A strange eventful history
the dramatic lives of two remarkable families
1st American ed.
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Author
Publication
2009 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
155,000 words, Guess
Page Count
620 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivestrangeeventfulh0000holr
- ISBN-100374270805
- ISBN-139780374270803
- Goodreads4587436
- Library of Congress Control Number2008048330
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number243544503
- Better World Books9780374270803
- Open LibraryOL22691109M
Classifications
- DDC792.02/8092241
- DDCB
- LCCPN2598.T4 H65 2009
and 1 more
- LCCPN2598.T4H65 2009
Description
A major literary event from 'one of the greatest biographers of our age'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 but troubled children came to influence the modern world.
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- Biography
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