Arts", first aired on 14 January 1988, the Prime Minister is asked what was the last play he'd seen, and replies "Hamlet." When asked "Whose?" — specifically, who played Hamlet, not who wrote it — he is unable to remember and is prompted with the suggestion "Henry Irving?" to audience laughter. Biography In 1906, Bram Stoker published a two-volume biography about Irving called Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving. See also Irving Family Notes References Further reading Stoker, Bram. Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving: Volume 1 and Volume 2. London : W. Heinemann, 1906. Scanned books via Internet Archive. Archer, William 1885. Henry Irving, Actor and Manager: A Critical Study, London:Field & Tuer. Beerbohm, Max. 1928. 'Henry Irving' in A Variety of Things. New York, Knopf. Holroyd, Michael. 2008. A Strange Eventful History, Farrar Straus Giroux, Irving, Laurence. 1989. Henry Irving: The Actor and His World. Lively Arts. External links The Irving Society The Henry Irving Foundation Information about Irving at the PeoplePlay UK website NY Times article that includes information about Irving's American tour and the lease of the Lyceum to the American company at the same time My First "Reading" by Henry Irving, an article written by Irving about a personal experience Henry Irving North American Theatre Online with bio and pics Henry Irving-Ellen Terry tour correspondence, 1884-1896, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 1838 births 1905 deaths English male stage actors English male Shakespearean actors 19th-century English male actors 20th-century English male actors 19th-century theatre Actor-managers Knights Bachelor Actors awarded knighthoods English people of Cornish descent People from South Somerset (district) Burials at Westminster Abbey Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England 19th-century theatre managers 20th-century theatre managers Members of The Lambs Club