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Robert Poulter
Robert Poulter
19 Dec 2005
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Henry Irving emphasizes the importance of the interconnectedness of the arts in enhancing the impact of drama on an audience.
About The Play
About The Play
Henry Irving speech at Royal Academy Banquet May 2 1891:
“I have an adiding faith in the communion of the arts, in the harmonious combination of poetry, painting and music to sustain the living drama in its appeal to the cultivated mind.”
A production in three parts and an epilogue.
Part One: Early Triumphs
Part Two: The Venetian Connection
Part Three: Faust
Epilogue: The Bells Play On