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A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families
Michael Holroyd
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Description for A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families
Paperback. Henry Irving - a merchant's clerk who became the savior of British theater - and Ellen Terry, who made her first theater appearance as soon as she could walk, were the king and queen of the Victorian stage. This book explores their public and private lives, showing how their artistic legacy and their children came to influence the modern world. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: ANB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 47. Weight in Grams: 718.
Henry Irving - a merchant's clerk who became the saviour of British theatre - and Ellen Terry, who made her first theatre appearance as soon as she could walk, were the king and queen of the Victorian stage. Creatively interdependent, they founded a power-house of arts at the Lyceum Theatre, with Bram Stoker as business manager, where they recast Shakespeare's plays on an epic scale and took the company on lucrative and exhilarating international tours.
In his masterly new biography, award-winning writer Michael Holroyd explores their public and private lives, showing how their artistic legacy and their brilliant ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099497189
SKU
9780099497189
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About Michael Holroyd
Besides the biographies of Augustus John, Bernard Shaw and Lytton Strachey (which was filmed as Carrington), Michael Holroyd has written two volumes of memoirs, Basil Street Blues and Mosaic. He was president of the Royal Society of Literature from 2003 - 2008 and is the only non-fiction writer to have been awarded the British Literature Prize. He lives in London ... Read more
Reviews for A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families
Holroyd has a wonderful eye for detail...an entirely captivating biography...one of the glories of the form
Guardian
It has all the tumbling narrative, spicy detail and easy empathy that determine his midas touch... shows Holroyd yet again pushing the biographer's art to new imaginative planes
Financial Times
Magnificent - not just as a fascinating exercise in ... Read more
Guardian
It has all the tumbling narrative, spicy detail and easy empathy that determine his midas touch... shows Holroyd yet again pushing the biographer's art to new imaginative planes
Financial Times
Magnificent - not just as a fascinating exercise in ... Read more