DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE
Sir.-When I criticised your article on Dame Sybil Thorndike I did not know Mr. Mason was the author; I detect an unjustifiable note of irony in his teply. There can be no conceivable objection to the use of a reference book to aid the composition of such an article, and I do not seek to impugn the truth or correctness of the factual data of the article. I should have’ said final or complete facts. The article was obviously written by one without personal or acquired knowledge of *his subject, and appeared to have been compiled from reference books only,.It confirmed a completely incorrect impression created by thé dailies. That Dame. Sybil was at the Old Vic from 1914 to 1918 is correct. That she was at this time in any way famous is completely incorrect. Several histories of the Old Vic are available; one at least I should have ex. pected the author of such an article to be familiar with. The Old Vic had, preLilian Bayliss, for many years eked out a very precarious existence. For long periods it was closed and the remuneération of performers whilst operating was very meagre indeed. The complete facts, or facts with background, are, as I said, tnore interesting.
I. R.
MAXWELL-STEWART
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 804, 17 December 1954, Page 5
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214DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 804, 17 December 1954, Page 5
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