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Henry Irving
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Henry Irving
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Sir Henry Irving
Sir Henry Irving was the greatest actor of the Victorian age and was thought of by Gladstone as his greatest contemporary. He transformed the theatre, in Britain and America, from a disreputable and marginal entertainment into a respected and uplifting art form. This work gives an account of Irving and his impact on the Victorian theatre and life.
Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry
On reel with Yorick, pseud. A letter concerning Mr. Henry Irving.
Henry Irving and The Victorian Theatre
Originally published in 1978. Henry Irving achieved an astounding success in Britain and America as an actor; yet he lacked good looks, had spindly legs, and did not have a good voice. He said so himself. Today Irving is regarded as the archetype of the old-time actor, but in his own time he was regarded as a great theatrical innovator. Even Bernard Shaw, who attacked him pitilessly, even unto death, called him ‘modern’ when he first saw him act. Irving, the man, with his tenacious, obsessive talent, his human limitations and weaknesses, and his ephemeral glory is brought most sympathetically to life in this biography. It is written from contemporary sources, and from criticisms, lampoon...
Henry Irving
The end of a tradition. Brodribb - a fine name for a farmer. Brodribb prepares himself to become Henry Irving. The Lyceum Theatre. The actor. Irving as stage-master. Schools and masters. Irving as theatre director. Irving as leader of the English stage. Irving as host. Irving's way. Irving's end, and after.
