Irving, Sir Henry
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Irving, Sir Henry (1838–1905), originally John Henry Brodribb, achieved fame as an actor for his performance in
The Bells (1871–2), and afterwards scored successes in a large number of Shakespearian and other parts, his impersonation of
Tennyson's Becket being one of his chief triumphs. His management of the Lyceum Theatre in association with
Ellen Terry, 1878–1902, was distinguished, and he revived popular interest in Shakespeare.
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Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Theatre Notebook; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and his World Jeffrey...exposure for his past crime. How did Irving achieve such a remarkable transformation...Appropriately, and certainly by design, Sir Henry Irving appeared in the centennial year of Irving...
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Irving, Sir Henry: Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Biography; 6/22/2006; ; 420 words
; Irving, Sir Henry Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World. Jeffrey Richards. London: Hambledon Continuum, 2006. 508 pp. 25 [pounds sterling]. "... a rumbling pantechnicon of a book in which huge amounts of information are...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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A soap opera from earlier times; British theatre.(A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 8/30/2008; 700+ words
; SIR MICHAEL HOLROYD, the doyen of...eminent of all actor-managers, Sir Henry Irving, together with four children, two from Irving's failed marriage and two from...lives of Irving's children, Henry and Laurence, are a tragic strand...
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GLADSTONE'S CABINET OVERRULED THE PRIME MINISTER'S FIRST ATTEMPT TO MAKE HENRY IRVING A KNIGHT BIOGRAPHY A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families by Michael Holroyd CHATTO & WINDUS, pounds 25, 620 pp Jonathan Bate on two glamorous 19th-century actors who transformed the theatrical profession
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...meanwhile, was born John Henry Brodribb to Methodist teetotal...s first attempt to make Irving a knight. When he did finally become Sir Henry in 1895, the acting life...also tells the story of the Irving and Terry children. The most...
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Sir Ralph's seal of thespian friendship is sold to help struggling actors
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/28/2001; ; 562 words
; ...memorabilia built up by Sir Ralph Richardson. The...personal friendship with Henry Irving, who revolutionised Shakespearian...The seal passed to Sir Henry, then to Sir John Gielgud...were worn by Sir Henry Irving when he played Cardinal...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Antiques Piece of theatre history for sale; Richard Edmonds looks forward to Sotheby's sale of Sir John Gielgud's library, art works and other personal belongings.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 3/31/2001; 700+ words
; The death of Sir John Gielgud in May last year, aged...legend - and a woman who had worked with Sir Henry Irving, one of the first of the great theatre...from the libraries of both Terry and Irving - and how Sir John would have treasured...
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Of plays and play; The letters of Sir John Gielgud.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/10/2004; 700+ words
; ...letters THE principal interests of Sir John Gielgud were the theatre and...his aunt, Ellen Terry, who was Sir Henry Irving's leading lady. He played Shylock...never hardened. His performance with Sir Ralph Richardson in a Royal Court...
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Henry Irving's Hamlet: Some Visual Sources
Magazine article from: Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Henry Irving's portrayal of Hamlet was one...Then, in Manchester in 1864, Irving participated in a series of tableaux...Kemble's Hamlet as represented in Sir Thomas Lawrence's 1801 famous portrait.6 Irving recorded his contribution in a...
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Editorial
Magazine article from: Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Sir Henry Irving - first knight of the British theatre...to be made in the documentary record of Irving's career and legacy, and in the interpretation...13th October 2005 was the centenary of Henry Irving's death, and the publication...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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TV: Dracula writer Bram thought his pal was a bit of all BITE BITE.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 3/2/2003; 700+ words
; ...poet and became hopelessly obsessed with the actor Sir Henry Irving. And experts now believe his mentor and boss Sir Henry Irving was his inspiration for the famous Count Dracula...
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Sir Henry Irving
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir Henry Irving 1838-1905, English actor and manager, originally named John Henry Brodribb. He made his debut in 1856 and...The Bells, a role he often repeated. Irving managed the Lyceum Theatre, London, from...
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Irving, Sir Henry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Irving, Sir Henry [ John Henry Brodribb Irving ] (1838–1905), English actor-manager, knighted in 1895, the first actor to be so honoured. Of Cornish extraction but born in Somerset, he went to London at the age of 10 and while...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , 1859-1930, British...A Story of Waterloo (1894) was one of Sir Henry Irving's notable successes. Doyle also wrote...Bibliography: See his autobiography (1924); The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader (2002), ed...
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Dame Ellen Alicia Terry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Gordon Craig , by E. W. Godwin. In 1878 she joined Sir Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre as his leading lady. With him...the management of Charles Frohman . After 1902 she left Irving for an unsuccessful stint as manager of the Imperial...
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Forbes‐Robertson, Johnston
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Comparing his Dane with that of another English artist, Sir Henry Irving , Walter Tallmadge Arndt observed in Current Literature , “Irving's is artistic artificiality, while Mr. Robertson...
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