Conversation so far:
what was Henry's first job?
Irving became a clerk to a firm of East India merchants in London.
What was his first acting job?
he made his first appearance at Sunderland as Gaston, Duke of Orleans, in Bulwer Lytton's play, Richelieu.
was he good at it?
Irving got stage fright and was hissed off the stage.

Question: Did he look for another kind of work after that?
Self-contained rewrite: Besides his stage fright, did Henry Irving look for another kind of work after Sunderland?