Show DEATH TAKES SPLENDID astorr sudden calling of sir henry levins irving widely neg regretted retted As tto the foremost english adfor of 0 hla his period and one of the foremost stage managers as tie the force which dil more thin than an other in decades decad s to plue place the stage and the he aramada dra matlo profession upon a dignified and lofty level as a the medium through which a true r revival of shakespeare and the tha classic c drama was made possible as aa the tha man who mho won oil official recognition from the crown for the achievements of the stage in being the first achot to gain the distinction of knighthood sir henry irving whose sudden deatly at bradford adford Dr bigland rn ni gland Is announced will bulk big across the aho hi tory of the english drama after 1871 irving held the Indi able premiership of the stage in england it if not in the world ills versa hla his scope his keen dramatic PO 40 4 the late sir henry irving instinct lila his magnetism his power of expression ills his scholarly attainments these made him gibat and assure him of baang always abias one of the chief figures of the stive ho he did not belong merely to tor for his art scaled s ameilia also after 1883 irv ing made tours of the ho ugilt united d states at intervals of two or three cars ani and lie ho was as admired and loved by american as no other foreign actor ever has haa been irving was aas not only notable as an aa actor but its is a man ilia pluck energy charm ot of manner generosity and his ednes were known knort to his friends and among those friends ho he cambered cumbered cumb number ered edt many of the prominent men of england ile he vina mas a delightful and eagerly sought bought companion and to a large degree the social qualities ol of tact and |