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Author: Not known >>
Address: -
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London]
Date: [1879], [June] 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: A complaint that the trees at Hampton Court on scenery painted for 'King Charles I' were too large, as they had only been planted by that king.
Published: Stoker, 2nd edition, p. 66.
Notes: Stoker mentions this letter which apparently does not survive in his collections.
Document Holder: Pd
Ref.No: 8902    
Author: Richards, Henry Brinley >>
Address: 25, Saint Mary Abbot's Terrace, Kensington, W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, June, 25 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: He does not want to rival Oliver Twist but Irving was so kind the previous evening he asks for seats to see 'Charles I' the next Friday. The previous evening was memorable, even to one who knew Charles Kean.
Published: -
Notes: Marked for 2 stalls on 27th, but Stoker's note records nowhere sorry. Richards had probably seen 'Louis XI'.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 5301    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Recipient: Delaunay, Louis Arsêne >>
Address: -
Date: [1879?] 
Document Type: Letter
Content Summary: He is pleased that their histories had so far gone side by side, and also his admiration. He arranges for Delaunay to meet him at the Garrick Club prior to going to Dorking "en break".
Published: I.K. Fletcher, Catalogue no.220, item 229.
Notes: Signed by Irving. Irving took actors from the Comédie Française to Dorking on 29th June 1879.
Document Holder: Pd
Ref.No: 4927    
Author: Delaunay, Louis Arsêne >>
Address: Upper Montagu St. W
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1879, June, 27 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He will be at the Garrick Club on Sunday at 11o/c. He will try to be in a good temper and promises Irving to forget they are two great actors. May the SUN protect them on that DAY.
Published:
Notes: With typescript translation. Capitalised words in English in original.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/1/19)
Ref.No: 836    
Author: Febvre, Frédéric >>
Address: Comédie Française [London]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1879], [June], [27] Vendredi
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: He could not see Irving as Hamlet but asks for 2 stalls to see 'Charles I' that night.
Published: -
Notes: In French. 2 st 27th sent 27/6/79 - the first night of 'Charles I.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 7602    
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