What was the person called that was known as The Irving of the music halls was also famous for their speech presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud?
Bransby Williams Bransby Williams (born as Bransby William Pharez) (14 August 1870 – 3 December 1961) was a British actor, comedian and monologist. He became known as "The Irving of the music halls".
Wayland Maxfield Parrish Born in 1887, he is noted for writing a few books dealing with rhetoric titled "Reading Aloud", "Speaking in Public", "American Speeches", "The Teacher's Speech", and "Richard Whately's Elements of Rhetoric: Parts I and II". His most well-known are "Reading Aloud" and "American Speeches". He also wrote and contributed to various journal articles concerning speech and rhetoric. He graduated from Cornell’s prestigious linguistics program, he went on to teach at the University of Pittsburgh and then the University of Illinois.