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Henry Irving

English stage actor of the Victorian era (1838-1905) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 67

Sir Henry Irving was an English actor-manager in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He established himself at the West End theatre the Lyceum. His long campaign to have theatre recognised as an art of equal importance with music and painting culminated when he was knighted in 1895, the first actor to be thus honoured.

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Honorary Doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambridge
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Glasgow

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1838 to 1905 · aged 67

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