Henry Irving

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Victorian-era actor human stage actor theatre manager

Henry Irving was a renowned 19th-century English stage actor and theatre manager, celebrated as one of the first great modern actors and the first actor to be knighted in Britain.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Victorian-era actor → human → stage actor → theatre manager →
awardReceived	knighthood →
birthName	John Henry Brodribb →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey, London →
child	Harry Brodribb Irving → Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving →
collaboratedWith	Bram Stoker → Ellen Terry →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
dateOfAward	1895 →
dateOfBirth	1838-02-06 →
dateOfDeath	1905-10-13 →
describedAs	one of the first great modern actors →
educatedAt	City Commercial School, London →
employer	Lyceum Theatre, London →
era	Victorian era →
fieldOfWork	performing arts → theatre production →
genre	Shakespearean drama → tragedy →
hasHonorificTitle	Sir →
influenced	Bram Stoker → modern acting techniques →
influencedBy	William Shakespeare →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mannerOfDeath	heart attack →
movement	Victorian theatre →
name	Henry Irving →
nationality	British →
notableAchievement	first actor to be knighted in Britain →
notableWork	portrayal of Hamlet → portrayal of Mathias in The Bells → portrayal of Mephistopheles in Faust → portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice → productions at the Lyceum Theatre, London →
occupation	actor → producer → theatre manager →
placeOfBirth	Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, England →
placeOfDeath	Bradford, West Yorkshire, England →
positionHeld	manager of the Lyceum Theatre, London →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	London, England →
spouse	Florence O'Callaghan →
workPeriod	19th century →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Irving →	hasNotableBearer
Henry Irving →	name