ACTOR AND CRITIC.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 711, 10 January 1910, Page 5

ACTOR AND CRITIC.

DENUNCIATION J-EOM ; THE MAGE; By Telegraph—Press •A3;: j-. .New; York, January-7,, ; ; , : Mr. Laurence Irving,'.,the actor (younger son' of tUo lata Sir: Henry Irving), from the stage, of.: the■' Comedy 'Theatre,; denounced Mr. I'Alari'Dale's severe criticism; .of;iii'i'self;anivMireriabelVfficiioj.'(liiß' >if o)j-,published; w in, .the'■'.'■;''New,'York American!".' ~ : ,; -:':-;

.;: DRAMATIS PERSONAE. ..}';; '; Mr. Laurence Sidney '-Irving, ■ aotor and ; dramatist, 1 ' younger : son 'of the .late,. Sir Henry Irving', inarried in 1303 ; ; Mis- Mabel Hackney," who' had .'succeeded Miss Ellen Terry ;as leading, lady with, his father.Mr. Irving's dramas- include "Peter "the Great" (iii which;he appeared as; Peter) and .'Ttichard Lovelace,", and hehas made translations' of" Sardou.; He : was ''originally.' intended .'for;-the diploinatio:profession;', and was for a. short tiuie at: the British; Embassy at ;St. Petersburg.' .His. professional' debut 'on'the stage 1 .was; made in 1891.'' The late Sir: Henry Irving's elder son, Mr. H.":B. Irving, is also!an; actor, :iihd. - combines";.with :it ,a : 6tndy _pfcriminology; he. : inarried in' 1896';' Miss Dorothea Baird, the original Trilby. -. •..."Alan.Dale";(Mr;.;Alfred•,-J..•.; Cohen),' borri.in Birmingham in 1801,iwont to the United 'States;, and ?was: ; dramatio critio of'the "Now York EVening, World".'from 1887 till' 1895; : 'nnd since' 1895' has. been dritic' for the "New" York, Journal." ■• He is the 'author of "My Eobtlight Husband .',- and, other works]', \ ■'.'■ '~'-.■ " ■ ; ; ; '