Overview
This powerful and moving two character play tells the love story of two
of the greatest actors of all time, Sir Henry Irving and his leading
lady, Ellen Terry. Henry is brilliant, eccentric, deeply inhibited
offstage, narrow in range but astonishingly powerful, meticulous and
driven. Ellen is spontaneous, utterly charming, much more inclined to
take things as they come, and compulsively makes fun of him. But they
are two wounded people who find each other, love each other, and work
together wonderfully for many years before Ellen's growth and Henry's
inflexibility threaten to tear them apart forever. A tribute to two
great performers and extraordinarily compelling people, this play
contains a wealth of exceptional monologue and scene material for
actors.