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Irving’s London Star Role Amid Snowbound Dispatch Letter
A Chicago Dispatch letter reviews Henry Irving’s London performances with a long apparatus on stage at the Lyceum Theatre. It describes Miss Terry, notes Irving’s height and accent, and recounts a snowbound inn scene from the Das Herzstück show, including a Polish Jew murder mystery and a Mesmerist plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Lundline
Harrison
Henry’ Irving
Belson
Terry
Irving
Tie Plng
Lyceum “Theater
London
Miss Terry
Bristol
England
Kate Terry
Mr. Irving
Broadrib
Alastonbury Somersetshire
Burgo
Mathing
Alsace
Annette
Christian
Erriss
Gensdarmes
Hans
Schneeberg
John Roe“pact
Sledge
Nancy Even
Mathias
Vechem
Mathisa Ho
Belle
Ieee
Mmeitias
Rome
Neeryian
Wathias
Gery
Ile
Santa Rosa
J. W. Morey
Grand Army
Maine
Oregon
Rock Island
W. G. Morus