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The Andaz Hotel has been on my must do list for ages (for fascinating reasons listed in the blog title) and a couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of going there with the delightful Helen Langley. The hotel's 1901 Restaurant, where afternoon tea is served, certainly has the wow factor and it was orginally built as the hotel's ballroom.
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Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847 – 1912)
Today Bram Stoker is best known as the author of Dracula. However he spent most of his life working in the theatre. His first job was an unpaid position as theatre critic for the Dublin Evening Mail, which enabled him to attend opening night performances and interview the cast.
One evening in December 1876 Henry Irving invited Stoker, who had written a review of him in Hamlet, to dine with him in his suite at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin. Irving complemented Stoker on his review and it was the start of a lifelong relationship which would involve Bram becoming his friend and business manager.
