| Author: | Fitzgerald, Elizabeth | ||
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| Address: | Shalstone Manor, Buckingham | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1888?], Aug., 25 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks Irving for liberal gift for the organ, asked for by Mr Warne, which she is putting up in memory of her beloved son. She is proud that he met Irving at the Garrick and regarded him as a friend. Her son said she should know "our greatest English artist'' as she knows Salvini - two men who are "the glory of the stage" etc. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Mother of Captain Keene Fitzgerald, who died 30/8/1887, the Lady of the Manor at Shalstone, signing herself Eliza. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1406 | ||
| Author: | Ford, Edward Onslow | ||
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| Address: | 62, Acacia Road, St. John's Wood, NW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1883, April, 20 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for Irving's kindly appeal on behalf of the Artist's General Benevolent Fund. He hopes Irving will visit him in his new studio. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1408 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Brereton, Austin | ||
| Address: | 35 Whitcomb St, Charing Cross,WC | ||
| Date: | 1897, May, 27 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has Brereton's letter. Before the Directors had decided that no other entertainment be advertised in the Earl's Court Grounds would it not have been wise to consider the indebtedness of the Exhibition to many theatrical managers? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | This refers to the Queen's Jubilee 'Victorian Era' exhibition for which Irving was Chairman of the Drama Committee. Negative photocopy in THM/37/7/2; with typewritten transcript in THM/37/1/37. | ||
| Document Holder: | HTC (Reference: Brereton Scrapbook) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1421 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Hotel Lincoln, Pittsburgh, PA. | ||
| Recipient: | Brereton, Austin | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1904?], Jan., 15 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He congratulates on a change for the better. All very well - a bad season though never a reason to complain. Does Brereton know something of the C.G. benefit? Is it for the lady? He thought poor Welch(?) had a fair income? There's a correspondent named Ormesby Burton(?) who sends the most wierd (sic) news from London - sometimes scandalous & sensational, and he seems to be a particular pal of Wyn Thomas. (Postscript:) He agrees they do not seem to have pushed Brereton's book. He has not seen an allusion to it in an American paper. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The book is probably 'The Lyceum and Henry Irving', 1903. Welch may be the actor & manager James Welch. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/14/9/8(2)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1432 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | 15a, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1883, May, 7 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Greetings and thanks for kind letter. He may be interested in seeing their version of 'Robert Macaire' and sends a rough proof. Irving thinks Fitzgerald said that he had a few bits of the Frederic (Lemaitre's) business. Irving never saw that master but everything would be worth considering excepting perhaps the scaling of the boxes and dress circle at the end of the play. He will make Macaire always a ruffian sometimes with the touch of a dandy. Will Fitzgerald come on the first night? | ||
| Published: | Laurence Irving, p 407 (incomplete). | ||
| Notes: | Partial transcript in THM/37/1/22. THM has also a short note on Frédéric Lemaitre in an unidentified hand and a silk programme for the morning performance in aid of the Royal College of Music on Thursday, 14th June 1883 at 3pm. | ||
| Document Holder: | GAR (Reference: Fitzgerald, vol. 3, p 351.) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1435 | ||
| Author: | Jefferson, Joseph | ||
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| Address: | 5th Avenue Hotel [New York] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1900, April, 16 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Jefferson has had a letter from Malorie(?) Clark, the blind journalist, who says Irving has given him a cheque for $100 for his Benefit Fund. Jefferson knows that Irving has given thousands of pounds to charity, but none more deserving. Jefferson met John Drew the day before, who says he was sandwiched between Irving and Jefferson at Buffalo. He hopes he tasted well. He hopes to see Ellen Terry and Irving before they go, but if not, God bless them both. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving's Sixth American Tour ran from October 1899 to May 1900. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/27) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1474 | ||
| Author: | Fleming, James | ||
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| Address: | St. Michael's Vicarage, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1902, April, 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Reminds Irving that they met at a supper for Sir John Hassard. Wishes to ask favour. The Collector of Church has robbed and absconded. Queen Alexandra has given her patronage for a concert to raise funds and she hopes to attend. It is 3pm 9th June at the Queen's Hall. Could Irving recite 'Eugene Aram' for the fund? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Annotated for refusal 'Regret' HI 24/4/02 | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1492 | ||
| Author: | Footman, Maurice Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 8, Bank Street, Lincoln | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1891, May, 15 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has set up a Shakespeare Club for young people. He lists texts and sources used. Cannot afford complete editions for 40+ pupils. Is Irving's edition of 'Romeo & Juliet' still in print, though it is deemed unsuitable for young people. If it were to be re-printed at 1/- he would take at least 50 copies. From the Lyceum he has derived instruction and delight. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | An illegible note by Irving at the head of the letter resulted in reprinting; see Letters 7520-21. | ||
| Document Holder: | BTC (Reference: 2006/0078 (Box 2)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1495 | ||
| Author: | Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1883?], [June?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (4 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Congratulations - extraordinary business- especially piano playing and singing. Capital effort for first outing and the starring as Jacques. Some lines said too hurriedly. Makes suggestions about changing the dance. Mrs Keeley was with Fitzgerald and she agreed. Repeat it the way it was done at the St James's. Ellen Terry really exquisite. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Play unspecified but appears to refer to Benefit performance at Lyceum on 14th June, 1883 of 'Robert Macaire'. Toole played Jacques Strop and Irving played Macaire. Ellen Terry had a few lines as Clementine. Benefit raised £1000 for Royal College of Music. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1538 | ||
| Author: | Gladstone, Catherine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 10, St James's Square, SW | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1894], May, 6 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Catherine Gladstone has a very young friend called Herbert Innis who is engaged from next September to take some part at the Lyceum. He has a widowed mother and Catherine asks if he could be employed earlier. She knows how kind Irving is to the poor deserving. She hopes he is quite well; her husband W.E.G. is quite well. Apologies for troubling Irving. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Herbert Innis, later Innes, acted at the Lyceum 1894-99. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/25) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1560 | ||