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Sir Henry Irving: Quick Facts

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Also Known As John Henry Brodribb
Born February 6, 1838 • England
Died October 13, 1905 (aged 67) • Bradford • England

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Sir Henry Irving, c. 1900.
Sir Henry Irving as Wolsey in Henry VIII
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William Charles Macready
English actor
John Philip Kemble
John Philip Kemble
British actor
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Macbeth
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
British actor and manager
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George Jolly
English actor and manager
James William Wallack, detail from an engraving by Thomas A. Woolnoth, 1807.
James William Wallack
American actor
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Charles Kean
British actor
Charles Kemble as Romeo, engraving by P. Thomson, c. 1819
Charles Kemble
British actor
Sir Squire Bancroft.
Sir Squire Bancroft
British actor and manager
Frank Benson, 1882
Sir Frank Benson
British actor
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John Rich
British theatrical manager and actor
Neuber, Caroline
Caroline Neuber
German actress and manager
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Louisa Lane Drew
American actress
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Ida Kaminska
Polish actress
Cooper, Gladys
Dame Gladys Cooper
British actress
Talma, lithograph by G. Engelmann
François-Joseph Talma
French actor and theatrical manager
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Emanuel Schikaneder
Bavarian playwright
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Franz Schuch
German actor
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Gino Cervi
Italian actor
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Floridor
French actor
Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
French actor and director

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