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    Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the...
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  • Henry Irving (1838–1905) was an English actor. Henry Irving may also refer to: Henry Brodribb Irving (1870–1919) was an English actor, son of the above...
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    his book Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving, published in 1907. Stoker had worked in close cooperation with Irving as the business manager of  the Lyceum...
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    personal assistant of the actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. Stoker was also a distant relative...
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    Following a review of a performance by stage actor Henry Irving, the two became friends. In 1878, Irving offered Stoker a job as the business manager of...
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  • Henry Brodribb Irving may refer to: Henry Irving, actor, 1838 - 1905 Harry Brodribb Irving, actor, his son, 1870 - 1919 This disambiguation page lists...
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    Benedick in his farewell performances. The great 19th-century stage team Henry Irving and Ellen Terry counted Benedick and Beatrice as their greatest triumph...
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    portrayal of roles in Shakespeare and other classics. In 1878 she joined Henry Irving's company as his leading lady, and for more than the next two decades...
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    parliamentarians and judges. The membership would later include Charles Kean, Sir Henry Irving, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sir James M. Barrie...
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  • Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving is the third book of non-fiction by Bram Stoker (the author of Dracula), published in 1906. It is a biography about...
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    up to noisy revelry. The club met almost continuously until 1867. Sir Henry Irving continued its tradition in the late nineteenth century. The Sublime Society...
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  • The other characters depicted in the novel include Abraham Lincoln, Henry Irving, Bram Stoker, Virginia Dare, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper, Nikola...
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    prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Vlad Dracula, and by Sir Henry Irving and Jacques Damala, actors with aristocratic backgrounds that Stoker...
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    the stars and the productions. Henry Irving (1838–1905) was the most successful of the British actor-managers. Irving was renowned for his Shakespearean...
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    father Junius Brutus Booth had portrayed the character sympathetically. Henry Irving's portrayal of an aristocratic, proud Shylock (first seen at the Lyceum...
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    A statue of Henry Irving stands near the entrance of the National Portrait Gallery in London. It was unveiled on 5 December 1910, having been funded by...
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    on 15 July 1869 at St. Marylebone, London. Henry Irving was the father of: Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving (1871–1914), an English actor, dramatist and...
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    British actor Henry Irving. The play opened on 25 November 1871 at the Lyceum Theatre in London and initially ran for 151 performances. Irving was to stage...
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    Smith in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress (1839), and by Henry Irving opposite Nelly Moore as Nancy in Oliver Twist at the Queen's Theatre...
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    mother was the leading lady to actor Sir Henry Irving. Craig later wrote a vivid, book-length tribute to Irving. Craig's sister was Edith Craig. In 1893...
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    Irving was one of the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and he encouraged other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth...
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    Planché's "fairy extravaganzas", among other works. From 1871 to 1902, Henry Irving appeared at the theatre, especially in Shakespeare productions, usually...
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    Henry Irving Dodge (April 11, 1861 - July 28, 1934) was an American writer. He was best known for creating the character "Skinner" which appeared in Skinner's...
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    George Henry Irving (October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961) was an American film actor and director. Irving started his career as a theatre actor, notably...
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    also called "fourth wall theory" possibly arising from an article by Henry Irving in February 1879 explaining a stage device used in a production of Hamlet:...
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    manager of Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre, London, a post he held for 27 years. Their only child was born on 31 December 1879 and christened Irving Noel Thornley...
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    Service. She was about to return to the States with Gillette's troupe when Henry Irving and Ellen Terry offered her the role of Annette in The Bells. A full...
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    disaster in 1914. Born in London, Laurence Irving was a son of the great Victorian actor-manager, Sir Henry Irving and his wife Florence (née O'Callaghan)...
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    himself as one of Britain's most popular actors. In 1880, he joined Henry Irving's company at the Lyceum Theatre, appearing in Shakespeare plays. In 1885...
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    Harry Brodribb Irving (5 August 1870 – 17 October 1919), was a British stage actor and actor-manager; the eldest son of Sir Henry Irving and his wife Florence...
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