Henry Irving was the first actor to be knighted (1895). From 1878 - 1902 he managed the Lyceum Theatre. Whilst working at the Lyceum as Irving's acting manager, Bram Stoker wrote Dracula.

by Edgar Allan Poe Society on 13 February 2006

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Sir Henry Irving
(1838-1905) actor

Bram Stoker
(1847-1912) author of Dracula