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A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Their Remarkable Families
by Holroyd, Michael
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- ISBN 10
- 0701179872
- ISBN 13
- 9780701179878
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HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st. 2.4.6.8.10.9.7.5.3.1.* Date of Publication: 2008* Publisher: Chatto & Windus.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, Silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. AS NEW* Jacket condition: Coloured illustrative cover. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £25.00. No visible faults. AS NEW.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: 3 x 8pp. Blocks of colour & b/w photos & prints.* Pages: 584pp. text. xxxvi pp. Bibliography & Index at rear.* Description: Ellen Terry & Henry Irving were the Queen and King of the Victorian stage. In this major biography, Michael Holroyd explores their public and private lives, showing how their artistic legacy and lines of inheritance came to influence the modern world. The theatrical set were at the heart of a century of European cultural change in morals art and everyday life. Those involved include such household names as Oscar Wilde, Isadora Duncan and Stanislavski. However Ellen Terry?s children Edy Craig and Edward Gordon Craig whose names are less well known today were moulded by her life with Irving and they in their turn influenced our modern lives in many subtle ways.* A FINE, AS NEW copy with no visible faults.*
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- Title
- A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Their Remarkable Families
- Author
- Holroyd, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0701179872
- ISBN 13
- 9780701179878
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 608
- This edition first published
- 2008-10-07
- Size
- 23.6 x 15.7 x 4.1 cm
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