| Author: |
Muther, M.
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foreign visitor (German?) staying at Windsor Castle |
| Address: |
Windsor Castle |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1879, Feb., 27 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He has heard from Lady Ely that it was Irving himself who provided them with the box at the Lyceum on Tuesday. He and Major Wernher express their heartiest thanks for his kindness, and very much enjoyed his highly interesting interpretation of Hamlet. Both admired the reality and consistency of his interpretation, and will long remember the eminently artistic performance. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Muther apologises for being awkward in English. He may be the "Grand Duke's gentleman" referred to in Letter 778. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) |
| Ref.No: |
2476 |
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| Author: |
Grove, Sir George
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1820-1900 music historian, Director of the Royal College of Music |
| Address: |
Macmillan's Magazine. Lower Sydenham, S.E. (crossed through) |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
[1879], Feb., 28 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Asks for 2 seats for 'Hamlet' the next Wednesday evening. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Lyceum receipt stamp 3 Mar 79, and marked at head; 2 D.C. 5/3/79. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
5139 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Strand |
| Recipient: |
Meller, Elizabeth
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Mrs, friend, of Lower Norwood |
| Address: |
Elm Cottage, Lower Norwood |
| Date: |
1879, Feb., 28 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
She will not ask him for places - so he sends them instead. She should understand that whenever she wishes to come to the theatre Mr Hurst will do the best he can for her. He knows she likes stall best. He sends his love. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
With envelope not in Irving's hand. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/14/9/8(4)) |
| Ref.No: |
2379 |
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| Author: |
Whistler, James Abbot McNeill
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1834-1903 American painter & etcher |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
>>
(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1879?] |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Just a reminder - Whistler will call for Irving on his way from his brother's on Sunday morning at half past eleven. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Summarised with permission of Glasgow University. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/42) |
| Ref.No: |
4931 |
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| Author: |
Everill, Frederick Augustus
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1829-1900 English actor |
| Address: |
Lime Lodge, Mortlake |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
1879, March, 2 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He is very grieved and ashamed -is he to play the next night? Please let him play - it will mean river(?) unless Irving is indulgent. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Everill's offence is not elaborated but is described anonymously by Stoker, Vol.I, p.79-81 and probably involved drunkenness. See Letters 6679-80. |
| Document Holder: |
SCL (Reference: RL2/6/406(d)) |
| Ref.No: |
6678 |
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