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STOKER BRAM: (1847-1912) - STOKER BRAM: (1847-1912) Irish author of the horror novel Dracula (1897). A good A.L.S., Bram Stoker , one page, 8vo, n.p. (Manchester), 3rd November 1900, to Tinsley Pratt, on the printed stationery of Henry Irving, Ellen Terry and The Lyceum Company's Provincial Tour. Stoker states that he has been asked by Irving to inform his correspondent that the actor already has ' a fine play written by the late W. G. Wills on the subject of Rienzi ' and continues to remark ' as he would not be able to accept yours he thinks it better to return it at once without reading it '. About EX The English stage actor Henry Irving (1838-1905) is widely acknowledged to be one of the inspirations for Count Dracula, the title character of the 1897 novel Dracula , whose author, Bram Stoker, was employed by Irving as his personal assistant and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. W. G. Wills (1828-1891) Irish dramatist, novelist & painter who regularly worked with Henry Irving. Cola di Rienzi (1313-1354) Italian politician and leader who styled himself as the ´tribune of the Roman people´.