Personal reminiscences of Henry Irving, Volume 1:

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...

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Beteilige Person: Stoker, Bram 1847-1912 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Literary studies
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542654
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542654
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542654
Zusammenfassung: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. Volume 1 includes reminiscences of Irving's Shakespeare, performances of The Bells, Faust and Tennyson's plays, Ellen Terry's acting and his appearances in America
Beschreibung:Originally published in London by William Heinemann in 1906. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Umfang:1 online resource (xii, 372 pages)
ISBN:9781139542654
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139542654