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An Honour For Sir Henry

Stig
Stig Posts: 29,301
edited January 2011 in General Charlton

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,301
    I think Henry should be called Brodribb from now on.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    edited January 2011
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Aldridge



    The real father of modern acting....Henry Irving was good, but this bloke was the inspiration for modern realism which is everywhere today, he blew melodrama out of the water, and actor-managers like Irving became anachronistic.