Concise Introduction

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Robert Leach, Former Reader in Drama and Theatre at the University of Birmingham, provides an introduction to the first British actor to be knighted, Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905). Leach explores Irving's success as artistic director of the Lyceum Theatre in London and considers how its repertoire was built around Irving's own acting strengths, which focused on psychologically complex characters in splendid theatrical settings.