Conversation so far:
How did Irvings career begin?
On 29 September 1856 he made his first appearance at Sunderland as Gaston, Duke of Orleans, in Bulwer Lytton's play, Richelieu, billed as Henry Irving.
Was he successful?
the inexperienced Irving got stage fright and was hissed off the stage.

Question: What did he do after this?
Self-contained rewrite: What did Henry Irving  do after getting hissed off stage?