A strange eventful history
Subtitle: the dramatic lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their remarkable families
By: Michael Holroyd
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9780701179878
Subjects: Family; Familj; Actors; Biography; Theater; History; Families; Skadespelare; Biografi; Teater; Historia
Description: "Henry Irving and Ellen Terry were the king and queen of the Victorian stage. In his first major biography for fifteen years, Michael Holroyd explores their public and private lives, showing how their artistic legacy and lines of inheritance came to influence the modern world." "An epic story spanning a century of European cultural change, A Strange Eventful History finds space for the intimate moments of daily existence as well as the bewitching fantasies played out by its subjects. Michael Holroyd has created an unforgettable drama and a vivid world that will engage and enchant his readers."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-590) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rumours of a Death Foretold -- -- 1.; title: A Story in a Book -- -- 2.; title: The Terrys -- -- 3.; title: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall -- -- 4.; title: Heaven and Holland Park -- -- 5.; title: England's Michaelangelo -- -- 6.; title: The Kingdom of Pattledom -- -- 7.; title: A Marriage is Arranged and a Deed of Separation Signed -- -- 8.; title: The Kate Terry Valse -- -- 9.; title: Found Drowned -- -- 10.; title: Happiness for a Time -- -- 11.; title: All Change -- -- 12.; title: A Failure to be Proud of -- -- 13.; title: Men! -- -- 14.; title: What's in a Name? -- -- 15.; title: Entrances and Exits -- -- 16.; title: Their Coronation -- -- 17.; title: Our Lady of the Lyceum -- -- 18.; title: Interval: Irving on Holiday -- -- 19.; title: His Shylock -- -- 20.; title: Shakespeare's Lovers -- -- 21.; title: Children! -- -- 22.; title: Our American Cousins -- -- 23.; title: From Malvolio to Mephistopheles -- -- 24.; title: Death of a Husband, Death of a Lover -- -- 25.; title: Her Lady Macbeth -- -- 26.; title: Ted and Edy and Harry and Laurence -- -- 27.; title: All is True -- -- 28.; title: After the Shooting -- -- 29.; title: Counter Attractions -- -- 30.; title: One More Laurel Wreath -- -- 31.; title: Mixed Fortunes -- -- 32.; title: The Irish Pretender -- -- 33.; title: Wishful Thinking -- -- 34.; title: Choices -- -- 35.; title: Confusions -- -- 36.; title: For Love or Money -- -- 37.; title: Made in Heaven -- -- 38.; title: A Sea of Troubles: Helgeland and Hungerheart -- -- 39.; title: The End of Irving -- -- 40.; title: Women! -- -- 41.; title: Brothers -- -- 42.; title: Family Affairs -- -- 43.; title: Masks and Faces -- -- 44.; title: Not Quite Alone -- -- 45.; title: The Long Game of Patience -- -- 46.; title: An Occasion -- -- 47.; title: For Friendship's Sake -- -- 48.; title: Good Night Unto You All -- -- 49.; title: White Candle, Aged Face.