{"product_id":"personal-reminiscences-of-henry-irving-paperback-9781108057448","title":"Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108057448","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\"\u003e9781108057448, 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\"\u003e434 pages, 18 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.63 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 2 includes a fascinating account of Irving's acting techniques and his receipt of a knighthood - the first actor to be thus honoured.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e43. Irving's philosophy of his art\u003cbr\u003e 44. The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone\u003cbr\u003e 45. The earl of Beaconsfield\u003cbr\u003e 46. Sir William Pearce, Bart.\u003cbr\u003e 47. Stepniak\u003cbr\u003e 48. E. Onslow Ford, R.A.\u003cbr\u003e 49. Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema, R.A.\u003cbr\u003e 50. Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart.\u003cbr\u003e 51. Edwin A. Abbey, R.A.\u003cbr\u003e 52. J. Bernard Partridge\u003cbr\u003e 53. Robert Browning\u003cbr\u003e 54. Walt Whitman\u003cbr\u003e 55. James Whitcomb Riley\u003cbr\u003e 56. Ernest Renan\u003cbr\u003e 57. Hall Caine\u003cbr\u003e 58. Irving and dramatists\u003cbr\u003e 59. Musicians\u003cbr\u003e 60. Ludwig Barnay\u003cbr\u003e 61. Constant Coquelin\u003cbr\u003e 62. Sarah Bernhardt\u003cbr\u003e 63. Geneviève Ward\u003cbr\u003e 64. John Lawrence Toole\u003cbr\u003e 65. Ellen Terry\u003cbr\u003e 66. Fresh honours in Dublin\u003cbr\u003e 67. Performances at Sandringham and Windsor\u003cbr\u003e 68. Presidents of the United States\u003cbr\u003e 69. Knighthood\u003cbr\u003e 70. Henry Irving and universities\u003cbr\u003e 71. Adventures\u003cbr\u003e 72. Burning of the Lyceum storage\u003cbr\u003e 73. Finance\u003cbr\u003e 74. The turn of the tide\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":46266129711384,"sku":"9781108057448","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108057448i_2340e825-08eb-4ac7-93ba-e70afa25368d.jpg?v=1696747333","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/personal-reminiscences-of-henry-irving-paperback-9781108057448","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}