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Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Plaza Hotel, 5th Avenue, 58/59 Street, New York
Recipient: Terry, Dame Ellen Alice >>
Address: -
Date: 1904, March, 21 Monday
Document Type: Letter (5 p.)
Content Summary: Wishes before or after the Autumn tour the two weeks were possible but afraid it hardly is. It would be too soon to begin and too late - too near Xmas. He often thinks as Ellen does as to how long this work will go on. For himself he thinks that two years more should end it and that after the lectures they should together prepare farewells. In two years as much could be done as in four and they would be together. This would gratify the public which has some sentiment concerning them. What does she think? Keep the idea to herself for a time. He has little confidence in the advice of others but she should hear their old friend Mrs Edwards on the subject. A clever old lady and Mark Harris(?) used to call her 'the boss'. They were all delighted with Ellen's messages. He went there for an informal meal with Stoker and Laurence whose wife could not come. Found twelve ladies there who apologised that their husbands were too busy to come. He hinted that he was a little busy, too! A lot of money has been lost in New York recently. Desmond Baker of Baltimore has lost a million sterling in the shipping trust. Irving will see William Winter that night - he is giving up work to live in California. For the eight Spring weeks he has cast Miss Hackney as Rosamund and Mrs Cecil Raleigh as Eleanor. She is a sort of wild cat and they can fight it out between themselves. How beautiful the first 'Becket' was and how impossible to equal it in any way. He will be glad to get aboard, away from monotonous inanities with a little time to himself. They have had a very hard session; rough work with a (hostile?) 'Dante'. Leaving behind in Chicago, Freddie, the call boy, who has typhoid. They leave on Saturday and when he arrives Ellen will be in Cheltenham. Loveday left last Saturday for everything has to be done for 'Becket' - Harker's scenery tried, rehearsals day and night. God bless you.
Published: -
Notes: Signed Henry. Written at end of final American tour (Oct. 1903 - March 1904). It is probably the final version of the draft recorded by R. Manvell (see Letter 4847). Irving played 'Dante' for only a few performances in New York - the American public did not respond. Laurence's wife was Mabel Hackney, also in the company. Mrs Edwards may be the wife of Henry Sutherland Edwards.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/384/6/3)
Ref.No: 8465    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Piccadilly PO
Recipient: Terry, Dame Ellen Alice >>
Address: Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Date: [190]4, April, 15 
Document Type: Telegram
Content Summary: Love & greetings. 'Morning Post' records last night's triumph. Warmest congratulations.
Published: -
Notes: Signed: He[nr]y Irving.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/384/6/4)
Ref.No: 7920    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Recipient: Winter, William >>
Address: -
Date: 1904, April, 16 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: A note about 'Becket'.
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: FSL (Reference: MS Y.c.485)
Ref.No: 5813    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Newcastle
Recipient: Harvey, Sir John Martin >>
Address: -
Date: 1904. April, 20 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: He wishes he could be with Martin Harvey on Shakespeare Day but he has to play twice that day. He will be a patron of the Shakespeare Society.
Published: Ifan Kyrle Fletcher catalogue 198
Notes: April 23rd is celebrated as Shakespeare's birthday. The Shakespeare Society might be the recently formed British Empire Shakespeare Society of which Irving became the first president.
Document Holder: P
Ref.No: 9052    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: Newcastle on Tyne
Recipient: Tennyson, Hallam >>
Address: Freshwater
Date: 1904, April, 21 
Document Type: Telegram
Content Summary: Delighted to receive kind message and to tell you that the great play was received with fresh enthusiasm. Henry Irving.
Published: -
Notes: The tour began on 18th April, and the play is surely 'Becket' . By courtesy of the Tennyson Research Centre, Lincolnshire County Council.
Document Holder: TRC (Reference: 3808)
Ref.No: 5527    
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