| Author: |
Hill, Jane Dalzell
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née Finlay,
d.1904 wife of Frank Hill, m.1862, writer |
| Address: |
3 Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, SW |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1880], Dec., 1 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (4 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
They are off early the next day and she thanks Irving for a delightful Saturday evening. Frank had not seen the play since the first performance. She loves the last scene where the snow falls and the little scene when Louis puts his hat before his face when Martelli names the woman he loves. They are away until January and will write to Mr Hurst from Rome when she knows a date for their next Lyceum visit. Love from Frank and herself. |
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| Notes: |
She describes 'The Corsican Brothers'. Joseph Hurst ran the Lyceum box office. |
| Document Holder: |
THM (Reference: THM/37/7/26) |
| Ref.No: |
1388 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. |
| Recipient: |
Loveday, Henry Joseph "Harry"
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1839-1910 stage manager at Lyceum, etc. |
| Address: |
[London] |
| Date: |
[1880?], [Dec.?], [5?] Sunday |
| Document Type: |
Letter (2 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Just read enclosed. Was the part of Madame understudied? If so get the lady at the theatre by 2 & Irving will go through scenes. If not understudied get Miss Barnett there at 2 & she must read it. Perhaps Loveday can think of something better. (At head:) Then there's 'The Cup'. Telegraph Allen to come down. |
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| Notes: |
Madame is probably Madame Savilia dei Franchi in 'The Corsican Brothers' played by Georgiana Pauncefort who was presumably ill. She did appear as Phoebe in 'The Cup' which opened on 3rd January 1881. Jimmy (James H.) Allen was the prompter. |
| Document Holder: |
ECL (Reference: MS 431) |
| Ref.No: |
7446 |
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| Author: |
Nicholls, Henry "Harry"
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1852-1926 actor |
| Address: |
Drury Lane Theatre |
| Recipient: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905 |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
[1880], Dec., 6 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (1 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Asks for 2 seats in any part of theatre any night that week. |
| Published: |
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| Notes: |
2 Upper Circle sent 7/12/80 for 'The Corsican Brothers'. |
| Document Holder: |
LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker) |
| Ref.No: |
5252 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. |
| Recipient: |
Scott, Clement William
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1841-1904 critic, journalist |
| Address: |
- |
| Date: |
1880, Dec., 10 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (3 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
He cannot tell Scott the name of the play because, like the Spanish Fleet it is not in sight. He will not play it until after Christmas. The M.S. is very funny, but, sorry to say, not true. If Scott takes out "quite fresh" and "frequently true" he has a capital little paper. Will he put it in? The N[ew] Y[ork] Mirror was sent to him - but such stuff is amusing. Nobody in decent America knows of the thing. He would rather be blamed than praised by them. |
| Published: |
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| Notes: |
The as yet unnamed play is Tennyson's 'The Cup' produced on 3rd January, and sent to Scott to read on 31st December (Letter 4795). The reference to the Spanish Fleet is from Sheridan's 'The Critic'. The other articles are unidentified. |
| Document Holder: |
HUL |
| Ref.No: |
4801 |
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| Author: |
Irving, Sir Henry
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(John Henry Brodribb),
1838-1905 |
| Address: |
15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W. |
| Recipient: |
Tennyson, Hallam
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2nd Baron Tennyson, 1852-1928 |
| Address: |
Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight |
| Date: |
1880, Dec., 10 |
| Document Type: |
Letter (11 p.) |
| Content Summary: |
Long, detailed letter about changes to Tennyson's 'The Cup'. Irving believes 'the Cup' is the best title. Discusses other alternatives e.g. 'Synorix & Camma' but 'The Cup' looks well printed and it does not matter that the Cup reveals too much of the plot. Everybody knows the end of a Shakespeare play and the plot will be known after the first night. What do Hallam and his father think? Principally he wants Alfred Tennyson to write a few lines to open Act 1 Sc. 3; something Synorix should say about his escape of the night before and whether she will come to him and a revelation of his real character. Irving is sure a few lines would intensify and lead up to evening scene. A few words after Camma takes the Cup into the Temple - words about her beauty and his irresistible desire to possess her... Besides they need a few for Publius and the soldiers at start of scene so deprive him of words after Camma's exit. This suggestion need not interfere with the poem and need not necessarily be printed. He thinks his suggestions will lead to success; he intends producing the play on Monday, 3rd January - a Monday to keep out "the cacklers". Saturday is usual but then you let in all the Sunday small-fry - a ragged lot. Besides he must have the public in the seats not the usual first night crowd who come to see a play damned. Public are booking for 3rd January not knowing the banquet they will feast on. Few complimentary seats, therefore. Will spread the gentlemen over three nights rather than one. Tennyson will hardly believe demand for first nights from all over the world. "Phew! The smell of 'em' ". Postcript suggests another line for p.34: "Camma you will not wed this Synorix?" |
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| Notes: |
Postmarked envelope included with Aldworth nr Haslemere, Surrey crossed out.
By courtesy of the Tennyson Research Centre, Lincolnshire County Council. |
| Document Holder: |
TRC (Reference: 3796) |
| Ref.No: |
5528 |
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