ||
| Author: | Tennyson, Hallam | ||
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| Address: | Aldworth, Haslemere, Surrey | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | [London] | ||
| Date: | 1883, June, 1(?) | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Stoker is a bad correspondent. Tell him as soon as possible when Mr Irving would like to visit? He had suggested after his London season and will be glad to see him. Please find the lost 'Promise of May' and send it as his father is getting anxious about Stoker's silence. Three letters unanswered. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The London season ended on 28th July. 'The Promise of May' had been performed unsuccesfully in November 1882. | ||
| Document Holder: | LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) | ||
| Ref.No: | 8436 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15a, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1875?], April, 22 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Shall they meet on Sunday, 9th May - next Sunday fortnight? Irving saw Lord Lytton before he went to Sandringham and received from him the other plays. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Plays by Edward Bulwer Lytton. | ||
| Document Holder: | GAR (Reference: Fitzgerald, vol. 1, p.75.) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1548 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | [London] | ||
| Recipient: | Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1872, April, 17 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He is extremely gratified to receive Fitzgerald's letter and to know he thinks him qualified to play 'Mercadet' successfully. He would like to play the character but thinks his large hands and Englishness would overcome him. Interest in Balzac is encouraging and Irving's next new play is founded on one of his stories. He will think of 'Mercadet' in its original setting. He only knows 'Rabagas' by reputation but sees it is to be played at the St James's. He is most grateful for Fitzgerald's suggestions, which he hopes will not be the last. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Addressed "My dear Sir". 'Mercadet' or 'Le Faiseur', 1851, by Honoré de Balzac was adapted the same year by G.H. Lewes as 'A Game of Speculation'. Irving's new play was 'Philip' by Hamilton Aidé, not staged until 1874. 'Rabagas' by Sardou was performed by a visiting French company in London. | ||
| Document Holder: | GAR (Reference: Fitzgerald, vol.1, p.69.) | ||
| Ref.No: | 8484 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [18]82(?), May, 26 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He will soon send the play but there is no hope of production that season, as they close at the end of July. His arrangements are complete and when he re-produces 'Vanderdecken' he wants it to have a run. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'Vanderdecken' had beeen unsuccessfully produced on 8th June 1878. Fitzgerald states that in a year or two Irving encourged him to make another attempt at the subject. (Sir Henry Irving, 1906, pp.76-77.) | ||
| Document Holder: | GAR (Reference: Fitzgerald, vol.1, p.71.) | ||
| Ref.No: | 8495 | ||