An article, however brief, on the Irish Theatre, would be incomplete without mention of the world-famous tragedians, John Edward MacCullough, Lawrence Patrick Barrett, and Barry Sullivan; of genial comedians like Charles Sullivan and Hubert O’Grady; of sterling actors like Shiel Barry, John Brougham, Leonard Boyne, J.D.  Beveridge, and Thomas Nerney; or of operatic artists like Denis O’Sullivan and Joseph O’Mara—­many of whom have passed away, but some, fortunately, are with us still.

REFERENCES: 

John Genest:  Some Account of the English Stage from the Restoration to 1830 (1832; vol. 10 is devoted to the Irish Stage); Chetwood:  General History of the Stage, more particularly of the Irish Theatre (Dublin, 1749); Molloy:  Romance of the Irish Stage; Baker:  Biographia Dramatica (Dublin, 1782); Hitchcock:  An Historical View of the Irish Stage from its Earliest Period down to the Season of 1788; Doran:  Their Majesties’ Servants, or Annals of the English Stage (London, 1865); Hughes:  The Pre-Victorian Drama in Dublin; The History of the Theatre Royal, Dublin (Dublin, 1870); Levey and O’Rourke:  Annals of the Theatre Royal (Dublin, 1880); O’Neill:  Irish Theatrical History (Dublin, 1910); Brown:  A Guide to Books on Ireland (Dublin, 1912); Lawrence:  The Abbey Theatre (in the Weekly Freeman, Dublin, Dec., 1912), Origin of the Abbey Theatre (in Sinn Fein, Dublin, Feb. 14, 1914); Weygandt:  Irish Plays and Playwrights (London, 1913); Lady Gregory:  Our Irish Theatre (London, 1914); Bourgeois:  John M. Synge and the Irish Theatre (London, 1913); Moore:  Hail and Farewell, 3 vols. (London, 1911-1914); Esmore:  The Ulster Literary Theatre (in the Lady of the House, Dublin, Nov. 15, 1913); the Reviews, Beltaine (1899-1900) and Samhain (1901-1903).

IRISH JOURNALISTS

By MICHAEL MACDONAGH.

The most splendid testimony to the Irish genius in journalism is afforded by the London press of the opening decades of the twentieth century.  One of the greatest newspaper organizers of modern times is Lord Northcliffe.  As the principal proprietor and guiding mind of both the Times and the Daily Mail, he directly influences public opinion, from the steps of the Throne and the door of the Cabinet, to the errand boy and the servant maid.  T.P.  O’Connor, M.P., is the most popular writer on current social and political topics, and so amazing is his versatility that every subject he touches is illumined by those fine qualities, vision and sincerity.  The most renowned of political writers is J.L.  Garvin of the Pall Mall Gazette and the Observer.  By his leading articles he has done as much as the late Joseph Chamberlain by his speeches to democratize and humanize the old Tory party of England.  The authoritative special correspondent, studying at first hand all the problems which divide the nations of