You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated ten thousand times. Only fancy what this suggests.
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Wouldn't you like to have heard the voice of Shakespeare, or Jesus Christ?
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Birth: | 6th February, 1838 |
Death: | 13th October, 1905 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Actor |
Sir Henry Irving was born in Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, England. He was an English stage actor. He known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society.
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