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Irving (LAWRENCE SYDNEY BRODRIBB)

LAWRENCE (SYDNEY BRODRIBB), an English actor and IRVING manager, son of Sir Henry Irving, born in 1872. He was educated at Marlborough College and in Paris. For three years he lived in Russia where he studied diplomacy. He left this for the stage in 1893. After tours in provincial companies, he played in his father's company from 1900 to 1904. This was followed by a tour in America. In 1912 he played leading parts in several important plays, including several Shakespearian plays. While returning to England in May, 1914, he was drowned in the "Empress of Ireland" disaster.

He wrote several plays, including "Peter the Great"; "Richard Lovelace"; "The Typhoon."