| Author: | Sothern, Edward Askew | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 2 Norfolk Road, Edgbaston, B'ham [Birmingham] | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1869?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He returns the cheque as it complicates matters. Send one to Mr Morton T.R.H. [Haymarket](He arranges all these matters about B's Bru) and put on comedy 'Blanchard's Bell'. Otherwise he may fancy it's a thoughtful present from Irving to him - & refuse it. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | It is just possible that this refers to Thomas Haynes Bayley's burletta 'The Spitalfields Weaver' which Irving and J.L. Toole performed at benefits at Drury Lane on 11/03/1869 and in Holborn on 4/04/1870 but the reference is obscure. Morton may be the dramatist John Maddison Morton. Sothern is said to have returned to America after 1869. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/38) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4689 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Delaunay, Louis Arsêne | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1893, April, 3 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving hopes the time will come when they meet again but it is impossible at the moment as he is tied to the stake and cannot fly. He envies Delaunay's quiet life saying he has a hard struggle against sensation and vulgarity. He refers to the visit of the Comédie Française to England but its charm has gone with the two faces he loved, one being Delaunay's. | ||
| Published: | I.K. Fletcher, Catalogue no.220, 1966, item 229. | ||
| Notes: | Fletcher also lists another letter and a telegram, 1893-95. | ||
| Document Holder: | Pd | ||
| Ref.No: | 4698 | ||
| Author: | Austin, Louis Frederick | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Lyceum Theatre | ||
| Recipient: | Not known | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1895, May, 23 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | From Mr Henry Irving. Will he deliver the Kemble figure there for Mr Irving's inspection at one o'clock on Tuesday. | ||
| Published: | C. Sutherland, Catalogue 132, item 322. | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | Pd | ||
| Ref.No: | 4699 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | London | ||
| Recipient: | Winter, William | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1893, June, 8 | ||
| Document Type: | Telegram | ||
| Content Summary: | He is grieved beyond measure by [Edwin] Booth's death. The world is poorer by a great and true man. | ||
| Published: | Brereton, Vol. I, p.337. | ||
| Notes: | Described as a cable dispatch, in letter format. The copy preserved in the Hampden-Booth Theatre Library is dated 7th June which may be explained by the time difference. Edwin Booth died at 1.15 am on 7th June. | ||
| Document Holder: | Pd | ||
| Ref.No: | 4716 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | [17] Stratton Street, London, W | ||
| Recipient: | Russell-Cotes, Merton | ||
| Address: | Baldwin's Hotel, Dover Street, Piccadilly | ||
| Date: | 1905, May, 9 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Russell-Cotes for cleaning his dear old friend [Joseph Jefferson's] picture which is more charming than ever. The two men will be linked together in his mind as he admires the effect. Love to Mrs Russell-Cotes. | ||
| Published: | M. Russell-Cotes, Home and Abroad, 1921, Vol.2, p.773-74. | ||
| Notes: | The painting is now in the Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth. | ||
| Document Holder: | Pd | ||
| Ref.No: | 4719 | ||
| Author: | Yorke, Alexander Grantham | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | 10 Granville Place, Portman Square, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1898], Jan., 6 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He asks if Irving sent a line to Osborne about the Queen’s message of sympathy to [William] Terriss’s family. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/44) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4758 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | King Arthur's Castle Hotel, Tintagel, Cornwall | ||
| Recipient: | Brereton, Austin | ||
| Address: | 13 York Chambers, Adelphi, London W.C. | ||
| Date: | [1904], July, 25 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | All hail! Any more revelations about mystery of Southend week(?)? What says Garrick? Brereton's 'Sphere' article first rate - Stupid about S.Africa, isn't it? He doesn't think it matters - but no foundation whatsoever. This is a beautiful spot and Brereton must come there some day to renew their... Cromer day. (Postscript:) Poor W.B. He is very sorry. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | With envelope, the full date from postmark. W.B. is Wilson Barrett who died in 1904. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/14/9/8(1)) | ||
| Ref.No: | 1438 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Edinburgh Hotel, Edinburgh | ||
| Recipient: | Hollingshead, John | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1878, Oct., 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He refuses with thanks the chance to entertain the Comedie Francaise Company - the Company is far too costly. He doubts if their terms would pay. He argues that June & July are already poor months for themselves. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The Comédie Française Company came to the Gaiety in the summer of 1879 and Irving met and entertained the actors. As Irving had only taken over the Lyceum in late 1878 he could not agree to the financial risk, although his season was in fact successfully extended to 26th July. | ||
| Document Holder: | HUL | ||
| Ref.No: | 4773 | ||
| Author: | Goostry, Charles | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Hill View, Haywards' Heath | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1895?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (+2p. p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | While they were on their honeymoon in Switzerland they heard of the dreadful death of Adelaide Neilson in Paris, and his wife was upset for some weeks. She read the little poem written by Clement Scott about Miss Neilson, admired his talent and came to study several of his poems. Would Sir Henry ask Mr Scott if he objects to his wife introducing three of his poems in her little book on Elocution, to be marked as she teaches them.The book is intended for pupils and friends. If it prove a success she will not want to return to the stage, if not and her health permits, she may do so to prove she can act as well as ever. With his wife's kind regards. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The first part of the letter is missing and these pages were presumably given by Irving to Clement Scott. Mrs Goostry was the actress Amy Sedgwick who married Goostry as her third husband in 1878 and lived mostly in retirement. The address is added at the head of this page in another hand. See Letter 4914. | ||
| Document Holder: | HUL | ||
| Ref.No: | 4775 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Kemble, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, [Dec.] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Kemble for a splendid trophy of a splendid creature which he will always prize, and also for the sake of the giver. It could not be in more reverential hands and again he thanks Kemble for entrusting it to him. | ||
| Published: | Article by E.G. Craig in The London Mercury, Feb., 1938. | ||
| Notes: | This is John Philip Kemble's classical shield designed by Flaxman. Henry Kemble's letter presenting the shield is dated 27th December. Edward Gordon Craig claimed to own the letter. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: W.B. Morris Irving cuttings (Box 12).) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4777 | ||