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He acted at the Lyceum in his youth, using the name Bernard Gould, and made many drawings of Irving, some which appeared in the theatre's souvenir programmes. His work has provided both a record of costumes and scenery and of the dramatic effect of Irving's performances.\r\n\r\nThis image shows the actor Henry Irving (1838-1905) as Cardinal Wolsey in <i>Henry VIII</i> by William Shakespeare (1564-1616).  In keeping with leading actors before him, Irving chose the role of the Cardinal for its complex and arresting character, heightened visually by his costume of a vivid pink colour.  Irving’s Wolsey was a mixture of asceticism and malignity, a religious man who rose from humble beginnings to attain a position of great influence as the King’s Lord Chancellor.  It was this, coupled with Wolsey’s eventual loss of power and status, that attracted Irving to the part.   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