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Sir Henry Irving—A Record of Over Twenty Years at the Lyceum

Chapters (19)

Sir Henry Irving—A Record of Over Twenty Years at the Lyceum 0:00
PREFACE. 0:37
SIR HENRY IRVING: CHAPTER I. 1838-1856. SCHOOL-DAYS—EARLY TASTE FOR THE STAGE—FIRST APPEARANCE. 4:19
CHAPTER II. 1857-1859. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH THEATRES. 15:51
CHAPTER III. 1866. THE ST. JAMES’S THEATRE—‘HUNTED DOWN’—THE NEW VAUDEVILLE THEATRE—‘THE TWO ROSES.’ 53:30
CHAPTER IV. 1871. ‘THE BELLS’—WILLS’S ‘CHARLES I.’ 1:07:56
CHAPTER V. 1874. ‘HAMLET’—‘OTHELLO’—‘MACBETH’—DEATH OF ‘THE COLONEL’—‘QUEEN MARY.’ 1:22:58
CHAPTER VI. 1878. THE NEW MANAGER OF THE LYCEUM—MISS TERRY—HIS SYSTEM AND ASSISTANTS. 1:48:32
CHAPTER VII. 1879. ‘THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.’ 2:14:37
CHAPTER VIII. 1880. ‘THE CORSICAN BROTHERS’ AND ‘THE CUP.’ 2:26:42
CHAPTER IX. 1881. ‘OTHELLO’ AND ‘THE TWO ROSES’ REVIVED. 2:40:01
CHAPTER X. 1882. ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’—THE BANQUET. 2:56:36
CHAPTER XI. 1882. ‘MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING’—AMERICAN VISIT ARRANGED. 3:03:30
CHAPTER XII. 1884. ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’—‘THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD’—OXFORD HONOURS. 3:17:11
CHAPTER XIII. 1887. ‘FAUST’—‘WERNER’—‘MACAIRE’—THE ACTOR’S SOCIAL GIFTS. 3:49:33
CHAPTER XIV. 1888. ‘MACBETH’—‘THE DEAD HEART’—‘RAVENSWOOD.’ 4:05:11
CHAPTER XV. 1892. ‘KING LEAR’—‘BECKET.’ 4:26:23
CHAPTER XVI. 1893. ‘KING ARTHUR’—CORPORAL BREWSTER—HONOURS. 4:40:58
CHAPTER XVII. L’ENVOI. 4:51:22