The Washington herald., 1910-12-18

giles of Henry Irving At the age of fif-
Teen he began TO study elocution. and for
the next four years he devoted himself
20 acquiring all the stage training he
could get. He made his FIRST stage ap-
pearance just before he was nineteen in
stock company performance OF Mac
beth at a Toronto Theater Before the
end of the season he was playing the
leading juvenile roles in classic drama
with the stock company.
In 1873 he joined Modjeska's company.
playing, as did Robert Manteil. at thab
time IN the same company, general util-
ity roles. His next engagement was with
Adelaide Nelson, and in two seasons
with her company he played. among
other roles. those of Peter in Measure
for Measure" Paris in Romeo and Ju-
let Arviragus in "Cymbeline" and
Oliver in las You Like It.
After a brief engagement with Ada
Cavendish, Henry Miller was engaged by
Augustin DAILY. and made his first ap-
pearance with that manager in "Odette"
when that play was first produced at
Days TEeater. on February 6. 1SS2 Ada
Rehan, James Lewis, and John Drew
were IN the same cast. He left Mr. Daily
10 join A. NJ. Palmer's forces at the Mad
ison Square Theater, where he appeared
as Herbrt in Young Mrs. Winthrop"
After brief engagement as leading man
for Minnie Maddern now Mrs Fiske),
and in a similar capacity for Agnes
Booth Schueffel in a special production of
Arthur Wing Pinero's The Squire, Mr.
Miller was engaged~by Daniel Frohman
as leading juvenile OF the original Ly-
ceum Theater Company. There he app
peared as Robert Gray in The Wife"
Clement Hale in Sweet Lavender" and
Randolph in The Marquise' %
His appearance as Kerchival West In
Bronson Towards Shenandoah" was
followed by his engagement by Charles
Frohman as leading man of the Empire
Theater Company. and there he made his
mark as Mr.. Brabazon in Sowing the
Wind" Mr.. owen in Liberty Hail." j.
Ffoiliet Treherne in "Gudgeons," Ru-
dolph in Bohemia" and David Remon
in THE Masqueraders He first APP
peared as a star in 1896 in the original
production Of 'Heartsease, by Charles
Klein and J. l. c. Clarke, In 1898 he ives
again starred In THE Master" by Stuart
Ogilvie. In the fall or 1883 he created the
leading role In THE Only Way"
dramatization of Charles Dickens Tale
of Two Cities" by Freeman Wills, which
was produced for the first time at the
Herald Square Theater New York. on
September l6.
Following the long run of ''The Only
Way Mr.. Miller became an independ-
ent star and producing manager, and
soon forced himself into the front rank.
He starred Margaret Angiin in "Zira" and
produced "Grierson's Way and Young
Fernald Soon afterward he produced
the college play, Brown of Harvard,
which is still running In the smaller
towns.
In 1906 he produced Tive Great Di-
vide" in Washington, associatng Mar
garet Anglin with himself as co-star.
II ran for two years at the Princess
Theater in New York During that run
Mr.. Miller produced Browning's ''Pippa
Passes, and discovered. educated in
English. and starred Nine. Nazimova.
a little more than two years ago,
Henry Miller came forward with a re-
markable theatrical organization called
the Henry Miller Associate Players,
which proved TO be the strongest cast
assembled in America for many years.
The scheme was TO present this COM
Tany in series of big. new plays The
first drama selected. however. made
such an overwhelming success that ft
is still running. II was Charles Ram
Kennedy's The Servant in the House.
the most remarkable stage success of
modern years.
At the beginning of last season. Mr..
Miller made his first appearance in his
native city. London. He appeared iE
William Vaughn Meody's ''The Great