, 1876-11-26

VT.
one mas ! Ia1lea. inc pest critics in New York
say usr I'o'aM4 Is not pf'ct!c- Then her Uo59-
.na IS not s,hakspcafes 5. Moreover, tacT say
!,'t .n'e teF 1ainre .E Is nnc fo her training:
fnn f.e s ast~oe Dna5s rho .!tetts IS not sehool
1or actresses wy deslre to enter
tae n,enest waIks VI tne osama, and that the
nooGrn so9cly pays unnt tnose who act in them
~ eanlple leetlus u genuine aud healthy kind.
al1ss Oavenpolts lletnoos nave lost fexiblllty
~ ~ plopolllon Us tueS nave taken on line polish.
mere Is . CERTAIN metallic resonance about
efertInlhs she uocs wA1cn IS an indica-
elon VI tne noI1u" ness " Her styie. she is not
~" auo p1eoao1t He'e1 VIII DC aole 20 represent
m E satisfactory "a manner any OF the noblest
cnalaGters III traEeuS " comcaF. Lady 1saze
must bound her amoit'on. Another instance is
al1oroed IN me recent experience OF Miss Clax-
ION, VINO mas peen spollcd in the same school.
though 0y n1fcrent teach1ng. Once promising
and pleasing actress, s sue mas acquired, through
lucky success in ''Ihe Two Orphans" serious
.,Gah1e n,annerls1s III H. s''le "n!ch slle Is now
unapic 10 get Ho oi. The injury
lnllcteo On her ~ tne long run Of that piece is
almost equal to her ruin SO far rs the profess
sion Is concerned. n inose VINO saw her III Chi
& Gago n 1870, when she played Louise in "The
lwo IN, Orpha,nsM.n ~ ana I aeain al last summer when
she assumed the part OF Constance :Rarepooa,
can reallze now gfeatly she has deteriorated
ana that the verdict aerc was not partial or un-
klnd Is SHOWN oy Inc 1act That It was redeliver-
~ W e'eFy p'?el . ~ ooseon last ipesday morn
ing, ailer hGf G hrs1 appearance there in '' Con
aac s oplnlGn t}at ms tI not merely That the
positively and lrreaeemaoly bad Miss Claxton
nad ~ at"aFs oeeh 1aFofite "a boston before
~ 1ne injury TO ner Was caused not so much BY
the scnool-lor sne Unlon 9q4are Theatre is III
na Hat ny sne loe aun u tue pay IN which she
hao prominent part. me long run OF q play
may rum sooa actor. 70 say nothing OF its
e1!ESt LIT, ~ plo.1elstuS 81 nosice.
me uelenuers ot tIes Amef1can stock compa-
7 Yor it, turn foS 1ps9w
tne provinces f,n nsfe, "e aunt, there Is much
sountenance e Iouhu 1or 1ne theory that success
ouislus " ~ stoen - lposslple. Such
:neatre aS ~ n9Lu.i1ugns IN San Francisco
hn ~, t snra Tue uutgss H. 10" 70 appear respecta
bi hie on sne s'a .gn+ nut aol one possessed of
might not te adaDtea. The current advertise
nlents " ,.s n.ceivusns tneatre snow that there
;:I nle ~ pays Evlns on laere now That would be
H. g 70 s uet'sIs .. }gung woman OF promise.
ria!h ils. nayos Oavy GfockGtt and A1r. Bouct.
TAILS eaa otfeets o. New iork.1 How could
tness picee5 4se!st o1E g, 60 pay Lazy -HacoefhF
VI, 4ar ~ 9, 'Ghc[s lneatte % CHOSEN as the
Se,oo, M We snai nna tnas II mas been given over
durlns ING entlre season thus lar, With the ex~
ceptlon OF one one week, to trash OF the worst de-
ai}I se,ptIon melthcr r o. tnese model theatres
would engage an actress to appear only when
play suite1 q, 20 hcf capacity should be on the
poarus. lhe "nole company Is required to ill
Iii II tne subject oe viewed Without prejudice it
y W. oe lounu, We tnnh, tnat Inc unitcd States
uo not CONTAIN theatre whlch Is lifted to de-
selop ulauIacle scn'us: olnce tne early days,
Mneu tne1c was u lceltlma1e drama regularly
s5upporteu| Ing change nas qeen great. a hybrid
oaa, - mas supplanted to great extent that
Mn'Sn W wy souno anu nealtny. MelodIama, oi
6!u 1iuu nlEil ueeu W W liberated only III tne
oo"ers, has mace us way INTO and occupied the
,,l,; tauss iasn,oao'e Ioeaercs. me taste OF tue
punllc uenlanas now great variety OF plays,
rather rune, tnan Gfeat exceHence IN any: Actors In
stoGh eonp must ne prepared to pc 1nditfer-
ehtly eooo .! oau IN ail kihds o. acting, unless
t4ey may oe fortunately situated, as some are in
NV NV 1orh, "nere thgy may attempt out Ger
tIrea ~ fonr nf tho,, uo t., "4L w. apuae nn
The tradition in reoard tn the erraiienye ~
stock companies as training-schools has arisen,
no doubt from thc Old days OF the patent thea
rere ~ hr.sn aan nsp4la'I eopaule
one for comedy: when long runs wcre III known.
when the adultery dralnn did not exist; and
mneu Inc 1ne sltictGst usclplne vas enlorceo py
s ,1resorped n tha Tbnatre F-,ncaia =? o;o,
Even in America, the stock conna1iss arr lie
best schools, as they arc the onIy
schools, for persons, Of moderate abilities
VI Mho desire TO enter thc dramatic profession.
lney are not thc best SCHOOLS Tor one endowed
Win genus, ana, such person should ale
pear, sne snou1o nos oe hampered With the rules
measured by he small tame WHICH, tells ths, III III.
mensions of the ayerage soc;etr actress shs
shonld be allowed tn take reTi,lar c;Tca;t a. a
s.stur,r and occlny it ia lonp aS She tinds nonu-
lar annrcc;ation. witho,t nrGvok;nr tho host;titv
OF the press OF the cut-and-dricd advice suitable
for ungl1ted ani-teurs. Her training,
under these circumstances, would be as labori-
GUS Us need be- sllc would have the advantages
of association with stock-actors, without acqnir-
arSors t,n~ht ;n ono loce rn;aht h. ro1,,ored ;n
onothar. .1d as sh. ,niolt Iata;n ~ bar n,, ~ ~
artnfv - nrnn;s;nr +aiaSt ~ 1r,naa,, ,ra,,fd
MT ~ rpa1 ,v tS q, ,rcs ~ ,,so IN ozE or,ad.t
,n1 q snn;..tv ), 11avs @'1 ~ -" s0A"e01
' 3 n3.s p ~ o.,,a
NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
,,,1"1, u19' .u Cu oenene W. taAe p1uee
THANKSGIVING n1snt at flymontn Church. Inc
Will consist OF readings and music
Mr.. and Mrs. Florence arc announced tn hc
~; ~, a,,rroro,,o~t J., t,,rto 1r;,.,,t 1s1,,~,,
s - 49,. ~ -, oaens a ~ ~ nt5 Doi'a
II MeF1ckeF's lneatre week from Tomorrow.
Stuart Robson had o wcek.of miserable busi-
noes ar Hovcr1v,s Theatre # ;s evfdent that
-. s'e 80. h.:,1s"-s -. .-s..:s 49, 49,
I4e Ca!cSi u AUG olAiia14t out 0usclacaous cos.