Henry Irving
English stage actor of the Victorian era (1838–1905)
Born
Feb 06, 1838 (188)
Birth Place
Keinton Mandeville
Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died
1905-10-13
About
Sir Henry Irving was an English actor-manager in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He established himself at the West End theatre the Lyceum. His long campaign to have theatre recognised as an art of equal importance with music and painting culminated when he was knighted in 1895, the first actor to be thus honoured.