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Henry Irving and Bram Stoker grey plaque
Henry Irving · Actor
Inscription
“Henry Irving was the first actor to be knighted (1895). From 1878 - 1902 he managed the Lyceum Theatre. Whilst working at the Lyceum as Irving's acting manager, Bram Stoker wrote Dracula.”
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1838-1905
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The Lyceum Theatre
WC2E
Erected 2006
Edgar Allan Poe Society
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Henry Irving
actor, Knight Bachelor, and impresario · (1838-1905)
Bram Stoker
author of Dracula, theatre manager, friend of Thomas Henry Hall Caine, son of Charlotte Matilda Blake Thornley, assistant of Henry Irving, and son of Abraham Stoker · (1847-1912)
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