A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families...

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Michael Holroyd

A Strange Eventful History

The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families

Michael Holroyd

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Vintage
15 September 2009

Theatre: individual actors & directors; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

'All theatre enthusiasts are indebted to Henry Irving and Ellen Terry- and now also to Michael Holroyd for bringing their families back to dazzling life' - Sir Ian McKellen

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.

By: Michael Holroyd
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 48mm
Weight: 729g
ISBN: 9780099497189
ISBN 10: 0099497182
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 15 September 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Besides the Lives of Augustus John, Bernard Shaw and Lytton Strachey (which was filmed as Carrington), Michael Holroyd has written two volumes of memoirs, Basil Street Blues and Mosaic. He is the current president of the Royal Society of Literature and the only non-fiction writer to have been awarded the British Literature Prize. He lives in London and Somerset with his wife, the novelist Margaret Drabble.

Reviews for A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families

Holroyd has a wonderful eye for detail...an entirely captivating biography...one of the glories of the form Guardian It has all the tumbling narrative, spicy detail and easy empathy that determine his midas touch... shows Holroyd yet again pushing the biographer's art to new imaginative planes Financial Times Magnificent - not just as a fascinating exercise in group biography, but as a masterpiece of comic writing...such joie de vivre New Statesman This is a fabulous cavalcade of a book, written with infectious verve and deep imaginative sympathy ... a joy to read -- John Carey Sunday Times All theatre enthusiasts are indebted to Henry Irving and Ellen Terry: and now also to Michael Holroyd for bringing their families back to dazzling life -- Sir Ian McKellan