Sir Henry Irving
Author: Jeffrey Richards
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2007-01-20
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9781852855918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSir Henry Irving was the greatest actor of the Victorian age and was thought of by Gladstone as his greatest contemporary. He transformed the theatre, in Britain and America, from a disreputable and marginal entertainment into a respected and uplifting art form. This work gives an account of Irving and his impact on the Victorian theatre and life.