Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1912 — Missed the Piste With Irving. [ARTICLE]

Missed the Piste With Irving.

William Winter’s brief emphatic criticism of a certain actor's interpretation of "Hamlet” is one of the immortals in the line of American dramatic criticisms. Mr. Winter wrote: “Kerosense Scads played ‘Hamlet’ at the Herald Square theater last night He played it for hours.” When Laurence Irving, son of Sir Henry, paid his first visit to America a friend related the anecdote of this famous criticism. Mr. Irving didn’t smile nor did he show any signs of collapse. “Played it tor four hours,” repeated Mr. Irving. “Four hours. That's an extremely long duration as gauged by the present acting editions of the drama. He must have used the text from the original."