| Author: | Reeves, John Sims | ||
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| Address: | 56, Ridgemont Gardens, WC. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1896, Nov., 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Reeves back from South African tour. Highly successful but small profit. The rooms, apart from Johannesburg, very small. Some halls held 300-500. Fine hall in Durban but heatwave and rain. Expenses enormous. Can they have a private half hour some day next week? Reeves is thinking of Australian trip so that he can discharge his obligation to Irving and others. Reeves' life is not a happy one. Remembrance to Toole if Irving sees him. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Marked 'Private'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/35) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3766 | ||
| Author: | Rehan, Ada | ||
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| Address: | Paris (Printed: 74, West Thirty Eighth Street, NY) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1890, Aug., 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving once asked for a picture of hers. She left the best she had at the Theatre for him. She hopes he will like it. They all had a very happy season at his theatre. Comfort, respect and judgment was felt everywhere and from everyone. She hopes his success will continue and that she will have the pleasure of meeting him the next season. | ||
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| Notes: | 'Paris' written at tail of letter. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3788 | ||
| Author: | Reid, Thomas Mayne | ||
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| Address: | Frogmore House (Nr) Ross, Herefordshire | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1878, Nov., 2 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (6 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | An enclosed sheet [not present] suggests some connection between them. If this is possible he has been contemplating dramatising several of his novels himself. Several have been crudely staged e.g. 'The Octaroon' by Boucicault, which is Reid's 'Quadroon'. They have good plots and characters and he thinks he can frame them as acting plays not sensational rubbish. There are characters worthy of representation by Irving. Their tone will be pure and picturesque and have sufficient interest to drive indecent drama from the stage which he knows is Irving's object. His pen is at Irving's service. | ||
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| Notes: | Marked 'A' - answered? | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3793 | ||
| Author: | Réjane, Gabrielle Charlotte | ||
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| Address: | Gaiety Theatre Co. Ltd, Strand, WC | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1894, July, 25 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Had pleasure of seeing Irving at Monday's performance. Her husband has left for Paris and this explains why he did not pay his compliments to Irving and Ellen Terry. She regrets being deprived of the Box at Irving's disposal. The London Madame Sans Gêne is always at home in the Paris one and Napoleon is at home anywhere, especially when she and her husband can express gratitude for Irving's hospitality. She hopes Irving will come to Paris soon. | ||
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| Notes: | Written by secretary and not in the most fluent English. There is also a barely legible undated unaddressed letter in French from Réjane in the collection in THM/39/4/1. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3796 | ||
| Author: | Réjane, Gabrielle Charlotte | ||
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| Address: | 8, Cambridge Terrace, Regent's Park, NW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1894?], [July?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | They received Irving's invitation for the next Saturday and she and her husband are glad to accept and join him and friends. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by secretary and signed 'Rejane'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3797 | ||
| Author: | Richards, Henry Brinley | ||
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| Address: | 25, St. Mary Abbot's Terrace, Kensington, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1880, [March], [ 1] St David's Day | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks Irving for hospitable reception at Lyceum. Remains in his memory though as he has been unwell had to leave early and he has been unable to call. In some respects reminded him of famous supper long ago given by Charles Kean at Long's Hotel, Bond Street when Sam[uel] Rogers, the poet, was carried in on a chair. He has now a still more remarkable gathering to remember. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3799 | ||
| Author: | Ristori, Adelaide | ||
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| Address: | Leicester | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1882, Nov., 29 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Passing through London next week on way back to Italy. Asks for Box on Monday or Tuesday to see Irving in new role. She has heard that Miss Terry is lovely. P.S. Is stopping at Fisher's Hotel, Clifford Street. | ||
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| Notes: | To see 'Much Ado'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3802 | ||
| Author: | Scoones, William Baptiste Wordsworth | ||
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| Address: | 14, Chelsea Embankment, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1886, June, 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He tells Irving of Davenport Adams' book 'Good Queen Anne'. The first 150 pages deal with the English stage during the Augustan era - not a work of literature, but carefully researched. Irving might think it worth a quick look in view of his forthcoming Oxford lecture. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/38) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3815 | ||
| Author: | Robertson, Johnston Forbes | ||
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| Address: | 22, Bedford Square, WC | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1891, June, 29 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Sorry he cannot come to Irving for Buckingham but he has a long engagement with John Hare. Hare has let him off for some time to play in New York and he returns to the Garrick [Theatre] at the end of November. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Forbes Robertson did play the Duke of Buckingham eventually, in January 1892. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/36) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3828 | ||
| Author: | Robertson, Johnston Forbes | ||
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| Address: | 22, Bedford Square, WC | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1895, March, 14 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving's telegram cheered him up and sent him on stage with a better heart. What a contrast between Lancelot and the limp wretch he is now playing. He thinks back to the Saturday night farewell; his short stay was delightful and his 3 engagements at the Lyceum have been bright spots in his stage life. Writes of taking up Irving's tone and movement in scenes with him; a labour of love. They may never be able to act together again but he has delightful memories. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'My dear 'Arthur'. 'King Arthur' opened in January 1895. Robertson was playing Lucas Cleeve in 'The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith' by Pinero at the Garrick Theatre. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/1/35) | ||
| Ref.No: | 3830 | ||