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STURGIS, Julian : A Fine 6pp. Autograph Letter to Henry Irving, Dated May 4 (no year), from 17 Carlton House Terrace S.W., and Signed in Full

4pp folded, and a single leaf. and a single leaf, the leaf torn horizontally in hal at what was a fold, with no loss of text. Sturgis praises Irving's Iago "so finely malevolent ehrn alone"..."Iago redeems Othello from brutality". He asks to be introduced to Ellen Terry "to thank her in person for giving us all a liberal education in beauty", and effusively praises her Desdemona. Julian Russell Sturgis (21 October 1848 – 13 April 1904) was a novelist, poet, librettist and lyricist. Born in the US, he lived and worked in Britain nearly all his life and took British citizenship. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, Sturgis was a notable athlete. He distinguished himself in Eton's sporting activities and rowed for Balliol for three years. He then played association football as an amateur, from 1872 to 1876, and was the first foreigner to play in an FA Cup Final. Sturgis qualified as a barrister, but he embarked on a writing career in 1874, producing novels, poetry, plays and libretti. He wrote the words for four operas, with music by Arthur Goring Thomas, Arthur Sullivan, Alexander Mackenzie and Charles Villiers Stanford, respectively. He is, perhaps, best remembered as the librettist for Sullivan's 1891 opera Ivanhoe.

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