1909. SIR HENRY LUCY.
W. E. HENLEY. 1892.
1881. W. S. GILBERT.
RUDYARD KIPLING. 1894.
The Sir Peter Teazle of old William Farren will always last in my memory, and I recollect it from my youth.
Of course I used to enjoy, of all things, the old Prince of Wales's Theatre under the management of Bancroft and Mrs. Bancroft, whose truly great acting, especially in the Robertson plays, was indeed a delight. Earlier than that, too, I remember how deeply I was impressed with the acting of the elder Boucicault and his wife in those vivid dramatic representations of Irish life, The Colleen Bawn and The Shaughran. In private life the feelings of this old and distinguished actor on the subject of Home Rule were identical with that of Redmond at the present time, and he did not hesitate to express them.