Henry Irving : a Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager.
"Henry Irving (1838-1905), the first actor to be knighted, dominated the theatre in Britain and beyond for over a quarter of a century. As an actor, he was strikingly different with his idiosyncratic pronunciation, his somewhat ungainly physique, and his brilliant psychological portrayals of vi...
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London :
Taylor and Francis,
2017.
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| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter Introduction / Richard Foulkes
- chapter 1 The Chief and his Champion: Irving and J.L. Toole / Michael Read
- chapter 2 'He Danced, He Did Not Merely Walk
- He Sang, He By No Means Merely Spoke': Irving, Theatricality and the Modernist Theatre / Jim Davis
- chapter 3 Ellen Terry and Henry Irving: A Working Partnership / Katharine Cockin
- chapter 4 The Lyceum and the Lord Chamberlain: The Case of Hall Caine's Mahomet / Kristan Tetens
- chapter 5 Embodiment of the King: Henry Irving's King Arthur / Doug Kirshen
- chapter 6 Sins of the Fathers: Dostoevsky and the Murders of Henry and Laurence Irving / Laurence Senelick
- chapter 7 Irving and his Scenic Artists / Jeffrey Richards
- chapter 8 'Henry and 250 Supers': Irving, Robespierre and the Staging of the Revolutionary Crowd / Jean Chothia
- chapter 9 Serenade in a Gondola: Music and Interpolated Action in Irving's Production of The Merchant of Venice / Stephen Cockett
- chapter 10 Arthur Sullivan's Incidental Music to Henry Irving's Production of Macbeth (1888) / Kenneth DeLong
- chapter 11 The Matter with Irving: Bernard Shaw and Irving Reconsidered / L.W. Conolly.