To the Editor of the "Nogru-CHiNA Dary News'
Six—In the course of a review on "The Great Garrick" in your issue of to-days date, E.G.A. remarks with regard to Brian Aherne's performance in the title role, that it is a pity someone with more experience of the stage and Shakespearean parts could not have been chosen.
Looking up Mr. Aherne's stage record, I find that he graduated from an English dramatic school straight into a leading role in "Paddy the Next Best Thing" at the Savoy and scored an instant success. He then played numerous leading roles in both London and New York, In the latter city, it is noted that his biggest sui cesses were in "The Barretts of Wim-pole Street" and, among his Shake-Spearean impersonations, that of Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.