VICTIM OF NEW YORK FIRE WAS ACTOR WHO STROVE FOR GOOD.
“He was a man of marvellous energy; he had no time for the people who did not exert themselves and just took things as they came.” In these words Maurice Moscovitch, the Russian actor visiting Christchurch, described Arnold Daly, the actor who was burned to death in New York on . Thursday last. Moscovitch, who knew Daly well, said that he was an actor who always did reliable work. At times he attempted too much, but he always deserved credit for being a trier. lie had a passion for good plays, and New York laughed him to scorn when he gave there the first production in English of Strinberg’s “The Father.” Six years ago Daly went to England to produce some good plays, but the managers would not give him a theatre, so he left the country full of anger at his fruitless journey. “Poor fellow —wha J ; a terrible end he had!” said Moscovitch.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18055, 15 January 1927, Page 10
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