Acting-Manager and Author: Bram Stoker Finds Recreation in Writing Romances (1902)

Abstract

There are few better known figures in the theatrical circles of England than the almost herculean one of Bram Stoker, Sir Henry Irving’s acting-manager, and during the 19 years that the Irving tours of his country have covered Stoker has become nearly as familiar here. It may be as well to explain that the term “actor-manager,” which has been imported from England and is now in general use, does not imply that the bearer has anything to do with the acting. On the contrary, his duties are usually confined to the business end, and the hyphenatedwords show that he is acting for the manager and is not the pecuniarily responsible proprietor or manager.

This article is reprinted from The Boston Sunday Herald (April 6, 1902): 36. The review of Bram Stoker’s The Mystery of the Sea (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902), which accompanied this article, has been omitted.

This article is reprinted from The Boston Sunday Herald (April 6, 1902): 36. The review of Bram Stoker’s The Mystery of the Sea (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902), which accompanied this article, has been omitted.