| Author: | Thomas, Walter Brandon | ||
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| Address: | 2, Harley Place, N.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, May, 4 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Can he use the Lyceum for Amy Roselle's matinée? He is supported by most of the ladies on the Committee. Mrs Kendal will do all she can and Miss Terry will be their guiding star. Their ambition is for the Lyceum as an overwhelming compliment to the lady. Miss Roselle has led a beautiful life and she has not been in that position before. Irving is their King and they would be most grateful for the loan. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Headed: Private. Irving agreed and the matinée was on 16th June when he acted Shylock in the Trial Scene and £339 was raised. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/27) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2811 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Earl's Court | ||
| Recipient: | Times, The | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, Jan., 12 Tuesday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | The Drama in the Victorian Era Exhibition. As Chairman of the Committee Irving asks for loans of objects reflecting 60 years of theatre history. The committee members are listed. | ||
| Published: | The Times as above | ||
| Notes: | Austin Brereton was Secretary. Arthur Sullivan wrote in similar terms for Music on 29th January. | ||
| Document Holder: | Pd | ||
| Ref.No: | 2815 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Willard, Edward Smith | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1889?], [June?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Greeting and every best wish. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Possibly when Willard took up the management of the Shaftesbury Theatre in June 1889? | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/331) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2821 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | From Dover St | ||
| Recipient: | Willard, Rachel “Rachel Penn” | ||
| Address: | 5 Grafton St, W | ||
| Date: | 1900(?), July, 2(?) | ||
| Document Type: | Telegram | ||
| Content Summary: | Warmest thanks, affectionate greeting to both. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Rachel Willard's husband E.S. Willard did not act after contacting typhoid fever in 1898 until October 1900 when he opened in New York. Irving had returned from America on 9th June, and the Drury Lane season opened on 16th June. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/331) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2823 | ||
| Author: | Pollock, Walter Herries | ||
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| Address: | Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1879], [Nov.] Saturday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He went straight from the Lyceum that afternoon to see Mounet [Sully] who is laid up with a bad leg. He dwelt on two things: missing seeing Irving in 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'The Bells' and on his nervousness at playing 'Hamlet'. For him there were only two great actors living - Irving and Salvini. He was very interested in the management of 'The Bells' which went for nothing when Gôt played Mathias. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Signed: W.H.P. Written on the same day as his mother's Letter 2530. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/10) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2828 | ||
| Author: | Pollock, Walter Herries | ||
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| Address: | South Lodge, Campden Hill Road, Kensington, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1891?] Monday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Besant has sent back the play of the wicked knight who comes changed out of a trance as altered by Pollock without further alteration. May he read it to Irving? He is still thinking of Irving's other suggestion. He has recently had a very unpleasing experience in dramatic matters which has shown him, not for the first time, that Irving's insight into people is truer and keener than his own. It is unpleasant to be disillusioned about people. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Pollock addresses Irving as 'My dear "Uncle Henry" '. The play may possibly be an alteration of 'The Charm' performed in 1884, but it does seem to have been staged in London in the 1890s. Pollock's address dates from after September 1890. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/34) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2829 | ||
| Author: | Tait, Lawson | ||
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| Address: | Petersbrook, Warstock, Birmingham | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1896, Sept., 25 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He sends news of Toole's collapse and deterioration after acting in 'The Serious family' in Birmingham. He has a brain condition but it is better to be struck down in harness than out of it. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2837 | ||
| Author: | Tadema, Lawrence Alma | ||
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| Address: | 17 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, NW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1894, June, 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Duse is to act in 'Cavalleria Rusticana' & 'La Locandiera' on Wednesday 13th at 2.30. May he reserve a box for Irving? It would give Madame Duse much pleasure to act before Irving and Tadema is sure it would be a pleasure for Irving to see her. They both send warmest thanks for the last night's 'Faust'. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | At Daly's Theatre. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/40) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2839 | ||
| Author: | Galdemar, Ange Emile | ||
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| Address: | Le Gaulois, 2 Rue Drouot 2 [Paris] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1896, Nov., 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | About the conversation they had at the Lyceum a few weeks before about Sardou's 'Robespierre' . He has just seen M. Sardou and there has been a misunderstanding. When he was told by Galdemar that Irving thought he wanted a guarantee of £10,000 he was amazed. He has never thought of asking so much. If Irving is willing to come to an understanding he will write 'Robespierre' which is in his hand, when he has finished his play for Sarah Bernhardt. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2863 | ||
| Author: | Hading, Jane | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1879(?), March, 11 mardi (Tuesday) | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving is a great and admirable artist. Forgive her for not writing in English. She equally admires Ellen Terry. She thanks them for a pleasant evening. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In French. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2866 | ||