Henry Irving's Impressions of America

Henry Irving's Impressions of America
Author: Joseph Hatton
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2007
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1429004568

The noted English actor recounts his travels to some big American theatre towns with his theatre company and co-star Ellen Terry.

Bram Stoker and the Stage, Volume 2

Bram Stoker and the Stage, Volume 2
Author: Catherine Wynne
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2024-05-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040129242

Though best known as the author of Dracula (1897) Bram Stoker had a successful career in the theatre. This collection brings together all Stoker's theatrical reviews from Dublin's Evening Mail, his published essays and interviews on the theatre, selections from Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1906) and a fictional work on the theatre.

The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry, Volume 1

The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry, Volume 1
Author: Katharine Cockin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2016-06-03
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1315477750

Ellen Terry's correspondence was both exuberant and extensive. Her remaining letters provide a fascinating insight into the dynamics of the Victorian theatre, and the difficulties of life for a woman maintaining a successful public persona whilst raising two illegitimate children.