Sir Henry Irving

Sir Henry Irving PDF Author: Jeffrey Richards
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852855918
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530

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Book Description
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 and uplifting art form. This work gives an account of Irving and his impact on the Victorian theatre and life.