Autograph draft in the hand of Bram Stoker of Personal reminiscences of Henry Irving [manuscript], ca. 1906.

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Autograph draft in the hand of Bram Stoker of Personal reminiscences of Henry Irving [manuscript], ca. 1906.

A reasonably clean draft in Stoker's autograph with few revisions. There is no evidence that when published (Heinemann, 1906) this ms. served as printer's copy.

About 800 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7109877

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

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Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was a British actor-manager. Born Feb. 6, 1838, in Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, Eng., he died Oct. 13, 1905, in Bradford, Yorkshire. Irving's original name was John Henry Brodribb. He achieved early success and began to play leading roles throughout London, often with Ellen Terry. In 1878, he took over the Lyceum Theatre and hired Terry as the company's leading lady. This partnership lasted for 25 years and was reknowned throughout England and the United States. Bra...

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912

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Bram (Abraham) Stoker (b. November 8, 1847, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland-d. April 20, 1912, London, England), studied at Dublin's Trinity College. He took a civil service job, but found it unsatisfying and moonlighted as an unpaid theatre critic. His affection for the theatre led to a partnership with Henry Irving, managing London's Lyceum Theatre. While managing the theatre, Stoker wrote consistently, publishing popular adventure and horror stories as well as non-fiction. Today, he is almost exclu...