New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
THE PLBYG0ER
Sir Charles Ugndham's Career
-4ctOr Manager and
Great Comedian.

SIR Charles Wyndhan IS the youngest
man on the stage. His wears count sew
enty-two and 4 half. bur his age rs half
that He has kept the heart a. boy,
tho hopefulnesS OF youth, has made his
work ms play. and has always looked for
ward Time and be- are friends. He is as
MODERN q man as sou VIII md on at the
gontineuts 81 The planet
hsVe known him many wears. and have
known his actine-We,l, say. longer still
For On tendon. beginning the habit, which
hes nor ceased. Of Voyaging about the
world 7 made haven one evening an the pit
- the London Criterion. and saw this EN-
l0diment 81 hieh spirits and delightful art
csvorting in PINK Domnoes He has
.-ver since been a ylra' part ~ one's eN-
perienoe with the stage
NeAt month De win appear again before
American fo0ti-1ts rhe Empire Theatre
being the scene. ms sts- too brief. his
welcome as hearty as The American public
knows how 10 make b. he has been
fsvorite IN this country almost as long IS
IN Great Britain. In was here that he te-
esn his professional career. here. indeed.
tbst he began 10 earn his livins in another
rrofession-the profession OF surgery. end
- the front, On the civil Wsr.
Charles wyndham was born in Liverpool
a. March o. lSs1. His father was a ply
sioisn. and he hoped that The son would
keep the profession in the family. so 10
rpeak- Charles developed other views. And
shis Is the story o. the development
The boy. arriving al suitable years. was
cent 10 school AZ 81. Andrews a spot ~
earth ceiebrated for its educational od-
VantaEes. but immortal for IT'S eolf when
he had finished a. ST. Andrews De- was
dispatched 20 Germany for a wear or TWO.
Happ9>ooy, 81 Andrews was two hundred
miles from home. and Germany was
further yet. But the lad was not al all a
rnartyr He liked the experience. And
some new experiences came his way-there
was plentiful playEoiug. He went 20 the
sheatre as much as be liked, a happiness
slnHttainable at r.. Andrews. And he
learned 20 read. speak and write German
80 well that when. wears lattr. he had be-
come q famous actor. ne translated one or
sV'o az his London plays and acted in them
81 German a. Berlin ana elsewhere with
success.
After studying m Germany De went 10
PARIS There his chief studies seem 10
have been the language and the stage
And. after a wear or TWO az these pUr-
SUITS be returned no England where his
Gather. SIN bent on choosing his sons pro-
Session. caused him 10 enter Kings College
Vow. entering the starestruck youth %
y college IN London was merely adding 10
the desires which had Grown within him
during the student DAYS BIZ Germany and
7rance Kings College is IN the heart %
2 ondon thearedon,. and 70 see an the
Famous players young WyudEam had only
90 cross the street He 5olned the Arundel
many parts. He arrived st q decision. He
would throw physics 10 the dogs and
r,alpels irto the Thames He would be-
come an actor go" said has father.
YES said Charles They compromised.
which means that Charles had his own
vas But the terms Of The compromise
were that Charles should complete HIS
'uedical-slrFical studies and then he free
30 choose what career De might
Young Wyndham finished his work Tr
Kings. and then his farher took him 70
she College OF Surgeons ~ Dublin. beHev-
'1F. OF course, when be- saw the son en-
rolled there. that tie surgical career was
uow as good as adopted for ever and amen
Tor who would acr PLAYS when be could
carve living hodies2 But the Eood doctor
erred IN his diagnosis o. the case. and De
gave the wrong prescription. For what
should he do before returning home nom
Dublin but introduce his hopeful 10 an the
Trincipal theatrical persons I'm the -iryt
doubtless De thought that a close -c-
auaintanos with stage life would inoculate
rhe youth and make him proof against its
slurements. Possibly he thought thar if
Charles were bluuderingly 10 choose an
sectors lie ne would bee sure 10 fail. IN
which event no great harm would be done.