A Romantic Marriage.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1, 6 July 1907, Page 34

A Romantic Marriage.

Mr Carew, leading man in Miss Ellen Terry’s company, who recently married England's greatest actress, is only 32, while his bride is 59. In an interview with the ‘’American’s” correspondent, lie gives some account of what is a remarkable romance: "We were married secretly to avoid undue notice. Miss Edith Craig (Miss Ellen Terry’s daughter knew of the marriage, and we cabled to Miss Ellen Terry’s son (Mr Gordon Craig), who is in Italy." Mr James Carew first came into prominence on the American stage. Last January he was engaged to play Captain Brassbound himself in Miss Ellen Terry’s Company, and subsequently toured with her in the States. Miss Terry was born at Coventry on February 27, 1848, and is thus in her

sixtieth year. She recently celebrated her stage jubilee. Miss Ellen Terry has now been three times married. She was married in 1864 to the late Mr G. F. Walts, R.A., then

more than thirty years her senior, an# retired from the stage. The match was made by the late Lady Holland, and both parties were glad to be relieved of it. Miss Terry returned to the stage, joining her sister Kate, but in 1867 she again retired on her marriage to Mr Charles Wardell, an officer in a cavalry regiment, who was subsequently known on the stage as Mr Charles Kelly, and acted also as a stage manager. He died in 1885. It was not until 1874 that Miss Terry again returned to the stage. By her second marriage Miss Terry has a daughter whose stage name is Ailsa Craig, and a son. Mr Gordon Craig, the painter and actor, who first appeared on the stage in 1889.