| Author: | Wortley, Charles Beilby Stuart | ||
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| Address: | House of Commons | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1894, May, 30 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Just voted in favour of retaining 'ten' instead of substituting 'eleven' in Section 3(c) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act 1887. If the proposal to substitute 'eleven' is passed a Justice licence would be needed up to the age of 11 - He does not think theatre parties have been consulted. Thought Irving should know. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Marked 'Private' and 'ans. HI 31/5/94'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/39) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4956 | ||
| Author: | Wright, Alexander | ||
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| Address: | 21 Eldon Street, Greenock | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1888, Feb., 29 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He asks Irving to pardon the liberty. He is trying to renew the lease of the theatre there but it needs a new face on the auditorium, recreating boxes, redecorations etc. Will Irving loan him £100 for 12 or 18 months at 5% interest? He will not need to draw a salary for home expenses and feels certain he will repay him in full within the time. He is pleased to read in the papers of Irving's merited enormous success - he saw £15,000 receipts in 4 weeks. He sends best wishes hoping Irving will have confidence in him. (Postscript:) He has asked the favour in a brief note not wishing to trouble him with a long letter knowing him to be not only a gentleman but every inch a man in Burns' sense'. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving agreed to the request; see Letter 4958. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/43) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4957 | ||
| Author: | Wright, Alexander | ||
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| Address: | 21 Eldon Street, Greenock | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1888, April, 12 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He sends his heartfelt thanks to Irving for granting his request for the loan of £100. It would require Shakespeare, Scott or Burns to express them adequately. He now has everything arranged for the signing of the lease for five years - he gets the keys next month. In May the redecoration will commence and he will open (d.v.) in August. He asks Irving to put in a word for him with some of the good things visiting the provinces. He thanks Irving again and expresses his honest pride in proving his gratitude by repaying the loan within two years. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | See Letter 4957. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/43) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4958 | ||
| Author: | Wright, William | ||
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| Address: | 8, Rue de Berri, Paris | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1892, Oct., 16 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Has sent Irving the Kemble sword - hopes it will arrive safely. Read article in 'The Strand' on Irving's collection - would he care to entrust Garrick and Kean swords to him for a time so that he could have them arranged as a 'pendant' to the one he has sent Irving. He has got exact size and model and they could all be displayed on one board. Received very nice letter from Dr Weldon - both he and his wife are grateful for the kind introduction. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Dr James Welldon, headmaster of Harrow School. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/43) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4959 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | Romford, Essex | ||
| Recipient: | Wilkins, Mary Ann | ||
| Address: | [Warminster] | ||
| Date: | 1856, Aug., 18 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (5 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has left his office in Newgate Street with the well wishes of his employers, and is staying with friends in Romford away from smoke and dirt. He looks quite ruddy and robust from the change. He can get to London by train in half an hour. He would have liked to come to Warminster and dirty Bristol to visit her but had not sufficient time. His mother would like to visit her but has workmen in the house. Explains that before he left Thacker & Co's he had decided to try his fortunes in something more intellectual, "the Dramatic profession". He has weighed all the difficulties and temptations. He has £20 [70?] and has bought the necessary wardrobe. His elocution teacher [Henry Thomas] at Sussex Hall, Leadenhall St, has sent a letter of introduction to the theatre manager at Newcastle. He leaves London next month for the "coaly Tyne". Describes playing Romeo at the Soho Theatre. Writes in detail about the great actors Shakespeare, Garrick, Kemble, Macready - a person may be as moral and good as an actor as in any other walk of life, etc. | ||
| Published: | L. Irving, p.65-67; The Times, 1 Feb., 1938. | ||
| Notes: | The letter is crossed. A digitised image of this letter is at http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/phl | ||
| Document Holder: | HLC (Reference: Box 7, Folder 14) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4976 | ||
| Author: | Lacy, Selwyn | ||
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| Address: | 68 Tavistock Crescent, Westbourne Park, Bayswater, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | [1886?] | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | A request for an order to see Irving act before leaving England. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | From a member of Lydia Thompson's touring company, not yet identified. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/28) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4077 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Ellis, Arthur Edward Augustus | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1902, April(?), 22 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | The colleagues with whom he has consulted have agreed unanimously to close their theatres on the two nights suggested. They did not have a general meeting of theatre managers as they passed the individual motion which is all that was possible. Irving thinks this is what Ellis wished as each manager received a similar letter. They were all anxious to adopt any suggestion acceptable to His Majesty the King. (Postcript:) 22nd April - he closed the Lyceum Theatre on the Jubilees of 1887 & 1897. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The reply to Letter 1144 dated 18th April. The original date for the Coronation was 26th June, but the King had to be operated on for appendicitis, and the ceremony was postponed until 9th August. | ||
| Document Holder: | HTC (Reference: Misc. Irving Letters) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4983 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Terriss, William | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1897, July, 12 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Good wishes. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Written by Loveday. | ||
| Document Holder: | HTC (Reference: Misc. Irving Letters) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4985 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Bell, Hamilton | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1893, Dec., 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | Thanks for seeing the 'Becket' of Mr Laurence Barrett. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | HTC (Reference: Misc. Irving Letters) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4987 | ||
| Author: | Irving, Henry | ||
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| Address: | - | ||
| Recipient: | Thomas, Mary | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1883, April, 14 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter | ||
| Content Summary: | He does not approve of professional actors performing with amateurs. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | HTC (Reference: Brereton Scrapbook) | ||
| Ref.No: | 4995 | ||