Dramatic Stage Reminiscences and Henry Irving Biographies
A review of William Winter and Walter Herries Pollock works on theatre history and Henry Irving. It highlights Winter’s balanced, accurate sketches and upcoming Life and Art of Richard Mansfield, Pollock’s Impressions of Irving, and Austin Brereton’s definitive Irving biography detailing his early years, apprenticeship, Lyceum era, and broad cultural impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Winter
Henry Irving
Winter
Saturday Evening Post
Frank Millet
America
John Philip Kemble
Mrs. Siddons
Thomas A. Cooper
Edwin Forrest
Edwin Booth
Joseph Jefferson
Brougham
Hazlitt
Leigh Hunt
Lamb
Ireland
New York Stage
Hunt
Edward FitzGerald
Sarah Bernhardt
Eleanora Duse
Richard Mansfield
Mansfield
Walter Herries Pollock
London Saturday Review
Bateman
London Lyceum
Pollock
Irving
New York
Moffat, Yard & Co
H. B. Irving
Longmans, Green & Co
Austin Brereton
Terry
Lyceum Theatre
Brereton
Broddrib
John Henry
Phelps
Sadlers Wells
London
Provinces
Doricourt
Helen Faucit
Hamlet c
Claude Melnotte
Rawdon Seviamore
Boucicault
Duci
Liverpool
Mr. Brereton
Lyceum
Joseph Surface
Robert Macaire
Bob Gassit
Digby Grant
Hood
Eugene Aram
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Sikes
Dickens
Mathias
Dubosq
Lesurques
Romeo
Mr. Pollock
Mercutio
Hamlet
Mephistopheles
Robert Landry
Macbeth
Othello
Iago
Benedick
Malvolio
Corporal Brewster
Becket
Richelieu
Philip of Spain
Charles I
Dante
Jingie
Charles Lot Richelleus Phils
Hamilton Ride
Lycem
Barry
Dauntless
Igor
New York Times Review
Boston Transcript
William Farquhar Paysons
Barry Gordon
Muriel
the McClure Company
William Farquhar Pag
Chicago Record-Herald
Moffat
Yard & Company
Spitfire
Edward Peple
Chicago
St. Paul Dispatch
Philadelphia Inquirer
Howard Chandler Christy
J. W. McFall
Frederick Palmer
M. Leone Bracker
Sappho
Boston
England
Flagg
Phillpotts and Bennett
Edinburgh Scotsman
T. K. Hanna
Tyler DE Saix
London Daily Express
Elizabeth Robins
Mills OF the Gods
Cicago Record Herald
Philadelphia Press
John Luther Song
Philadelphia
J. Montgomery Flagg
Felice
Franklin Matthews
United States
Henry Reuterdahl
B. W. Huebsch
Fifth Avenue