TENNYSON ALFRED LORD The Cup a Tragedy

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HENRY IRVING'S COPY TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD. The Cup, a Tragedy. Small 8vo, maroon calf, double gilt borders, gilt lettering label tp spine, worn. 85 numbered pages; Henry Irving bookplate. Heavily annotated in several hands, with stage directions, additions, corrections, etc. In one case, a complete speech has been rewritten and pasted over. [London, nd; but 1880]

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apparently unrecorded script for the premiere of the play which opened 3 January 1881 at the Lyceum Theatre. Pencil note on front free endpaper reads "Prompt book of 'The Cup' with notes in the handwriting of Tennyson & Henry Irving. Bought at the Sir Henry Irving sale." In a 10 December 1880 letter from Irving to Hallam Tennyson, Irving comments that "The Cup" looks well printed, dismisses the suggestion that the title be changed, and asks that Tennyson make several changes. In closing, he announces that he intends producing the play on Monday, 3 January. Ashley Library catalogue, p. 141, lists the 1881 edition, "privately printed for stage purposes" as the first edition.