Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World

by Jeffrey Richards

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 Victoria to working men and housewives. At the Lyceum Theatre from 1878 to 1902 he set new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852855916
• ISBN13: 9781852855918
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.8" x 8.5"