New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-22

iooA upYg nnnnage and almost in sentiment, are we
NOT Wheneyerone of your actors GcincS ~ u, 10
Is received with open arms, and )udgeuoh s l
alone . his nationality, | assure you hOI oeihe
taken into account i'll any way. Iee Oh wy oIaed
hand that the same treatment VIII DC accorueu mo
I'm relation to those actors, you naturally saw ,
more of Mr. Booth than any other dld you NOT vo,,
tno,y and | never played such a successful TWO
weeks in my life Tie prices were raised ana me me
theatre was literally packed. L have me higItest
snnreeiation of MT. Booths genius, and thlnk that
appreciation is shared by my countrymen az large.
Boot Is fine = G. ca IS, IN nix, uH )eeulS 1i g
Ioar and a Of Sas his most successful persOnatlon
in England according to the public ana the Grllcs
1T was caoed here that his RieAe''e" was It.
ceiyed more favoTably." :.
81 am surprised to hear that. 'Richelieu is not
a popular play in England, and II dld NOT stIiks iho
that il took as well as his ShakespeSIiah pIts
ais Shakespeare more appreciated IMAM Formerly
"in1nitely more So Any actor, if his reputation
is at all high, who plays Shakespearlan part WIZ
drsvy good h0nses Some years ago a caustic man
ager said that Shakespeare spet OankTuptcy now
adays 1t spells success ms rs GHs Ihk ID 9ouo
measure to the prevalence OF Shakespeare cups
and the greater extent to wnich he Is reaq Dy inc
public. Why, a generation ago, no one READ ohahe.
spearc people went TO see hun acted, II Is true Dut
nowadays they read him aud then want 10 see MN
on the stage non
H1yIF decids dly: but | find II the most Ia
tiguinp though do not feel the effects OF playing
even that TO a marked degree. Mdtts'ds IN Inc
Bells really gives less eXertlOn, though am Oh
tbe stage nearly all the time. louis II. IS taYo-
rte OF mine, though IT was not very popular az Ist'
i use Mr.. Bpuc caIts version, but s'raage ~ say,
he has not yct tod now lought TO dCi ". natG
no doubt he W H. though perhaps the oiu hlHs IN
fine brogue would be 100 mach OF anOVel'y. Duu ,
cicault, however, is very clever man. az" ''
must not take NE quite lii earnest
STAT. or DRAMATIC AR IN ENGLAND.
care Won satisfied with the state of dramatic art
in EngandI'
I" How can an artist cvor be Satlsucdf feel glad
to think that In the last few years much mas Oe'h
done to raise the profession IN social standing anu
rublic estimation but at the same time there are
many grave and serious evils for which fan to see
a speedy cure. You suffer / understand, IN your
country from the abolition of the stock companies
c,nseouent ON the introduction of what you call
tho combination system so do we; only we call
il the star system. In the last generation every
nrovinciai town of importance had its stock COM
pany. and the sma Her ones were on a circuit anu
were visited at regular intervals for period OF sew
eral months by the regular company sIai eoS
out from London and at every place ne NiSltou
found a weil-trained company to support him. !hey
knew their business one rehearsal was SuHlJIeH'
and round OF plays was gone ,ni1 lug In es
drew their recruits. manager went tno !! uius
from Liverpooi to Glasgow or from brlsoOI 70 n D
lunriain ali selected the promising young men
If they failed in London they went PACK 10 tne
prov nces Al they succeeded they themselves, per
maps became stars. Thus Edmund kean was ihade
thus Kemble and thus Young. Now all this is altered
There is school for young actors, ana nhey never
get a chance of playing l'eTslhed paris. -, ..
DO YOU THINK too much attention Is pald 10
no i do not. have perhaps myself fallen under
this accusation, but fail 10 see its force am not
AT spectacular, but at harmonious effect; stage
lighting aud grouping are of more consequence IMAM
scenery, though feel that, without 1eSoen',ng ~
minute realism the nearer one approaches tne truth
the better If you have TO snow NeW-1orh; uoh
paint SAINT Giless, London, and vice versa out an
the scenery and all the elaborate mounting III tae
world vii not of themselves make success. lou
must have something more, and that the actor alone
can supply or fail to supply | may say while upon
this subject that fear YOU will be disappointed in
my scenery. 1t seems that you are an expecting
something very elaborate. Now, TINS Is not tIo
case. In The Bells, tor instance, lHeIe are GUY
three Scenes-twO country Inn interiors ana court
ROOM Charles l.. also calls for Mite scehic ulS-
play. The most elaborate setting ever hau i was
for Romeo and Juhel, Out mat was not GIS@t
success artistically. am not the man to play
Romeo and should have infinitely preferred 'ef-
QUITO, had been able 10 80 cast II; Dut II was I'LL
"What do you think is the secret Of successful
"fhorougnness and attention to details. 1t is the
little touch, impeTceptbe Of itself perhaps 10 le
audience, which really tells. just as an au'Iyl
drafts his rough idea, then, on re-wOIkng IT, auoS
the real touches OF literary grace winch make II Il
work of art so has "a stage manager TO be cOntihu-
ally polishing and touching up MS cOnCepllOh lou
remember amtePs criticism ON the play lIeIe Is
line in il which think might be adopted with
advantage as his motto by every ACTOR anu W
every manager An honest method as wholesome
as sweet aud by very much more handsome IMAM
fne.' There you have it-an honest method, not
fine either with the fneness OF extravaganza OF
prodgality, but handsome"
" Much has been SAID here as to the thoroughneSs
of your own stage ma aT.Went. am more IMAM
pleased To hear 1t, for without vanity say that
/ strive with all my might 10 be palnsIdklng ana
thorough. Mr.. Booth paid Inc high compliment
when lac was in London. lie said nc had never sat
out rehearsal before but that from ours be could
not tear himself away. After his former experience
he said il was a revelation 10 him."
(Which do you consider the most intelligent pOT-
ton OF your audiences IN EnglandV
"Nell, can only say that ! attach the most
value to my pit Like every other actor, applause IL
10 In m az
own Forrest who stopped III the middle OF a per
Torrance and said he would not go on unless his
audience dppaudcdf SO II is with us all. Now
the occupants of the stalls in England may appTc-
ciate but for some reason another they prefer to
keen that appreciation to themselves. The gallery
is too lar away to help one much. and IT is LETT ia
the pit TO give that encouragement we ma so neces-
sary-and brayey they give 1t, too, IL II Is III any
way deserved"
FEW WORDS FROM MISS TERRY.
Miss Terry was also seen by the reporter. . am
so excited that feel unable say anything worth
the saying said She am delighted to be In Amer
lea but what a wrench it was to leave home for the
first time! | was quite i'll when / started, but the
voyage has restored me wonderfully"
Speaking of her rapid rise III her profession, sht
said: Il never wished for anything that did MOI
seem to get it, often not altogether lOI nay own goo
Years ago | used to long 10 play Shakespealau
parts and now my wish is grained; yet 50 neon
eisteut are we that | sometimes look back Win re-
cret 10 the OtiriGS and other slight parts OF the
past" ,.. L.
the LotOs Club next Saturday night.
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