{"product_id":"personal-reminiscences-of-henry-irving-paperback-9781108057431","title":"Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108057431","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePersonal Reminiscences of Henry Irving\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn engaging 1906 two-volume tribute to the most famous actor-manager of the nineteenth century by his closest friend and business manager.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBram Stoker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108057431, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 February 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages, 17 b\/w illus.  1 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Earliest recollections of Henry Irving\u003cbr\u003e 2. The old school and the new\u003cbr\u003e 3. Friendship\u003cbr\u003e 4. Honours from Dublin university\u003cbr\u003e 5. Converging streams\u003cbr\u003e 6. Joining forces\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Lyceum productions\u003cbr\u003e 8. Irving begins management\u003cbr\u003e 9. Shakespeare plays - 1\u003cbr\u003e 10. Shakespeare plays - 2\u003cbr\u003e 11. Shakespeare plays - 3\u003cbr\u003e 12. Shakespeare plays - 4\u003cbr\u003e 13. Irving's method\u003cbr\u003e 14. Art-sense\u003cbr\u003e 15. Stage effects\u003cbr\u003e 16. The value of experiment\u003cbr\u003e 17. The pulse of the public\u003cbr\u003e 18. Tennyson and his plays - 1\u003cbr\u003e 19. Tennyson and his plays - 2\u003cbr\u003e 20. Tennyson and his plays - 3\u003cbr\u003e 21. Tennyson and his plays - 4\u003cbr\u003e 22. Waterloo - King Arthur - Don Quixote\u003cbr\u003e 23. Art and hazard\u003cbr\u003e 24. Vandenhoff\u003cbr\u003e 25. Charles Matthews\u003cbr\u003e 26. Charles Dickens and Henry Irving\u003cbr\u003e 27. Mr J. M. Levy\u003cbr\u003e 28. Visits to America\u003cbr\u003e 29. William Winter\u003cbr\u003e 30. Performance at West Point\u003cbr\u003e 31. American reporters\u003cbr\u003e 32. Tours-de-force\u003cbr\u003e 33. Christmas\u003cbr\u003e 34. Irving as a social force\u003cbr\u003e 35. Visits of foreign warships\u003cbr\u003e 36. Irving's last reception at the Lyceum\u003cbr\u003e 37. The voice of England\u003cbr\u003e 38. Rival towns\u003cbr\u003e 39. Two stories\u003cbr\u003e 40. Sir Richard Burton\u003cbr\u003e 41. Sir Henry Morton Stanley\u003cbr\u003e 42. Arminius Vambéry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005905785112,"sku":"9781108057431","price":35.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108057431i.jpg?v=1696747337","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/personal-reminiscences-of-henry-irving-paperback-9781108057431","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}