Photograph by William Crooke, Edinburgh. Author’s Collection.
HENRY IRVING IN THE LAST YEAR OF HIS LIFE—1904-’05
West.’ The characters call you ‘The Girl.’ The models of the play are fine—the last scene of all, ‘In the Wilderness,’ is a gem. There are some beautiful speeches in the play—very ‘Batesesque’; the lines just crackle and all the situations are human.
“Yes, send along the photo, and I will have a poster made of you.
“Entre nous, we open in Pittsburgh, before coming into New York, playing there for two weeks at the new Belasco Theatre, as the stockholders have named it. It will be a great night.
“Just keep well, enjoy your summer, and the moment I have finished the play,—which will be in about three weeks,—I will rush it into your hands.
“With love, hugs, kisses and things,