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Henry Irving: A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager
Contributor(s): Foulkes, Richard (Editor)
ISBN: 113865793X     ISBN-13: 9781138657939
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $113.85  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography
- Literary Criticism
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
Dewey: B
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World
Physical Information: 226 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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Henry Irving (1838-1905), the first actor to be knighted, dominated the theatre in Britain and beyond for over a quarter of a century. As an actor, he was strikingly different with his idiosyncratic pronunciation, his somewhat ungainly physique, and his brilliant psychological portrayals of virtue and villainy. He was also the director of spectacular, and commercially driven, entertainments and as the manager of the Lyceum theatre, he controlled every aspect of the performance.

First published in 2008, this collection of essays by leading theatre scholars explores each element of Irving's art: his acting, his contribution to the plays he commissioned, his flair for the stage picture, and his ear for incidental music. This book will be of interest to those studying the history of theatre.