Richard Foulkes
Ashgate
Hardback
228
2008
Henry Irving (1838?1905) dominated the theatre in Britain for over a quarter of a century. These essays by leading theatre scholars explore each element of Irving's art including his acting his creative control as manager of the Lyceum and his holistic approach to the theatre. Irving emerges as a peer of contemporaries such as Tennyson Sullivan Shaw and Burne-Jones and as a powerful influence on the twentieth-century stage.
Ashgate
Hardback
228
2008
Henry Irving (1838?1905) dominated the theatre in Britain for over a quarter of a century. These essays by leading theatre scholars explore each element of Irving's art including his acting his creative control as manager of the Lyceum and his holistic approach to the theatre. Irving emerges as a peer of contemporaries such as Tennyson Sullivan Shaw and Burne-Jones and as a powerful influence on the twentieth-century stage.