New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-09
Trying AND ELLEN TERRY.
From The Boston Herald.

From The Boston Herald
Al rehearsal Mr.. Irving plainly shows that his IS
the master mind that devises and directs everything
IN the Lyceum Theatre. lie seats hlHnseu NJ the
prompt table, near the ioothghts IN the cehlIe oi
The stage and closely watches the efforts OF ne act
Ors his faithful dog. Charlie" knowingly sta
toned beside him. Mr.. Irving, being master OF
stage technique is constantly dsvlsIle ne" coin-
bnatons or bits of business Mr.. Irving II pecu-
larly amiable and considerable IN making sagges-
tons, and always preaces corrections WIN com,
pliment. such a. Capital but, II were you L
would" etc This we'll known trait has created
such anecdotes that which tells US OF ms rehara-
ing 10 a member Of the company: Ihars an ad-
mIrabe wig, but you'd better not wear IT,, lie Is
always polite to no matter whom. lie seldom loses
his temper, but he came very near II once, When
Miss Terry and other members OF tine company pc
gan to laugh and guy a. box was placed, at MS
suggestion. upon a platform, that one OF the actors
might rest his foot upon u, aud thus appear tauer.
q" Oh. Mr.. =, what a fine man y0u are. quite
tOo-tOo ~ rang out the hooking tones OF The lead
ing lady. Mr.. Irving looked daggers, but used
none. How can We get at anything II you mako
sport like thatV said the tragedan Win some Hrl-
At night Mr. Irving is, as a rule in such state Of
nervous exaltatiOn and so engrossed WIN MS task,
that he never speaks TO any one, ana he peculiarly
dislIkcs being watched from the wings, a 1t dis
tracts his attention, and makes hun hdgety. On
the occasion 81 debut he does not forget, however,
10 reassure and compliment. perhaps, the new meLl-
Der OF MS company, Whom on o-her etSnliIgs ne
may pass by without addressing. Clustering
around HIM Is a little court made up OF MI Love-
day, Mir. Allen and The dresser, Who Mods
handglass that the tragedlan may see that MS
makeup is all right. tie does not use grease
paint, but only powder ana cOd cream. III stfik-
ing contrast to his seieu CROSSED mood IS the viva
cIOus aud communicative manner OIL MISS Terry,
who while she powders her face on not nlgnts. aud
mbIDes her favOrte beverage, milk handed 10 her
by a maid. chats gayy and unrestTalnedly with the
members of the company. Ellen Terry, VINO has
been OIL the stage almost since infancy i true
daughter of the theatre. She treats everybody
alike and she Is generally lar from duil her e1-
panslve gayety may always be relied upon. Ohe
moment She will come off the stage. her face irean
18th fba a
with poor Opheia's woes; the next she wlll suck
saucy face from behind door. aud with a
cIown-Iike gnmace, fairly buIlesque t. heat ~
exclaiming Merry Christmas" One moment she
will be exclaImIng: " An! woe IS me! 10 see
what have seen, what see" The next she wll
have constructed doll out OF her pocket hdndker-
chief and be gle-wagglng her fingers with II in
order to excite the merrlment OF the hlng and
Queen whom she is trying 70 break up" from her
r. will be seen that Miss Terry is not as-
thenc" as may have been imagined. To quote
Patience there Is more Innocent run ABOUT
her than American readers, or even the Ehgllsh
public have becu led 10 believe. she SIMPLY wears
aesthetic" garments because the classic folds be-
come her lily-hke face and slender inquire; but, at
heart and in speech Indeed, she IS distinctly Phlis-
tine Miss Terry comes 10 rehearsal Ia palest blue
robins egg dTaperles, or IN cool grays' WIN DARK
green mantle and a silver mIssal ana chatelaIne
swinging az her Marguerite glrde. Presently there
IA a flash of slender black six hose az sne bundles
into hammOcK which she has caused to De swung
In he wing and here she lies and swings, recover
inCU the words the role she Is about TO reappear
in MI Ieriss is another notable member OF the
company he is a handsome fellow, sturdy, manly
and Independent. Ii he doesn't like a thing be is In
a position 20 say so. but he Is an easy-going man,
aud everything Is harmonious at the Lyceuni. An
absurd impression prevails that all the members Of
the company initiate Irving; IN but three or four
instances has this been true. Certainly Miss Terry
has a weldeIined style of her own, 50 nave lerrss,
MIR Howe and Mr.. Mead-an admirable elocuiionlst
and sterling actor. some less well-knOwn actors
have clearly been influenced by lrvIng-such as
P,nero WHO was mistaken for him on the 1rsl ght
of he Corslcan Brothers, and ElwoOd, who gave
an almost ludicrous copy but this was wholly I'M
conscious on their part, as II apparently was with
Kyrle Rellew VINO long after he left the Lyceum,
where lie played Osrlc III Hamlet" suddenly
blossomed forth into the tragedIans characteristic
manner.