| Author: | Hading, Jane | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 5 Montague Street, Russell Square | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1886?], [May?], 11 Tuesday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She is in London for a few days en route from America and would like to see his production of 'Faust'. Could she have seats for that night? She will send for the answer at the box office. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | In English in red ink. The other possible 'Faust' performance Tuesday is 11 January 1887. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/26) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2867 | ||
| Author: | Howard, James Brown | ||
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| Address: | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1885, July, 14 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He does not want to bother the chief and knows Stoker will put the matter better. He asks for a loan of £500 to be paid with interest by promissory notes as set out. They have found their £27,000 and there is not £1600 of debt on the building - including their two bills. The second year has been better than the first and the autumn and winter programme is promising. He is particularly grateful to the chief. A good and generous action is its own reward. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Marked "Private" with note by Stoker "ansd ... 25/7/85". | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/23) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2871 | ||
| Author: | Howard, James Brown | ||
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| Address: | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | ||
| Recipient: | Stoker, Bram (Abraham) | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1885, Oct, 29 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has sent two bills to Wyndham in Newcastle for him to sign and forward. Harry has returned to town. Stoker might tell him Howard is expecting a letter(?) from him. (Postscript on verso) "When you get the bills let me have the July one." | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/23) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2872 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Lowne, Edward Yates | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1870], Sept., 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | John Philip's story is capital and original. He has engagement for Tuesday in South Kensington. He saw an engraving of Kean as Richard III the day before in Dyce's Collection. He has been out of sorts with a liver problem. Joseph Irving is dead. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Typewritten transcript, mentioning a sketch in the letter. The actor Joseph Irving might have presented a conflict of names. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/6) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2878 | ||
| Author: | Lowne, Edward Yates | ||
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| Address: | 40 New Broad Street | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1885?], May, 4 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Would Irving like the books at the Lyceum? Charley could bring them up on his way to rehearsal. He hopes they are put together according to Irving's idea. Will Irving write to say if he wishes Herman's books to come to the Lyceum or elsewhere. (Postscript:) Notcutt has asked Lowne to intercede with Irving for a sitting at his new studio. He is deserving and will be most grateful. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | It is not certain that these books are the same referred to in Letter 2880 (Irving's collection relating to Edmund Kean) or from later in 1889. Lowne's son Charles was an actor. Herman may be Herman Merivale (but his letters to Irving do not refer to them), or, more likely, Henry Herman the dramatist. Notcutt was a photographer. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2879 | ||
| Author: | Lowne, Edward Yates | ||
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| Address: | 40 New Broad Street, EC | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1885, July, 18 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4+ p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He sends Irving's books - 4 vols and the 9 large engravings removed for framing. He has left a separate sheet of cuttings and a spoiled print. Irving could use the original cover as a portfolio. He hopes Irving will like what he has done and thinks binder and frame maker are satisfactory. He would have been better satisfied with his own work if... | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Incomplete. These are probably Irving's collection relating to Edmund Kean, and may be the books referred to in Letter 2879. Later references in 1889 refer to Lowne's similar collection of Macreadiana. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2880 | ||
| Author: | Lowne, Edward Yates | ||
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| Address: | 40 New Broad Street | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1888, Dec., 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Irving for the portrait of Macready and for his own inscribed portrait. It would be good if Irving could find an early evening to come down to Streatham for a dinner alone, or for a cigar and whisky to talk over his memories of 'Macbeth'. They could look at the book and his illustrations and his annotated 'Cumberland' text. His frame maker has not returned Thorburn's miniature which he intended for Irving's return to the theatre, but he will send it with his love. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving was to produce 'Macbeth' later in December and is invited to look at Lowne's volumes on Macready and hear his recollections. He sold the volumes to Irving in February 1889, see Letter 2882. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2881 | ||
| Author: | Lowne, Edward Yates | ||
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| Address: | 40 New Broad Street, EC | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, Feb., 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has completed the indices to his volumes of Macreadiana and they await Irving's disposal. The messenger should bring a written order so as to obtain a receipt. 3.30 at Lewin Road on Saturday will be suitable. He is parting with 40 years' labour as he is anxious to lay up something for the future thanks to Irving's generosity. He hopes when they both die his life's work may go to a National Depository. Irving will let him see them sometimes. (Postscript:) The messenger will need a four wheeler not a hansom. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving is addressed as "My dear old friend". | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2882 | ||
| Author: | Lowne, Edward Yates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 40 New Broad Street, E.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, March, 8 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He belatedly acknowledge's Irving's kindness and would like a box for 'Macbeth' on Tuesday, but as an old friend, not if it damages Irving's exchequer. He has had 2 or 3 letters from Johnny [Toole] in fairly good spirits. He warmly appreciates Irving's letter on receipt of the volumes which now form part of his treasures. He pictures Irving turning the pages for years to come - it was a labour of love; and thanks him for the photograph. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving had acquired Lowne's volumes of Macreadiana. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2883 | ||
| Author: | Lowne, Edward Yates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 39, Conyers Road, Manor Park, Streatham | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1889], Oct., 28 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (5 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He encloses the letter from Lyell about the Secretaryship of the Toole Dinner Committee. He will try to be present on Saturday, with Lyell, although the time is slightly inconvenient. In regard to Irving's hint about himself and Pinches he is reluctant to appear with such public and more important names on the Committee and asks Irving's opinion. He might find it difficult to attend daytime meetings. It is his love for Johnny [Toole] that induces him to write. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Headed: Private. Lyell's letter is not present. The dinner to Toole was held on 5th January 1890. Lowne was later Toole's executor. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2884 | ||