ELLEN TERRY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2141, 6 May 1914, Page 10

ELLEN TERRY.

,;. •.:,: -... -■■ I INTERVIEWED AT FREMiKTLE,. , in an, interview- with the Fr-cnns-htte cowcapaiitlcitfc oi. the ' "Sydney Daily'- !■ Td.ojjrnp)i r ' .Mies .EReji Terry stated tftat sho did-not ihttjnd tp : dO'an;y act- [ ins during lior trip *m-t to tire colonics. | ''It has 'king been ray ambition to conic | out to Australia;* indeed ■'Sir'Bonr.y Irving and I liayo for'the past 20 years been 1 alrfiO'st' ' <iri '"wio paint of cqtfting;: ; but, ymi see, it.is sueji a,-.feng way to eqiuo-," shd* remarkocL 'The spirit wjl3 | willing, .hat -Eo-rheuow :\vc cauM : ttoVe* quite: make up ciu-r. minds, . 1 .hijve, lefs lay visit riitlioi' late in life, .'btvt. I trust ; tiie |ijol>lp Australia; wit say that it is- frrtte' kilo than. ikf'QT. •. .-."My .piahi .Object in making' this 1 iewJ' continued Sijss.'Terry, ''i's priri.cipaJly. to -tyring about a .jnore tli.ofougji j appreciation gf- Slmkesp.cii.ro and' iiis | fi'OT-ks. ". ■/''.'.',';'.'. ■' .--.- ! '.'Do., you like .• -out ; herd in.'A.Ustralm ?'*-,: siiddcMy . aslred Miss- Terry'of the infcMewer. "Yo-ti ! Iviio-K-," sfeo was one of | tho Riios.t nieii in history-—'a lovely niafl' . as' Ami-'ctioan's. w'ou'id-r-'say.. ..We -in :.Sng- ' lawl 4*3 not realise'that fact; and othef nations pay more tribute to his natt-o ; and works' than'.'tfes?*£<j. ejann Mm a'S their'fcHsw*c<iiiiitr.vm.:ia.. Wo liavee-ui-J bcsship stadiums and aur racecourses, ; ■ but what do. fro fellow about art? We litre 'too las. It has.: been' Our 'failing.. j-- Jjpok iit what Shakespeatofeas done for us. And.i-jat'havo.wo.'dori.e for ftim?',' , aiMed Jlijss Teriry vff.he.tpeivtly. "lie answer is'uottyiig. ..He'.; was the best soul But J>cople are so lastv and stu|iid .these, days that- tlioy will nat recognise that fact, Jliefe wasft great man for Shakeiipearp .when Sir Hiiu-y Ifyjin? With him it was a religion-; aiact everybody With whpm life-eimto iti (outsat'caught up the spirit of ojitlnisias.m, "Tla : s.'.royage, in trto-re-- respects .-than '■' one, has been a,. complete revelation to too'/ Shakespftafo is'eyftrywherfi! ifo i$ of the;ivorM and not'of any one country.' Passin.B:'..tfa(iUKl!i"t.lio Canal on.o feels thp spirit V>.f Shakespeare, in the distant vi<nv'of. tl-io. deserts;'o.no feels ■■ his snirit-i» tile rushirig waters a<i t-ha vtesd pleu-glis- along tho poena. To toe ShftkespSa'te has alivs to-day as when' ■ "ft 'nemiftd b's .Won.derfii'l n-orks.'" - Miss Terry Was hs-lcei whcilibr ahe. : wou'W tho teaohing of Statefep«Rro's. works in sdj-OOIs. "Y6S," she replied",' "It-Mnb I would ! ?w so bold-- hs Id 1 shy tiittt t woftlct ad-vo fjatc suen a'coursp.'; I would 1-iav* Siab spearo faitght evoryivjio-ru." ' * ' '