Talk:Henry Irving

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Pdebee in topic Misattributed daughter

Topics edit

Courtenay POLLOCK did a sculpture of this great thespian. Do you anything aout Courtenay POLLOCK? If so, contact <email redacted>

had Friar Lawerance already thought of his plan? edit

had Friar Lawerance already thought of his plan to make juliet fall asleep with the potion and what would he have done? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.174.3 (talk) 02:55, 20 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

"In literature" section in biographies edit

I note that many wiki pages about people have a section listing where their name appears in other literature.

I recalled the line in the novelty poem/song Abdul Abulbul Amir "He could imitate Irving..." which is a reference to Henry Irving. There must be other references like this.

--Pete (talk) 13:11, 26 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

'Memorial' edit

The stone depicted in the picture captioned as being a "memorial" to him in Brixton, appears on closer inspection to be a foundation stone, possibly of a theatre (with names of proprietors and managers given). It was laid well within his lifetime in 1894, eleven years before his death, so cannot have been intended as a memorial. Does the picture appear in other articles?Cloptonson (talk) 13:47, 15 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

"idiosyncratic style" edit

No explanation or evidence of this is given. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.183.23.79 (talk) 17:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Title character of "Dracula"? edit

"Irving is thought to have been the inspiration for the title character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula." Isn't Count Dracula the title character? What aspects of Henry Irving made him the inspiration for the character of Dracula? Vlad the Impaler seems a nicer fit. Aboctok (talk) 20:40, 16 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

@Aboctok: I've added a section to the article explaining the connection. In short, while Vlad the Impaler surely inspired the concept of vampires and an evil, murderous, count; Irving inpired the specific character of Count Dracul, his mannerisms and personality. The connection becomes clearer when you know something of Irving's personality and relationship with his employees, as I hope the added section in the article now communicates. --Xover (talk) 07:42, 18 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Misattributed daughter edit

Ethel was not his daughter as far as I can tell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Irving details Joseph Irving as her father, not Henry. 83.52.175.9 (talk) 08:55, 28 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Dear 83.52.175.9;
Thank you very much for your posted message above; it seems you are quite correct, since Sir Henry’s entry at the EB mentions only two sons.[1] I will remove the mention of Ethel Irving from the Infobox.   Done. Thank you once again.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(become old-fashioned!) 11:53, 28 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Irving, Sir Henry" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.