OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 46, 18 November 1919, Page 7

OBITUARY

- ♦ . < LIONEL RIGNOLD, J London, November It. , Obituary.—Mr. Lionel Riguold, actor.— , Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. , <• [Mr. Lionel RignoUl was ono of the best ] known figures on tho English stage, and ( a member of a famfty which has played , no mean part in sustaining the best tra- c ditions of tlio drama. Lionel Rignold } was tho son of 11. 11. Rignold, and tho | brother of George, Harry, Dora, Kale, \ Bessie, Walter, and Marie Rignold, of fl whom tho late Mr. George Rijpiold, of ) Sydney, and Miss Dora Rignold (hero with n Musgrove's Shakespearean Company) wero i known in 'Wellington. Lionel first ap- i< peared on the slago as n baby in arms t in tho Mile- End Road, graduated as a i call-boy, prompter, actor, stage manager, \ and actor-manager. Ho was a fine, l/.uff, I hearty comedian, and was never at a a losa for a "gag." He was for some years t at Drury Lano playing thi> comedy parts o in melodrama, and created many roles si which became known tlic world over. Ho c was in tho long run of "The Chinese t Honeymoon" (as Mr. Pineapiile), and was i a director of the Royal General Thenf> a rical Fund. His favourite pnrb was " Tony Lumpkin, in "She Stoops to Con- t quer."] ' * ARTHUR HACKER, R.A. London, November 14. g Mr. Artliur Hacker, R.A., was found c dead on tho doorstep of his residence.— B Router. n f'Mr. Hacker was I»rn in 185 S. Tie t (studied at tho Atelior 13onn.it, Paris, and travelled extensively in Moncco, ] A'lgoriu, Spain, and Italy. Ho was a ) nell-known liguro painter.] . f, COUNTESS TOLSTOY. j Holsingfors, November U. Obituary.—The Countess Tolstoy, widow t of [l\(\ novelist, at Ynsnaya Polyana.— 1 Aus.-NX Cable Assn. ' I j HERBERT JASMAN, ACTOR. (Dec. November 18, (1.5. r > p.m') London, Novembor 15. J Herbert Jasman, tho actor, is deaa'.— , Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Asen.