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MR. SHAW REPLIES TO MR: CRAIG.

(Continued from Page 3) posture. He wanted to be a great rungfeinn; and he acted the part so well that he was widely accept-

SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 22,

yet not be unlikeable. Ho was had: that is not what a theatre not stupid: he had touches of sorts for. So ho had to be content to donic humour impossible to a hayo bis pictures and figures stupid man; and his judgment of classed as 'good to steal from, un- matters within his range was til he found his feet as a literary propagandist of pictorial art on both accurate and penetrating."

the stage, and now at last, an an "What about Mr. Cruly him-irresistible sort of goose-genius in and auto- ed na one. Irving was determined self? Surely he has been rather artistic biography

blography. So please do all you to be a great actor, and he acted Wanted! Why are we talkran to go on exploiting that charm!

the part so well that he imp himself on us as one.

Mr.

neglected?"

About Mr. Craly at auch of his; and let us hear no more has brought out this with un-length to-day? Why are you not of the acglected fairy prince who

bothering with

me

would have redeemed the theatre questions about canny Hierary ability, though he is sa completely Irving's dupe that Charles Ricketts and Paul Shel from nothingness if only he had he cannot diagnose the symptoms Norman Wilkinson, about Gran- wicked people who went in erude- aboat Albert Rutherston and not been cruelly hindered by he describes with such vividners.

I fel-ville-Barker, about the designers by and did what came to their He points out that plays and fer of Mr. Cochran's revues, about all hand in the theatre as best they low-actora were nothing to Irving

tions.

eRo.

The stage

ever to

pre-

who could.

stage

all

but necessary apparatus for his the other English artists great imposture, and that he ruth-have actually done the work that

"And you defend your lessly mutilated and squashed Mr. Craig says he wants to do? and sacrificed them if they threats he bean passed over to make directions in spite of his donun- tened to go an inch beyond serving room for them? On the contrary. eintions?"

"They need no defence. Do! hin purpose. He was too self- centred and unlettered

"If ever there was a spoilt child you realise that my plays are he- know that he had any other obliga-in artistic Europe, that child was ing kept alive by desperate little Teddy Craig. The doors of the bands of enthusiasts, mostly very "You cannot call such a man-theatre were far wider open to poor, who perform them, in or monater--a great actor or even him than to anyone else. He had sorts of out of the way valloya A great artist. He is simply only to come in as the others did, and villages, and pay me nuthor's Kreat egoist with an imaginary and do his job, and know his fees which sometimes do not x- ninepence? These people these place and accept the theatre with ered attracts

print magiclana and enchantrasses, all its desperate vicissitudes and have to buy my plays in the these Cagliostros and Cirees. They poverties nud inadequacies and ed book, and get up their shown ux from the directiona in them. I and the authors are always mor-impossibilities as the rest of tal enemies: that is why they re clear before him for all the talent but to do it without ever mention-

sr{lki.

I, and the way would have been have not only to give them the nobodies

necessary mechanical directions. fer either dead ones or

Ther he possessed. But that was not the stage: for I have to consi whom they can Impose on are very fascinating persons, and what he wanted. He bring a good deal of money into thesire to play with, as the theatre treasury. They build played with the Lyceum: a then read as they read a novel. For In which he could frame his then I have had to write in des- tre up the atmosphere of romance

and eriptions of my stage figures which is so necessary to the then- pictures in the proscenium, Lre; but behind the scenes they cut the play to pieces to salt them, which, are not for the actor of do nothing for anything but them-and forbid the actors to do any actress, but which must be there selves. Their attitude towards the thing that could distract the at-if the plays are to be readable. ploneers, the leaders of forlorn tention of the audience from his But I cannot think that Mr. Craig

stage directions. myself. H. RUTTONJEE & SON. 15, Queen's Rd. C. hopes, on whom, after all, every pictures, or to move up the stage ever reads

But som the never do the leat they should give away uf step forwned in the art

times consider other theatre depends, is atte of pure sham of stage perspective,

"Such theatres are not to be needa." atrobbery. They are always fifty years behind the times, like Irving. 1 Irving bad been a great man insteart of an extraordinary the would have anticipated Pock

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and Reinhardt, and played at least. Ibsen and Tolstoy if 1 and my generation were tras hard for him to -wallow.**

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"No: It is Mr. Craig who is the goose; and it is part of his churm that he is such a very silly goo and glories se delightfully in his gousiness when he is not describ- ing superbly what he has actually seen and felt. His vision amounts to genius; his judgment is Inian- tile. It is ille to discuss whether Irving was a great actor. Mr. Craig's book; and you will nee exactly what he was though you will laugh at Mr. Craig's valua- tion of him and his proceedings. But you must not react too strong- ly against the false valuation. When Irving's camouflages were shot away, and you got the real man by the collar, you certainly found a sirapleton and an ignor- amus; but a man can be both and

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