One of the Greatest of English Actresses Passes Away at the Age of Bighty: Her Notable Performances with Irving The first occasion on which she played Portia was in 1875 when the Banerofts staged an _elaborat revival of the "Merchant of Venice,' and three years later, as a res of her in which one triumphs," her Irving began. In an appre which follows this career, her work with Irving is discussed, and we need not detail the many parts in which she appeared. With his company she several times visited the United States, where her popularity was enormous.
After Irving's death she continued her performances, principally at the Court Theatre, and her favourite medium was in the work of G.
Shaw. She celebrated her stag: Jubilee in 1906, when so pronounced was the enthusiasm for her in England and America that a sum of £8000 was raised for her as a token of admiration.
In 1907 Ellen Terry married for the third time, her husband bes James Carew, an American In 1025 she received the G.B.E.
It is interesting to note to what 'a very artistic family she belonged. Her sister, Marion Terry, who was 12 years her junior, was only a! une time just less distinguished than she was, while her brother Fred Terry became a leading actor and manager.
An Appreciation The following appreciation of her by one ike knw hey perconelly and" hed teen "very. many of, her performances Well be of interest, To have survived by & generation the most extraordinary dramatic. partnership in the history of the English stage, and to know in her. own time what England thinks of that partnership—this is the kind of turn that Fortune has given to) her wheel for Ellen Terry's sake. It has been her beautiful portion to Inbour and be honoured for half then to rest. ped by a people for her qualities as 2 woman.
But never a woman was more deserving of these things. The Tittle girl, (eight years old, when she first appealed to the world "in front") who played in Shakespear tivo years later, was sure, if talent allied to industry had meaning, to earn whatever the gods might offer. And the girl who worked hard became the woman who moved and thrilled a nation, In the early
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