The Irving Society

<body><table dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><p align="left"><b><font size="1">Established 1996</font><br> <font size="7">THE IRVING <br> SOCIETY</font></b></td> <td width="50%" valign="top" align="left"><img src="noframe/images/TIS.gif" alt="TIS" align="right" width="203" height="203"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top"><p align="left"><font size="2"><b>PATRONS<br> JOHN H.B. IRVING - ELLEN TERRY CRAIG <br> FOUNDER PATRON <br> SIR JOHN GIELGUD O.M., C.H.</b>. </font></td> <td width="50%" valign="top"><p align="right"><font size="2"><b>CHAIRMAN <br> MICHAEL KILGARRIFF </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2"><hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%"> <p align="center">The Irving Society was established in 1996 to bring together individuals and organisations interested in promoting the understanding and appreciation of the theatre in the age of the actor manager Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905), and of his cultural and artistic contribution to the Victorian Era.</p> <p align="center"> <br> <a href="sir_henry_irving.htm"><img border="0" src="noframe/images/Irving_photo_Gentlewoman_Sup.png" alt="Irving photo Gentlewoman" width="200" height="242"></a> <br> <a href="noframe/sir_henry_irving.htm">Sir Henry Irving<br> (1838-1905)</a> <p align="center">  <p align="center"><strong>CURRENT   NEWS</strong><b> AND FEATURES<font size="2"> </font></b></p> <ul> <li><font size="2"><a HREF="noframe/irvingite.htm"><b>THE IRVINGITE</b></a> - Quarterly Newsletter <b> (</b><font color="#FF0000"><i>Jan 2001</i></font><b>)</b></font></li> <li><a HREF="noframe/prog.htm"><font size="2"><b>PROGRAMME OF EVENTS</b></font></a> - <font color="#FF0000">2001</font></li> <li><font size="2"><b><a href="noframe/knight.htm">FIRST KNIGHT</a> - </b>The Society's Journal</font></li> <li><font size="2"><b><a href="noframe/phono.htm">THE VOICE OF HENRY IRVING</a></b></font></li> <li><a href="noframe/green.htm"><strong><font size="2">GREEN ROOM GOSSIP</font></strong></a><font size="2"><strong> (</strong><font color="#FF0000"><i>23rd July 2000</i></font><strong>)</strong></font></li> <li><a href="noframe/links.htm"><strong><font size="2">LINKS</font></strong></a></li> </ul> </td> <td width="50%"> <table border="1" width="90%" style="float: right"> <tr> <td width="100%" align="center"> <p style="border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt" align="center"><i><span lang="EN-GB"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">CORIOLANUS</font></b></span></i><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"><br> by William Shakespeare</span></font></p> <p style="border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt" align="center"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2"><img src="noframe/images/coriolanus.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025" align="middle" border="2" alt="Sir Henry Irving as Coriolanus" width="152" height="281"></font></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">illustration by Charles Buchel</span><span lang="EN-GB"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><br> The Sphere</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> 1901</span></span></font></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2">Sir Henry Irving as Coriolanus<br> Lyceum Theatre<br> April 15<sup>th</sup> 1901</font></span></b></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Ellen Terry<br> played<br> Volumnia</span></font></p> <p style="border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt" align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB">This production had first been conceived in 1882 but was regularly</span></font> <font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB">postponed.</span></font></p> <p style="border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt" align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">With brilliant set designs by Alma Tadema and music by Sir Alexander Mackenzie the production was in the true tradition of a Lyceum Spectacular<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span> </span></font></p> <p style="border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt" align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">However neither Irving or Terry were well suited to their roles and the revival<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>only ran for thirty-six performances with one further performance to end the season on July 20<sup>th</sup>.</span></font></p> <p style="border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 6.0pt 0in 4.0pt" align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> It was never played again but the Funeral March was heard in Westminster<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Abbey at the actor’s funeral in 1905. </span></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2"> <p ALIGN="CENTER"><a HREF="noframe/member.htm"><font SIZE="7" COLOR="#AF0000">JOIN NOW</font></a></p> <font size="2"><hr> <p align="center">Brien Chitty Honorary Secretary/Acting Treasurer<br> <b>THE IRVING SOCIETY<br> </b>69 Harcourt Street<br> Newark-on-Trent,<br> Notts. NG24 1RG. UK.<br> Tel: 01636 702801 Fax: 0870 1640151 </p> <p align="center">E-Mail: </font> <a href="mailto:secretary@theirvingsociety.org.uk"><b><font size="2">Secretary@theirvingsociety.org.uk</font></b></a> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <div align="center"><center><table BORDER="10" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="378" bordercolor="#800000"> <tr> <th><font size="2"><a href="http://www.tmaw.webfusion.co.uk/homepage.html" target="_top"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/2595/actors.gif" align="left" WIDTH="72" HEIGHT="93" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=baaw;id=10;next"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/2595/actress.gif" align="right" WIDTH="47" HEIGHT="93" border="0"></a> <font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2" color="#905253">This <a href="http://www.tmaw.webfusion.co.uk/homepage.html" target="_top">British Actors & Actresses</a><br> site is owned by  <a href="mailto:secretary@theirvingsociety.org.uk%20%3cmailto:href=%3e"><br> The Irving Society</a>. <br> Want to join the<br> <a HREF="http://www.tmaw.webfusion.co.uk/homepage.html" target="_top">British Actors & Actresses Web</a>?</font></font></th> </tr> <tr> <th><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2" color="#905253">[<a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=baaw;id=10;prev5">Previous 5 Sites</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=baaw;id=10;sprev">Skip Previous</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=baaw;id=10;prev">Previous</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=baaw;id=10;next">Next</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=baaw;id=10;skip">Skip Next</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=baaw;id=10;next5">Next 5 Sites</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=baaw;random">Random Site</a> | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=baaw;list">List Sites</a>] </font></th> </tr> </table> </center></div></td> </tr> </table>   <p align="center"> </p> </td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td>  </td></tr></table></body>