. Reminiscences of Toole; related by himself, and chronicled by Joseph Hatton. Illustrated by Alfred Bryan and Margetson. someof them. Take Edward Terry, he used to play* Bumble to my Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist,when I first met him in Belfast; we all knowof his gradual rise since then, and have enjoyedhis unique fun and humour on the stage ; I dontremember anything more artistic in its line thanhis burlesque song in one of the Gaiety piecesabout the Bodega ; the tune was an old Welshair ; his grotesque performance of * The King ofToledo in Byrons burlesque The Pilgrijn ofLove, at
. Reminiscences of Toole; related by himself, and chronicled by Joseph Hatton. Illustrated by Alfred Bryan and Margetson. someof them. Take Edward Terry, he used to play* Bumble to my Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist,when I first met him in Belfast; we all knowof his gradual rise since then, and have enjoyedhis unique fun and humour on the stage ; I dontremember anything more artistic in its line thanhis burlesque song in one of the Gaiety piecesabout the Bodega ; the tune was an old Welshair ; his grotesque performance of * The King ofToledo in Byrons burlesque The Pilgrijn ofLove, at the Strand, could not have been surpassed,and as much may be said for many of his otherquaint, dry characteristic performances. Then there are David Jamess Butterman inOui Boys ; his * Boatman in The Giivnor—withits catching salutation, * Your and, guvnor, yourand; Thomes Caleb Deecie, and later his 252 REMINISCENCES OF J. L. TOOLE. Parson Adams —true, quaint and natural. Whatcould have been finer in its way, or a more truthfulimpersonation than Warners Coupeau in DiHnk :what more terribly realistic than his death-scene ?. MR. JOHN CLAYTON IN ALL FOR HER. Then poor Claytons finished and romantic per-formance in All for Her; what a contrast to hisacting as the Dean in Dandy Dick ! I neversaw him in Great Expectations, but it was in thispiece that he made his first marked impression BEHIND THE SCENES IN KING WILLIAM STREET. 253 upon critical London. I do not expect to seeanything better than his performances in the threeplays I have mentioned, all so different, eachshowing such remarkable versatility. Beerbohm Tree is comparatively a new actor ;his Curate in The Private Secretary and hisFrench conspirator in Called Back, great contrasts,were both rare examples of a remarkable talent,and could not, I think, be outmatched. I shallalways remember Terriss in the part of the younghero in Louis the Eleventh as quite up to thedemands of that character, especially for the wayin which
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