The Irving connection
When Bram Stoker died in 1912, aged 64, many obituarists predicted that he would be most remembered for his , rather than . Stoker, born in Dublin in 1847, had given up a career in the civil service to move to London with his wife, the actress Florence Balcombe, and become secretary and touring manager to the eminent actor-manager () in 1878, a position he held for 27 years.
