By 
G. P. HUNTLEY. 
Photographs by Ellis & Walery and 
Eoulsham cr Banfield. 
PART I. 
WAS bom at Fcrmoy, 
County Cork, more years ago 
than I should care to remem- 
ber even if 1 could, and was 
launched upon my professional 
career at the age of three. 
Though Irish by birth, my 
costume in private chiefly consisted of a 
Scottish kilt and a Glengarry cap in those 
early days. My father being, through no 
fault of his own, part-proprietor of a theatrical 
company touring the small towns in Ireland, 
and my mother, Mrs. Frank Huntley, the 
most successful character-actress then in 
England, I was liter- 
ally born in the purple. 
It was in the year 
1800- and - let - me - see 
(anyhow, I was three 
years old) when I made 
my first appearance 
on the stage in a play 
called “ Under the 
Gaslight. 75 I may have 
played the jet — at all 
events, my part was a 
very small one — so, in- 
deed, was the salary — 
and, having rather a 
mercenary mind, I re- 
member the remunera- 
tion well. It consisted 
of a shilling per week 
Some Recollections : 
On and 
Off the 
Stage. 
J 
