£230
SIR CHARLES WILLIE MATTHEWS TO FLORENCE HENNIKER, ARCHIVE OF LETTERS: important archive of over 80 letters from Sir Charles Willie Matthews to Florence Henniker, letters dating from 1901 to 1906 covering a wide range of topics: Matthews praises several of Florence Henniker's novels and congratulates her husband General Henniker on his promotion to a post in Ireland. Many of the letters revolve around literature and their shared love of theatre: Matthews writes about his cases and explains 'what a big difference between prosecuting and judging...once on the bench one is filled with alarm lest one should have been too severe'. In one letter he invites Mrs Henniker to the Old Bailey to watch him perform and in another tells of the death 'of my very old friend Henry Irving'. He then describes Irving's burial at Westminster Abbey.. 'what a setting it is, and how it lends itself to the expression of a dignified sorrow'. (Approx 80)
Sir Charles Matthews, barrister famous for his aggressive courtroom flair, on one occasion representing Oscar Wilde: Florence Henniker, Edwardian poet and novelist, friend of Thomas Hardy and inspiration behind Sue in Jude the Obscure.
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