FORGOTTEN HEROES: EDWARD FOX; The actor on the actor-manager Sir Henry Irving.(Features)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: September 17, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Interview by Charlotte Cripps

Who was he?

Born John Henry Brodribb in Somerset in 1838, Henry Irving - as he became, when he took his stage name - was one of the great actor-managers of Victorian theatre. He was knighted in 1895 - the first knighthood ever bestowed on an actor. He died in 1905, at the age of 67, two hours after his final performance. There is a statue of him in the Charing Cross Road, London, where, every February, the Irving Society ...

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