The
theatrical roles of Sir Henry Irving
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Play |
Role |
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Princess
Theatre, London: 24 Sept. to 16 Nov. 1859 |
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Ivy Hall |
Johnson |
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The Two Polts |
Jack Bumpus |
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3 |
Hamlet |
Osric |
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A Wonderful Woman |
Rudolphe |
| Queen's
Theatre and Opera House, Edinburgh: 23 to 30 November 1859 |
| Crosby
Hall, Bishopsgate, London: 19 Dec. 1859 to 8 Feb. 1860 |
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1 |
The Lady of Lyons |
[dramatic reading] |
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2 |
Virginius |
[dramatic reading] |
Queen's
Theatre, Dublin: 5 to 31 March 1860 |
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1 |
The Boots at the Swan |
Frank Friskly |
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The British Legion; or, The Volunteers |
Colonel Davenport |
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The Castle Spectre |
Earl Percy |
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The Courier of Lyons |
Didier |
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The Critic |
Dangle |
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Gissipus; or, The Forgotten Friend |
Titus Quintus Fulvius |
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Hamlet |
Laertes |
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8 |
Nicholas Nickleby |
Nicholas Nickleby |
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Othello |
Cassio |
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Pauline; or, A Night of Terror |
Lucien de Nerval |
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11 |
The Winter's Tale |
Florizel |
Theatre
Royal, Glasgow and Greenock: 9 April to 4 August 1860 |
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1 |
The Anchor of Hope |
Captain Walton |
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Black Eyed Susan |
Captain Crosstree |
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The Bohemians of Paris |
Paul Didier |
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The Bottle Imp |
Nicola |
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The Buckle of Brilliants; or, The Crown Prince |
Frederick Storke |
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Cool as a Cucumber |
Sir Harry Lester |
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The Corsican Brothers |
Baron Giordino |
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The Courier of Lyons |
Courriol |
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9 |
Cramond Brig |
King James V |
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10 |
The Cross of Gold; or, The Maid of Croissey |
Francis |
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11 |
A Curious Case |
Mr. Aubrey |
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12 |
The Dowager |
Sir Frederick Chasemore |
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13 |
El Hyder |
El Hyder |
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Everybody's Friend |
Mr. Icebrook |
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Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining |
Charles Digit |
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The Fair Maid of Perth |
Captain M'Intosh |
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Frederick of Prussia |
Adelbert |
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Gilderoy |
Gilderoy |
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Gio, The Armourer of Tyre |
Strato |
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A Handsome Husband |
Henry Fitzherbert |
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Hercules, King of Clubs |
Captain Darling |
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The Indian Revolt |
Achmet, Prince Jung Bahadour |
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The Jacobite |
Sir Richard Wroughton |
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24 |
The Lady of Lyons |
Beauseant |
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25 |
The Little Treasure |
Sir Charles Howard |
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26 |
The Maniac Lover |
Philip Darville |
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27 |
The Man o' Warsman |
Ned Martin |
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28 |
The Man With the Iron Mask |
D'Aubigné |
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The Marble Heart |
Frederick De Courcy |
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Married Life |
Frederick Younghusband |
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Memorandums in the Red Book |
Count de Cerny |
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The Merchant and the Mendicant |
Henry Pelham |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Demetrius |
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Naval Engagements |
Lieut. Harry Kingston |
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Nick of the Woods |
Roland Farrester |
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36 |
Paul Pry |
Harry Stanley |
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Philip of France |
Sir Lucien de Larrante |
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The Pilot |
The Pilot, Captain Manson |
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The Porter's Knot |
Augustus Burr |
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A Pretty Piece of Business |
Felix Merryweather |
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The Ragpicker of Paris |
Henri Berville |
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42 |
Rob Ray |
Rashleigh Osbaldiston |
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A Rough Diamond |
Captain Blenheim |
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Time Tries All |
Matthew Bates |
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The Vagrant and His Wife |
Maillard |
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The Ways of the World |
Charles Love |
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William Tell |
Gesslerr |
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48 |
Warlock of the Glen |
Clanronald |
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49 |
The Witch of the Windermere |
Captain Seymour |
Theatre
Royal, Manchester: 29 September 1860 |
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The Spy |
Adolphe |
Theatre
Royal, Liverpool: 2 October 1860 |
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1 |
Faust and Marguerite |
Faust |
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The Maid and the Magpie |
Fernando Villabella |
Theatre
Royal, Manchester: October 1860 to 1 April 1865 |
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The Adventures of a Love Letter |
Arthur Clinton |
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Agnes de Vere |
Edward Evelyn |
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold |
Sir Arthur Lassel |
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The Artist's Wife |
Welford |
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As You Like It |
Orlando |
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Aurora Floyd |
Talbot Bulstrode |
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A Bachelor of Arts |
Adolphus Thornton |
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Belphegor |
D'Arpinal |
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Betsy Baker |
Mr. Crummy |
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Black Eyed Susan |
Captain Crosstree |
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Blanche of Nevers |
Prince Gonzagues |
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The Brigand |
Albert |
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Camilla's Husband |
Maurice Warner |
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The Charming Polly |
Nat Nowlan |
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Cinderella (pantomime) |
Clorinda (ugly sister) |
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The Colleen Bawn |
Hardress Cregan |
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The Comedy of Errors |
Antipholus of Syracuse |
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The Contested Election |
Mr. Wapshott |
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Cool As A Cucumber |
Frederick Barkins |
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The Corsican Brothers |
Montgiron |
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The Courier of Lyons |
Courriol |
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Cramond Brig |
King James V |
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The Critic |
Earl of Leicester |
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A Curious Case |
Charles |
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The Dark Cloud |
Philip Austin |
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David Copperfield |
David Copperfield |
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The Dead Letter |
Cornelius Nepos |
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Deaf As A Post |
Captain Templeton |
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Deborah |
Joseph |
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Diamond Cut Diamond |
Captain Seymour |
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Doing the Hansom |
Mr. Everton |
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Dombey and Son |
Mr. Dombey |
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Douglas |
Young Norval |
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The Dowager |
Sir Frederick Chasemore |
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Everybody's Friend |
Mr. Icebrook |
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The Family Secret |
Frederick Crawford |
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Faust and Marguerite |
Faust |
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Flies in the Web |
Paul Weldon |
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The Flowers of the Forest |
Alfred |
|
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The Fool's Revenge |
Serafino Dell'Aquila, Galeotto Manfredi |
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Fortune's Frolic |
Rattle |
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The Game of Speculation |
Sir Harry Lester |
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George Barnwell |
George Barnwell |
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Guy Faux |
Walter Tresham |
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Guy Mannering |
Colonel Mannering |
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Hamlet |
Laertes, Hamlet |
|
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A Handsome Husband |
Henry Fitzherbert |
|
48 |
Handy Andy |
Mr. Furlong |
|
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The Hansom Driver |
Felix Pottinger |
|
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A Hard Struggle |
Fergus Graham |
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The Heart of Midlothian |
Duke of Argyle |
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Henry IV (Part I) |
Prince of Wales |
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His Last Legs |
Charles |
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The Hunchback |
Sir Thomas Clifford |
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A Husband To Order |
Pierre Marceau |
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Irish Assurance |
Mr. Clifton |
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The Irish Emigrant |
Henry Travers |
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The Irish Lion |
Captain Dixon |
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The Iron Chest |
Wilford |
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The Island Home |
Charles Darrell |
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Jacob's Truck |
John Slipton Stasher |
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King John |
Philip of France |
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King Lear |
Edmund |
|
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A Kiss in the Dark |
Frank Fathorn |
|
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The Knight of Arva |
Duke of Chabonnes |
|
66 |
The Knotting'em Brothers |
Joe Smith |
|
67 |
The Ladies' Club |
Sir Charles Lavender |
|
68 |
The Lady of Lyons |
Claude Melnotte |
|
69 |
Little Toddlekins |
Captain Littlepop |
|
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The Little Treasure |
Captain Walter Maydenblush |
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Lord Flannigan |
Henri la Carge |
|
72 |
Love and Lucre |
Horace Cheeryhale |
|
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Love's Sacrifice |
Eugene de Lorme |
|
74 |
Macbeth |
Malcolm, Banquo |
|
75 |
Manchester Wives |
Mr. Easy |
|
76 |
Married Daughters and Young Husbands |
Digby Spooner |
|
77 |
Masks and Faces |
Ernest Vane |
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78 |
Medea |
Jason |
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79 |
The Merchant of Venice |
Bassanio |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor |
Mr. Page |
|
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The Midnight Watch |
Marquis de Merville |
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82 |
The Miller and His Men |
Lothair |
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83 |
Miriam's Crime |
Bernard Reynolds |
|
84 |
Money |
Captain Dudley Smooth |
|
85 |
Mr. and Mrs. White |
Frank Brown |
|
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Much Ado About Nothing |
Claudio |
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Music Hath Charms |
Adrien de Beauval |
|
88 |
My Aunt's Advice |
Charles Arundel |
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A New Way To Pay Old Debts |
Wellborn |
|
90 |
A Nice Firm |
Ryder |
|
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Nicholas Nickleby |
Nicholas Nickleby |
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Nine Points of the Law |
Rodomont Rollingstone |
|
93 |
No. 1 Round the Corner |
Flipper |
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94 |
Not a Bad judge |
Marquis de Treval |
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95 |
Othello |
Cassio |
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96 |
Out of Sight, Out of Mind |
Captain Prettyman |
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The Overland Route |
Captain Clavering |
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Paddy Miles' Boy |
Henry Coates |
|
99 |
Paul Pry |
Harry Stanley |
|
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Payable on Demand |
Marquis de St. Cast |
|
101 |
Peep O' Day |
Captain Howard |
|
102 |
Perfection |
Charles Paragon |
|
103 |
Playing With Fire |
Herbert Waverley |
|
104 |
A Poor Gentleman |
Edmund Stubbs |
|
105 |
The Poor of Manchester |
Oliver Random |
|
106 |
The Porter's Knot |
Stephen Scatter |
|
107 |
Raising the Wind |
Jeremy Diddler |
|
108 |
The Rendezvous |
Captain Balding |
|
109 |
Retained for the Defence |
Mr. Whitewash |
|
110 |
Returned to Life |
Arthur Aubrey |
|
111 |
Richard III |
Richmond, Duke of Buckingham |
|
112 |
Richelieu |
De Mauprat |
|
113 |
The Rival Pages |
Marquis de Preville |
|
114 |
The Rivals |
Captain Absolute |
|
115 |
Rob Roy |
Rashleigh Osbaldiston |
|
116 |
A Roland for an Oliver |
Alfred Highflyer |
|
117 |
Romance and Reality |
Frank Meredith |
|
118 |
Romeo and Juliet |
Benvolio, Mercutio |
|
119 |
The Rose of Amiens |
Count de Brissac |
|
120 |
Rural Felicity |
Singleton Unit |
|
121 |
The Scholar |
Frederick |
|
122 |
The School for Scandal |
Sir Benjamin Backbite |
|
123 |
The Secret |
M. Dupuis |
|
124 |
The Serious Family |
Charles Torrens |
|
125 |
She Stoops To Conquer |
Young Marlow |
|
126 |
A Signal Engagement |
Count Theodore |
|
127 |
Simpson and Co. |
Mr. Bromley |
|
128 |
Single Life |
Narcissus Boss |
|
129 |
Slowtop's Engagements |
Clarence Greyleaf |
|
130 |
The Soft Sex |
Frank Goodenough |
|
131 |
The Soldier's Daughter |
Frank Heartall |
|
132 |
The Spectre Bridegroom |
Mr. Nicodemus |
|
133 |
The Spitalfields Weaver |
Mr. Brown |
|
134 |
Still Waters Run Deep |
Captain Hawksley |
|
135 |
The Stranger |
Count Wintersen, Francis |
|
136 |
Sweethearts and Wives |
Charles Franklin |
|
137 |
Temptation |
Henry Travers |
|
138 |
The Ticket of Leave Man |
Bob Brierly, Jem Dalton |
|
139 |
Tit for Tat |
Don Carlos |
|
140 |
Too Late for Dinner |
Frank Poppleton |
|
141 |
The Trumpeter's Daughter |
Phillipot |
|
142 |
An Unequal Match |
Henry Arncliffe |
|
143 |
Used Up |
Ironbrace |
|
144 |
The Wandering Boys |
Count de Croissy |
|
145 |
Wanted 1,000 Spirited Young Milliners |
Tom Tipton |
|
146 |
Where There's A Will There's A Way |
Don Scipio de Pompolino |
|
147 |
Who Speaks First? |
Captain Charles |
|
148 |
The Wife |
Leonardo Gonzaga |
|
149 |
A Wonderful Woman |
Marquis de Frontignac |
|
150 |
A Word in Your Ear |
Sir Hubert Denzil |
|
151 |
Ye Merchant's Storye |
Paul Falconer |
|
152 |
The Young Widow |
Mandeville |
Theatre
Royal, Oxford: August to September 1864 |
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As You Like It |
Orlando |
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Betsy Baker |
Mr. Crummy |
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Flowers of the Forest |
Ishmael |
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The Green Bushes |
Connor O'Kennedy |
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Hamlet |
Hamlet |
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The Hunchback |
Sir Thomas Clifford |
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The Lady of Lyons |
Claude Melnotte |
|
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Love's Sacrifice |
Eugene de Lorme |
|
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Macbeth |
Macduff |
|
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Miriam's Crime |
Bernard Reynolds |
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The Ticket of Leave Man |
Bob Brierly |
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The Wonderful Woman |
Marquis de Frontignac |
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The Wife |
Julian St. Pierre |
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Sources:
1. A. Brereton. The Life of Henry Irving, vols. 1-2.
London, etc.: Longman's, Green and Co., 1908.
2. L. Irving. Henry Irving: The Actor and His World.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952.
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