| Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving 2 Volume Set: Cambridge Library Collection Contributor(s): Stoker, Bram (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108057454 ISBN-13: 9781108057455 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Law | Essays - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: 792.028 |
| Physical Information: 1.97" H x 9.06" W x 5.91" (2.91 lbs) 858 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The greatest actor of his day, Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) thrilled audiences with his tragedy and melodrama, his Hamlet and Richard III, most famously at the Lyceum Theatre in London. Born John Henry Brodribb, he took the name Irving for his first professional stage appearance in 1856. A long and exhausting apprenticeship followed, during which he played some 700 roles in theatres up and down the country before establishing his reputation in 1871 in the psychological thriller The Bells. In 1878, he took over the Lyceum and here, with his business manager Bram Stoker (1847-1912) and actress Ellen Terry (rumoured to be his mistress), he became the theatrical icon of his age. This engaging two-volume tribute by Stoker, his closest friend, was first published in 1906. |