320 Pages
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Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1978. Henry Irving achieved an astounding success in Britain and America as an actor; yet he lacked good looks, had spindly legs, and did not have a good voice. He said so himself. Today Irving is regarded as the archetype of the old-time actor, but in his own time he was regarded as a great theatrical innovator. Even Bernard Shaw, who attacked him pitilessly, even unto... Read more
Foreword John Gielgud 1. A Child of the Chapel 2. Enter Henry Irving 3. The Black Cloak of Hamlet 4. Some Heroines and a Villain Unknown 5. Wedding Bells and Sleigh Bells 6. Easy Tears and Hard Settlements 7. The Hundred Pound Hamlet 8. A Theatre ‘Where I Should be Sole Master’ 9. The Spirits of the Age 10. The Public Image and the Private Man 11. A Feast of Spectacle 12. America! America! 13. Blizzards and Shakespeare 14. Home to Cheers and Hisses 15. Mephisto (of the Grange) 16. The Time and the Hour 17. The Serpent in the Forest 18. G.B.S. Advancing 19. Enter Mrs Aria 20. Envoi
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Madeleine Bingham
