| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
[Chicago] |
| Recipient: |
Terry, Dame Ellen Alice
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1847-1928 actress |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1904, Feb,, 10(?) |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2+ p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Ellen's letter has been following him about so thought he would inform her of arrangements for 'Becket', principally for two months from April. In Autumn a season of 10-12 weeks - with repertory. No intention of doing anything new - the old plays are the attraction and as one cannot go on for ever. What are her Autumn engagements? Is there anyone she can recommend for Rosamund? A peaceful, graceful sort of creature with a personality interesting to the audience? There can be no great actress for they don't exist, but it must be someone who could be winning and moving with a reverence for the Archbishop and adoration for the King. The very opposite of the Hackney! ... |
| Published: |
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| Notes: |
Letter missing final page(s) on headed paper for American 1903-4 tour. Irving has underlined Chicago and Illinos(sic) Theatre. He was looking for an actress to play opposite him in 'Becket'.
Hackney was Mabel Hackney, the wife of Laurence Irving.
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| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/384/6/3) |
| Ref.No: |
8231 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
Chicago, Ill. |
| Recipient: |
Thomson, Edith Taylor
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| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1904, Feb., 12 |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
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| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
With envelope. |
| Document Holder: |
HAM |
| Ref.No: |
9037 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
American Tour, 1903-1904 Victoria Theatre, Dayton, Ohio |
| Recipient: |
Raleigh, Isabel Ellissen “Saba”
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1866-1923 actress, wife of Cecil |
| Address: |
2 Brunswick Place, Regent's Park, London |
| Date: |
1904, March, 8 |
| Document Type: |
Telegram |
| Content Summary: |
Would she be free, eight weeks, Eleanor provinces from 25 April, please send terms. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
Draft telegram marked as sent 8th March. The part of Queen Eleanor in 'Becket' on tour. |
| Document Holder: |
SCL (Reference: RL2/6/31) |
| Ref.No: |
6196 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Recipient: |
Terry, Dame Ellen Alice
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1847-1928 actress |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1904?], [March?] |
| Document Type: |
Letter |
| Content Summary: |
As she says, how long will their work go on? He would be glad to end in October 1906 when he will have been on stage for fifty years. Much can be done with properly organised farewell tours in 2 or 4 years. If possible they ought to be together which is what the public wants. How beautiful the first 'Becket' was and impossible to match. He sees that Master Edward is starting a dramatic school, not to be left out of it. He thinks he and Ellen should - they would have lots of pupils. |
| Published: |
R.Manvell, 'Ellen Terry', p .251. |
| Notes: |
Reported as preserved in notebook at BTM (now V&A Theatre Collections). Draft only, with also copy in L. Irving's hand in THM file. A letter echoing some phrases was sent from New York on 21st March 1904 (see Letter 8465). Master Edward is Edward Gordon Craig. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/1/33) |
| Ref.No: |
4847 |
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| Author: |
Wallis, Ellen Maria Lancaster
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née Cook,
1853-1940 actress, Mrs John Lancaster, afterwards Mrs Walter Reynolds |
| Address: |
Colonial Hotel, Cleveland, O[hio] |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1904, March, 18 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Stoker has told her that if an engagement comes up she may accept it. On 8th December she had written when 'Becket' was to replace 'Dante' about their position and his reply tied them from trying to relieve him of their salaries. After repeated requests, the decision that day comes too late for them to find other work that season. She feels wounded and surprised to be in a prejudicial position. 'Becket' was produced after her contract had expired and she was not re-engaged, although there was a possible part for which someone had to be employed and this is a blow to her professional standing. Worse, it is to take place not in town where a more popular name might attract, but in the provinces where she has long held a prominent position. |
| Published: |
- |
| Notes: |
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| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
5410 |
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