Few great dramatists have worked harder for success than Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, who has celebrated hia 69th birthday. By way of preparation for authorship he spent eight years on the boards, commencing as "general utility" in .a provincial company, and after two years making his debut in a speaking part at a salary of £1 per week. For Mb first play he received a set of shirt studs, and his second he sold for a £5 note. With his third, bought by Sir Henry Irving for. £SO. he began to climb the ladder oi tab*
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18126, 16 July 1924, Page 10
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