LOYAL PITTITES,
At tho close of the first performance of "Becket" at Drury Lane,. Sir Henry Irving was called again and again to the front, and presently, yielding to the demands for a speech, returned thanks in his customary graceful manner. "Such a welcome," he remarked, "robs ono of words but fills the heart with cherishe"d memories. To-night," he went on, "only my blood speaks to you in my veius. For my comrades I thank you, too, and for myself let me say that I am still your ever-constant and loving servant." Sir Henry was touched not only by tho magnificent pordiahty of his greeting, but'by the reception of a large and beautiful laurel wreath from his old and loyal friends in the pit, many of whom had waited from seven o'clock in the morning for the opening of the doors. A card accompanying the wreath bore the following: "We, your loyal Lyceum pittites, give you our loving greeting. We are rejoiced to hear of your restoration to health, and sincerely trust that it may be permanent. Our delight is unbounacd to be onco again in tho pit to acclaim you. Believe us to remain ever yours in loving admiration.
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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 13, 15 July 1905, Page 13
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200LOYAL PITTITES, Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 13, 15 July 1905, Page 13
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