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MR PETER GAfFHOIE
E»GUSH PUYWRIGHT ARRIVES
TO SEE AUSTRALIA
The famous English actor, playwrieht
.ana. singer, Mr. Peter Gawthorne^ arriv
rl r«*tt ? e,man1;10 -tijs nioriiing 'by 'the
K.AfcSy Moldam, accompanied by ' Mrs.
^^orae r their- thi'ce dangliters 'aud sou. !
Air. .(raw^or-nc, iatervie.wed, said, ('I have
heardi-whai: a w,onderfiiJ spai-tiujf eaunlry. :
Australia is. and I have come tp see it. j
I have .not come out under aiiy contract !
to any- manageffient, but sunpiy'as a free ?
Ian{je.;, To-day one must simply, see Aus
trafia,.an.d ^^ kiiawit.'''
Hr. Gawthorne was. a student, at the.
Aeademy of Dramatic Art, also with Ro
Bina-i&Rppi, apd studied singhig under Ed
war-d: lies,: Harry; Dearth, aiid James Ley.
He .epmmanaed: his reaL stage earear with
Sir. H-., BieerbohiiJi Tree, in His ^Eai.e$ty's
Theatre, iu Lqnd^, ^'p^y^l vdlli Elka.
Terry at/her .iubilee p'srfonnance iii 'Ca,D-
tain. Brass^ouneV's ConA-ersion. ?' ' ? H.v iro
Jnakjed. wiybvthii cpnipany undui'-studyiug
until 1908. . In that' year lie appeared at
the ;Grand: Theatre, . Amsterdam, with llea
Ty dearies as the magistrate, in 'A Case
of Arses.-*' . At the 'Queeu?s, iu February.
190Sfhe ]-layed- Jfevons in 'SStingaree.' lii
the -saaie. year -lie to.u'mi as Dick' Steer in
«K-=We ;-O%-Eu»7.«-
Sooiii Africa Visite(i.
?- During 1&09-10 he visited Soath Africa,
playing 'the lead: with' Leonard R ayne }s
Gonpwny, an.4 appeared: in nearly iJO dij
fereojt j^ari's. On his return .'-to' Engird
he -was-eEgaged at the Eiugsv^iy Theatre
as th^.messen^ei' in ''Iphigenia in Tauris,**
?andf after a. short' tour as Hector Malone
in ^|pn ftfld SnpetT3tfian^:':3omad; George
Edwar^s/s.Camp.any on tour: tq..«lay Jozsi
i^ '^yfisi: I^veV' s^ccessfullV touring
later in' .' *The 'Ma,Tjia^z S|arket.*' ' In ^fuiie
1914; hie, a^ear^d- at D|ily % 'playing Slipt !
pery, J^.ck .m '? ? The Mfirriage Market/ ' aud
Gepfirex^h3|lpne^ iii £tA,t|puiitryV Girl:'
The -f ollpwing year he succeeded' Doftald,
Caltliojp.-as, Gerard in ' ' Bessie.^' ' En Apr'HV.
1916,, at the Duke . 'of * York, '. he 'played |
Chajr|es Morrell in (-(Totp^ and- at, che
Adelphi, Die|'Mayne ' in 'High; Jinks?'
In la!? lie 'was- Albany - Pope in- * ''The.
Boyi^-r and. the ' nexih year ' th.i t'^lor 'in
'Lr'Aig4an.'' ' lB-i9l9he was at'the 0x7
ford, Gaston ? Le ? Ce'rf in 'Maggie. J': In
192ft: '-he toured as Irj»t: Kpbpdy in'/his own '?!
sketch: of .ffiat, name. In sii|»sef}uent years j
his parts Were- Captaio ? Maeiieatt I'ln'-'Tlie !
Beggay/s Opera' and Bcpp.o ia.^The Maid;l
the 'Island Kin.^ ' ' of- whieji he was ' thfs j
author, aad; in which he appeared as Prince 1
Karaa; in 1&23 he played! Boris : Strogoff
in 'EatiiikaJ:J; andi in 1924: succeeded:
George -.-Tullj?. as Sin Terence- O-Moy in the
same:: protUictipn. His subsequent 'suo-
cesses will be fresh in' the mrads *of: all- the
atre lovers* ? ? -'
? Mr.-: Ga-^thowie is: now writmg a play
called 'Light of the'M&oQ.'?-' /His play.
'The- Wishing Well, ':was; the only one in
whieh- Miss Harriet Bennet;: a^pear-ed1 in ?
England before cpminsr out- to 'Australia
and making a great, Kit' here' iiT~'*'R6su
Marie?' ? ' ' ' '
Mrs. Gawthorne has travelled the world:
twice and visited 'Australia Before, bul
this. is Her husband^ first' 'visit. Mrs.
Gawth'orne's 'fatfiej?: was 'the^ late ifr.'
Georgf gjddie, one of Spuih. Africa 'V lead-
ing men .in ? h|s time,,. being: associated witli
the lafce : Cefiil Rhpdes/.aBd a,- elose' cpmT
panipn of the .famous big-game iiupter Se
Ions.. '??'?' .' ?''?x ''' ?
Hickman's Folly Bermpndsey, wherein
^Ony€rrTwist' Bill* Si|es .'came to Kis
inglbripus. end,' is to' come.' under a'ele^
ance scheme propose^ 'by, the LQndo.a..
County. 'Council., ThV ori^m of the ''najne
'ffie^ah^'^'^^^^^^^^ 'Folly Ditch
was a pestilential eanal 'in one r of the.
worst slums 'of tj&e last century; In one
of tlje houses in' this.' area7 Diekens tellf
how Sikes took' refuge. . 'from a' howling
mob. From 'the roof Sikes began to let
himself down by a rope to.'the caiial bglow
He fell, and; the * rop,e, mal$ng''a noose,
closed 'ugon las throat with: fatal results:
In $&?. Stevens }q view,. S'ikes 'Mid-Fagiu,
the jew, -v^ere Tea^ psppjj?r who' iaet theii;
kinct in. a House in thViijeighborhood; ~
The fast book printed in Britain, was
'?'Th;e: Dietes and- Sayings of .the' Bhiloso
phers' (Caxton. 1477).' , ?-
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