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Show Discomfiting a Critic. There is a story of Irving and of W. E. Henley, who had been treating his readers to some adverse criticism on the great actor's Macbeth At their first meeting afterward Irving fixed the critic with his "glittering eye." "I notice," he said, "that you do not approve ap-prove of my conception of Macbeth. Telf me now, for I should be Interested lo hear it. how you would play Macbeth Mac-beth if you were called upon to present pre-sent the character on the stage. What is your conception?" it i8 recorded that Henley was speechless. |