Henry Irving at the Lyceum

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Sir Henry Irving, original name John Henry Brodribb, (born Feb. 6,Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, Eng.—died Oct. 13,Bradford, Yorkshire), one of the most famous of English actors, the first of his profession to be knighted () for services to the was also a celebrated theatre manager and the professional partner of the actress Ellen Terry for 24.

Get this from a library. Henry Irving at the Lyceum. [George Taylor; Consortium for Drama and Media in Higher Education.] -- Irving was without doubt the most famous and influential actor-manager of the Victorian period. Irving never allowed photographers inside the Lyceum, and very few of the surviving illustrations give.

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Henry Irving became a Freemason inthe year that he entered into the management of the Lyceum. When Sir William George Cusins initiated him into Jerusalem Lodge, (1) it was at a time of unprecedented growth in Masonry—the number of Lodges in England having risen from a mere one thousand in to twice that number—and most successful men in the London theatre.

Henry Irving stopped mid scene and stared down at them grimly, his eyes glowing red in the gaslight. a ghost named Mina haunts the dilapidated Lyceum at night.

There is a book on theatrical. Ellen Terry was a popular Shakespearean actress on the stage and, at the end of her life, in films as well. Throughout the final few decades of the 19th century, she was the leading lady at actor-manager Henry Irving’s Lyceum Theatre in London, and was romantically involved with Irving during that time as well.

This little volume about Henry Irving, was signed by both. In it were a thousand letters - incoming mail to the Lyceum over many years.

The next two years saw much further research and writing of 'Henry Irving: the Actor and His World'. The book was published in and to this day remains the definitive account of Irving's life in all its aspects. (Cited as L. Irving.). The Lyceum Theatre (pronounced ly-CEE-um) is a 2,seat West End theatre located in the City of Westminster, on Wellington Street, just off the origins of the theatre date to Managed by Samuel Arnold, from to the building hosted a variety of entertainments including a circus produced by Philip Astley, a chapel, and the first London Address: Wellington Street, London, WC2, United.

Sir Henry Irving tribute. Copy of Press Release. On Monday, 13th February a sinister tale of murder and revenge will be performed at The Lyceum Theatre, London, home of Disney’s, The Lion King.

Sir Henry Irving became an overnight sensation instarring as 'Mathias' in Leopold Lewis' THE BELLS - a role he continued to play for decades, as actor-manager of. About this Item: APR 21 Original Antique Print taken from The Graphic: LONDON LYCEUM - HENRY IRVING, FAUST.

Overall size of this print is approx 40cm x 28cm with large margins, perfect for mounting for home, business, interior decorators, hotels. The role of Count Dracula was not one that Henry Irving wanted.

More than a century ago, the actor refused the part in a staged reading of Bram Stoker’s exciting new novel, released in A substantial book on the actors Ellen Terry and Henry Irving and their loves, spouses and children.

Much of the emphasis is on theatrical history, so anyone interested in the history of the theatre from the midth to the Second World War will find a lot to relish/5.

Henry Irving (), the first actor to be knighted, dominated the theatre in Britain and beyond for over a quarter of a century. As an actor, he was strikingly different with his idiosyncratic pronunciation, his somewhat ungainly physique, and his brilliant psychological portrayals of virtue and by: 4.

Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving is the third book of nonfiction by Bram Stoker (the author of Dracula), published in It is a /5(6). Ford Madox Brown and Sir Henry Irving's Production of King Lear at the Lyceum Theatre in The collaboration between painter and player is nowhere clearer than in Ford Madox Brown's contributions to Sir Henry Irving's production of King 's earliest endeavors with the play in Paris in resulted in a series of eighteen pen-and-ink sketches of various.

Wyndham Bar. The Wyndham Bar is named after one of the Royal Lyceum Theatre's founders, FW Wyndham. Anything we can achieve in the Henry Irving Room can also work well in the Wyndham, a second floor space of similar size with the flexibility of a fully operational bar area. This prompt book is one of only three copies of William Gorman Wills's script of Faust, printed in for Wills, Henry Irving and Ellen copy, prepared by the Lyceum's prompter, James H.

Allen, inrecords amendments to the text, from the original production to the revivals in andas well as cues inserted by Allen.

Notable for collectors as performance programme lists both Henry Irving as Shylock & Ellen Terry as Portia. Lists Henry Irving as sole lessee and manager of the Royal Lyceum but interestingly though he became the first actor ever awarded a knighthood, the programme does not list him anywhere as Sir Henry Irving.

Sir 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, civilising and uplifting art form.

Irving's enthusiastic supporters, eager to see his every appearance, ranged from Queen .Irving was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, which he received in He died during his final provincial tour in where he played Beckett.

H.B. (Henry Brodribb) Irving ( - ) was the elder son of Sir Henry and made his professional stage debut in He married Dorethea Baird, whose first major stage success came with.