MR. LAURENCE IRVING AND THE CRITIC.
'■' • AOiIDINAKi;.:ING[pENTi- vrj; ;■;: :- ;Eeuter's'New.-york;correspondent,'telwV; graphs:— k; ■■■ : -; , '.;4vii:-si, l ;-.-s.'':..'"-. ■■''.:"'^.'■'-.•■ J :':- : '; Mr.':<Laurencc:'lrving,- who. opened-rhrS. ~■' .-season. at,the' Comedy Theatre in.-"Tho!<;-" ■ Affinity,";, the vitranslation:;':; of; .:BrieusV/.'.v : "Les' 'Hahnoto'ns,"-.-.-jf Jlicli'oTfas ;;p]ayed> ii. v >;' \ London under .the title, pf: "The ■; created; much' seiisation on- .the , foiirtM'.-v' :night 'by appeariiig-'liefor'e" tho curtain 1 . . i'nt the: cnd';ot'"the;secon'd''act'and- making: •_;': a : spoeoh ; directed:;-!agajusty.'.-.Mr;r;-.-.Alia , : : : :Dale, tlie...dramatic: critic.'off"■ tho., ; ;N«w. i." ;York: "American^ , -; ; v'-'■■■'■ ; '::''' -.v-.:.;Ci.";v:yV. :: : i Mr; 'Irving, after mentioning this -irriter- ■■■ ■: by'.' Vname/> described ;•• him','as;. "a \bl.ob; o|V. 'scum,")' blatant inarodist I .'.who-':' masquerades in ; protective vpinciS-ncz-M a;,' >skilled criHc." ' Nv; : IrviiiK declares that; : ho could not .stand .Mr: Dale's- criticism .; of Miss, llabel. Hackney.'.tXlrs... Xaurenco; : ;.: Irving), who takes the part of the- "Ai- ; : fiuity."- ■ 'J-'h.c' audience ;applnu'dcd•':.Mr. •' : Ir.ving"'b6th v dnring c th'e speech 'and ;aftcr< ; - wards. -The: , Ne\r \'prfc:."Americaii":.ib'' : -. sblf,. : as-.weir.as, : the ; othcr.>' : -jiewspapcrsi'; >: publishes an account .of the incident, ;in<;.':■ eluding the description,ipplied;,to its.owD,;.; : Tlie. critic attacked;..'declined:'-to"-"tate'V. , notice of tlie incident. <,\;j .';•./'..-.?• :•_■,'.'•_';'.h-^, : ;'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 10
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160MR. LAURENCE IRVING AND THE CRITIC. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 10
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