| Author: | Stanhope, Aubrey | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 391 Strand W.C. (New York Herald) | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1888, Dec., 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | He asks Irving for an appointment to discuss the movement to exclude English stock actors from the American stage. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | With a letter to Bram Stoker of the same date on the same subject. The New York Herald will fight any such narrow minded policy. | ||
| Document Holder: | NYPL (Reference: Irving-Terry tour correspondence *T-Mss.1940-001) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4600 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Stanhope, Aubrey | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1888, Dec., 22 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving never met anything but universal kindness and welcome in America. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | This is a reply to Stanhope's query about a campaign to exclude English stock actors from the American stage; see Letter 4600. | ||
| Document Holder: | NYPL (Reference: Irving-Terry tour correspondence *T-Mss.1940-001) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4601 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 15A Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Reade, Charles | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1878?], June, 11 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | He acknowledges Reade's letter. 'The Lyons Mail' was not played much in provincial performances. A former employee, Walter Bentley, has been trading on Reade's play and Irving's effects to considerable profit. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | See Letter 4604. | ||
| Document Holder: | NYPL (Reference: Appleton Collection *T-Mss.2001-065 Box 3) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4602 | ||
| Author: | Modjeska, Helena | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 26 Dover Street, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1879?], June, 25 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She gave an introductory card to Mr W. Stuart about whom she spoke to Irving at Alma Tadema's the previous Monday and he will call. He came to London hoping to be an actor, and is a busy correspondent for the American newspapers, warmly recommended to her by American friends. Will Irving sign a photograph for her - she sends hers and the one of him she likes best. She fears Mr Pulitzer was the cause of the misunderstanding about the Millbank Prison. She and her husband would be happy to join Irving's excursion but disliked Pulitzer's invitation. She is free the next week except Wednesday and Tuesday her reception day. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Modjeska first saw Irving in 'Vanderdecken' in 1878, but the chronology of her visits to London is not clear, and almost all her letters are undated. Stuart has been identified as Clinton Stuart, an actor and playwright. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4605 | ||
| Author: | Modjeska, Helena | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 145, Sloane Street, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1879?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Will Irving keep the photograph she sent to remind him of her sometimes. Wherever she is she will think of him as a great artist and dear friend to whom she owes hours of delight and moments of inspiration. Adieu. (Postscript:) Mr Bosenta sends his kind regards. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | On mourning paper. Mr Bosenta was the name under which her husband Karol Bozenta Chlapowski was known in England. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4607 | ||
| Author: | Modjeska, Helena | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 145 Sloane Street, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1879?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for letting Norman(?) come to them. She asked one boon and Irving granted her two! How can she thank him for his portrait? Irving knows how to make people happy. | ||
| Published: | Mourning paper with arms & motto | ||
| Notes: | This may refer to Norman Forbes. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4608 | ||
| Author: | Modjeska, Helena | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1880], Oct., 26 Tuesday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Mr Barrett has told her that Irving will attend their morning performance of 'Mary Stuart' the next day. It will make her very happy and although not grumbling she will count it a misfortune if he does not come, and cry in the corner of her dressing room. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Modjeska was performing at the Court Theatre. 'Mary Stuart' had opened on 9th October. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4609 | ||
| Author: | Modjeska, Helena | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1880?], [Dec.?] Saturday | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | As Irving wishes they give a matinee and she sends him a box. If he is bored it is his own fault for wishing to see the badly translated 'Adrienne'. She is indebted to him for his visit the previous Sunday, and she takes pleasure in fancying he is still there. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Modjeska opened in 'Adrienne Lecouvreur', in a version by Henry Herman, on 11th December. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4610 | ||
| Author: | Modjeska, Helena | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1881, Jan., 4 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | She sends congratulations on Irving's enormous success and looks forward to seeing him in his new powerful character. Will he give them a matinée? She is happy to hear everyone praising him. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | She is referring to 'The Cup' which opened on 3rd January, and which in her Memoirs she relates she saw with Tennyson. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4611 | ||
| Author: | Modjeska, Helena | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 145 Sloane Street, S.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1881?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | May she recommend Miss Herbert who has been on her provincial tour. She is promising but there are few opportunities for the beginner in London. A Lyceum engagement even in the smallest parts would be beneficial. She asks his forgiveness, but she takes an interest in Miss Herbert. She hopes Irving is well after the triumphs & fatigues of his tour. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Miss [Ethel] Herbert's address is: c/o Miss Jennings, 4 Gordon Street, W.C. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4613 | ||