The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-29

made those people in the Bowcry Theatre stand
| up and cheer him.
The player is now n star. We see him flying
| with new wings 10 Baltimore and Washington,
| and returning with fresh warrant to become
| the popular favoritc at the Bowery His en-
gagcmont at that house made him famous, and
| his subsequent engagement at 5000 night for
| eighty nights attests his strength with the
people Few actors in any age or country have
| risen so rapidly In ak months no was known
| all over the land as the most eminent Ameri-
| can tragednn" flattercd. celebrated, with
wealth pouring in upon him. and new circle Of
| intellectual and influential friends forming
| around him. his scanty knowledge. his impcr-
| feet art, his uncultlVatod TASTE began TO annoy
| him. Then il was that something like moral
resolution was observable in him. He became a
| student II was with no desire to conform To
established standards or to observe the canons
Of culture. He appears To have sought knowl-
edge as other conqucrors sought slavcs-to in
crease his power and prestige. and 10 verify
and confirm his Instincts.
We can almost predict his course from this
time on. with such knowledge as we now have
OF him. He will como to feel that he IL the cX-
ponont of new Amcricanism. lie is already
proud to be known rs the American actor. and
We can understand that tho moment this
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Kcan. comes in contact with the art proprietics
of Macready, he will rear himself like "a bison
and show his horns.
Mr. Alger does not sec that these two play
crs were placed by nature and fixed 10y
education at tho antipodcs of stage art,
and that while Mr.. Macready might adj
in'to anu esVeoih 'hose natural pudliues
III "'. rorr's' "hicn no ulu not h'ihsell pos
s.9s' II was no' III tile nature OF thihss lor Mr.
rorrrs' ~ LOOK Win ph'iohce upon those cruces
Oh hple Whlch werc repuGnant 10 MS soul.
Mr. Anger does not avail himself OF the spcn-
ulu contrast 'hcse eminent men AFFORD III JuXta-
pos,t'oh' 10 "rl'e "hh' We reel sure ms power OF
an"SSls might nave made the most valuable
'S7"' ia 'h' oooN' NO TWO eohbHporah'
p"yers ever represented In themselves 50
clearly ana completely the two distinct streams
"i stage ART whirh nave nown side by side ever
since hlstrionlsm became an agent OF civil2a-
hoh. one Is the actor OF the understanding the
Vth'r 10 the actor oil the Imagination One rep
reseh's conscious eiort the other unconscious
power Every student OF dramatic history has
seen these streams running parallel in such
actors as Mean ana henble tho elder Booth
ana Nandenhon, Rachel and Rstori. and Sal
VIM ana hoesi; but tho student never saw the
Intellectual elegance OF one and the efilcacous
Incompetence OF the other so wildly Offset
carh other ms here.
Macreadys art was nm elioreseence OF mo-
ral'y and gentillty. Forests was the bravado
OF eosHlc energy ono was the most painfully
sen-cohs'lous player That the English stage
had produced II II he proper to say the stage
produced an actor VINO betrayed in all he did
inc influence ana modifying pressure OF tho
convcntionalism no less than the culture Of his
l'ih'' Inc oiher was not only unconscious, hut
10 Ereat i'srec stupuornly Indifferent ana un-
coh'roII"hle' one was touched with the sacred
mr. 'ne otncr WIS hopic win human d!sclp-
NM
Mr' FORREST went ABROAD IN 1882. In 1877 ne
re,urh'u 10 Ah'rl'" WIN handsome VIE, nm
'n'"Iscu reputation. anu maturcd II not
c""s'eheu, iilhu' we pass over MS domestic
f"uo's' MS uhlor'uhAte personal compliea-
'ons WIN h"cr'adS ana DINERS TO come TO MS
u"si' se"'us' N"',h' over anu ABOVE all inc
"'r'N",'S7os u MS mara yer anu the picmlshes
VI MS hie' remains IN our recollection an I'M
i''s"v" pS'an'u' worn ana corroded 10y not
''"s,7' "u' So''' lowering ihp"r 'shaple hitlng
o"1 " VIZ s'"'7 % an ara Amrricah'sm.
WI" ~ uI'',"n INNS OF 'rn'eu ehnnlature but
SUI, 'oo'l's u'e n''7'er with It's massy shadow
""' w i,'"'"s ~ our eye Oh nancy 'h'
,''i .Io 'N"l'7,s' anu inc rugged STA
'' ~. VI .s'uiu '''iscu;
way vi rorIes' ar.'s,'e ue-
"''' win MS unes'
, ~ - l"S WIS inuocu' inc
W. w. an" '"is' ouri"u@S
:. t ~ - VI" anu no' inor"l IL,
,,,,,' ~ O.u nm III upon hi'usei', ana
~, us Wv o,s"llo N'sor OF ms
'"N".'''' u'"' "u "pprpHehueu III an incredibly
' - -, I'M "u" V'",rs require years
,.,,t 49,, -. w." ~ '0oAs anu al s'uul's
SoD ','V 1'r' pe'Sas'eiVs Oh re'use' ana
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