Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving
Author: Bram Stoker
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 528
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Author: Bram Stoker
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 528
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: 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.
Author: Percy Fitzgerald
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 412
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2023-07-09
Total Pages: 373
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Personal reminiscences of Henry Irving" by Bram Stoker. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author: A. Brereton
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Published: 1906
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 381
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Holroyd
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2010-03-02
Total Pages: 772
ISBN-13: 1429939044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPLEASE NOTE: THIS EBOOK DOES NOT CONTAIN PHOTOS INCLUDED IN THE PRINT EDITION. Deemed "a prodigy among biographers" by The New York Times Book Review, Michael Holroyd transformed biography into an art. Now he turns his keen observation, humane insight, and epic scope on an ensemble cast, a remarkable dynasty that presided over the golden age of theater. Ellen Terry was an ethereal beauty, the child bride of a Pre-Raphaelite painter who made her the face of the age. George Bernard Shaw was so besotted by her gifts that he could not bear to meet her, lest the spell she cast from the stage be broken. Henry Irving was an ambitious, harsh-voiced merchant's clerk, but once he painted his face and spoke the lines of Shakespeare, his stammer fell away to reveal a magnetic presence. He would become one of the greatest actor-managers in the history of the theater. Together, Terry and Irving created a powerhouse of the arts in London's Lyceum Theatre, with Bram Stoker—who would go on to write Dracula—as manager. Celebrities whose scandalous private lives commanded global attention, they took America by stormin wildly popular national tours. Their all-consuming professional lives left little room for their brilliant but troubled children. Henry's boys followed their father into the theater but could not escape the shadow of his fame. Ellen's feminist daughter, Edy, founded an avant-garde theater and a largely lesbian community at her mother's country home. But it was Edy's son, the revolutionary theatrical designer Edward Gordon Craig, who possessed the most remarkable gifts and the most perplexing inability to realize them. A now forgotten modernist visionary, he collaborated with the Russian director Stanislavski on a production of Hamlet that forever changed the way theater was staged. Maddeningly self-absorbed, he inherited his mother's potent charm and fathered thirteen children by eight women, including a daughter with the dancer Isadora Duncan. An epic story spanning a century of cultural change, A Strange Eventful History finds space for the intimate moments of daily existence as well as the bewitching fantasies played out by its subjects. Bursting with charismatic life, it is an incisive portrait of two families who defied the strictures of their time. It will be swiftly recognized as a classic. Please note: This ebook edition does not contain photos and illustrations that appeared in the print edition.
Author: Austin Brereton
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 432
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Austin 1862-1922 Brereton
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019760345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis compelling biography details the life of English actor Henry Irving, who rose to fame in the late 19th century and became one of the greatest actors of his time. The book delves into Irving's early career, his rise to fame, his notable performances, and his personal life, including his relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. Brereton's insightful writing provides a fascinating look into the life of one of the most celebrated actors of the Victorian era. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: A. Brereton
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Published: 1908
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