Henry Irving's Waterloo: Theatrical Engagements with Arthur Conan Doyle, George Bernard Shaw, Ellen Terry, Edward Gordon Craig, Late-Victorian

by W. D. King and King

Book Overview

In this creative study of history and popular culture, W. D. King ingeniously illustrates how a long-forgotten instance in theatre history can reveal the very process of historical change itself. Late in the nineteenth century, Henry Irving, the leading actor-manager of the English stage, was scathingly attacked by George Bernard Shaw for his popular performance in Conan Doyle's play, A Story of Waterloo . Shaw's review was one of the first onslaughts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520333314
• ISBN13: 9780520333314
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"