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The Stokers moved to London, where Stoker became acting manager and then business manager of Irving's Lyceum Theatre in the West End, a post he held for 27 years. [13] On 31 December 1879, Bram and Florence's only child was born, a son whom they christened Irving Noel Thornley Stoker.
In May 1897, the well-known theatre manager and part-time writer Bram Stoker released Dracula, a Gothic adventure novel about the exploits of a Transylvanian vampire in England and the attempts by a crew of respectable professional men (and one woman) to destroy the ancient evil.
In 1876 Stoker met the actor Henry Irving and by 1878 had moved to London where he was acting manager at the famous Lyceum Theatre. It was there that Stoker entered into fashionable circles through which we learn much of his character and influences.
In May 1897, the well-known theatre manager and part-time writer Bram Stoker. released Dracula, a Gothic adventure novel about the exploits of a Transylvanian. vampire in England and the attempts by a crew of respectable professional men. (and one woman) to destroy the ancient evil.
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Jan 12, 2022 · The affable and popular theater manager Bram Stoker was born in Clontarf, Ireland, to Abraham and Charlotte Stoker in 1847, into an Irish Protestant (although not Anglo-Irish) family.
Bram Stoker had a keen interest in theatre and later became manager to actor Henry Irving, who was a regular on the Dublin stage. Actor Henry Irving. In 1871, Bram Stoker began a new career...
Stoker spent just under half his life thirty-one of his sixty-four years in Dublin. While these years had been formative, he was henceforth a London-based theatre manager and writer who could take advantage of the literary potential of the great metropolis. Before leaving, he married Florence Balcombe (1858-1937), previously romantically
