A DRAMATIC END
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Received October 16, 8.41 a.m. LONDON, October 15. The Press and. the leading actors of Britain, (Europe, and \Ameriea unanimously eulogise Sir Henry "Irving as England's most illustrious aotor aijd the greatest ornament of the English, stags. 'Miss Ellen Terry suggests the establishment of.■ a, municdp-al theatre, where a standard line of drama should be upheld. This would be a fitting monument to Irving, since it would (realise his life's /wish..
Received October 16, 8.51 a.m. LONDON, October 15. Sir Henry Irving was playing the part of Beckett an Tennyson's tragedy. The play was ending, and Irving, who had fallen' on his knees, had just uttered tho last, line of his part, " Into thy hands, Q Lord* into thy hands," when he was attacked with .syncope. He was (immediately taken to his hotel, whoro he died in a few minutes.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12629, 17 October 1905, Page 5
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146A DRAMATIC END Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12629, 17 October 1905, Page 5
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