BARRY, SPRANGER British actor, was born in Dublin, on Nov. 23 1719, the son of a silversmith. His first London appearance was made in 1746 as Othello at Drury Lane Theatre. In Hamlet and Macbeth he alternated with Garrick, arousing the latter's jealousy by his success as Romeo. This resulted in his leaving Drury Lane for Covent Garden Theatre in 175o, accompanied. by Mrs. Cibber, his Juliet. Both houses now at once put on Romeo and Juliet and Barry's impersonation was preferred by the critics to Garrick's. In 1758 Barry built the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, and later a new theatre in Cork, but he was not successful as a manager and returned to London to play at the Haymarket Theatre, then under the management of Foote. As his second wife, he married in 1768 the actress, Mrs. Dancer (1734-180I ), and he and Mrs. Barry played under Gar rick's management. In 1774 they both moved to Covent Garden, where Barry remained until his death, which occurred on Jan. Io His second wife, ANN STREET BARRY, was born in Bath in Early in life she married an actor of the name of Dancer, and it was as Mrs. Dancer that she made her first recorded appearance in 1758 as Cordelia to Spranger Barry's Lear at the Crow Street Theatre. It was not until she came to Drury Lane with Barry that her reputation advanced to the high point at which it after wards stood. After his death, she remained at Covent Garden and married a man named Crawford. Her last appearance is said to have been as Lady Randolph in Douglas, at Covent Garden, in 1798. In this part, and that of Desdemona she was considered by some critics superior to Mrs. Siddons. She died on Nov. 29 1801, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.