The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
ART AND DRAMA

The time when ''falk gan longer to go on pill
grimages" is done; our neighbors have come
home from mountains in the West, lakes in
the North and seas at the East; the store-wln-
dOws have blossomed into pictures of actors ana
actresses
Now for art and the theater WHAT, no! within
there! My lord, the carriage waits! All Is in
readiness for the long winter evening amuse-
meDts. The footlights are burning the orehes-
ira is tuning up, the woods and waters of the
mimic world are freshly painted, the stage cot
tege is repaired, the kings palace and all the
wooden gobleis for the royal banquet are regiit,
the street IN Verona is well furbished up, the
villains black eyebrows corked, the ladies'
cheeks are painted, Claude Armand and Ophena
are waiting for their cues and o. best of all, the
premiere danseuse, in her lace skirts, tptoes
across the green-room floor.
Much have we to look forward to In the way
of art this year AT English's we are to
have famous Henry irving with his "pho-
tographie acting" as the great treat of
the season, and what we have not seen for
many year, though we have long looked for
ward to it-jocund, witty, perpetually gay Fall
staff, by Barney McAuley. Then we are to have
young Lytton Sothern in good plays; Mr.. and
Mrs. Florence in certain exquisitely finished
performances; beautiful Mile Rhea, who
is like a June night, glowing and scin-
tillating with light and radiance Plenty
of opera companies, concerts. pantomlmes
and spectacles come, one after the other,
and there is long list of plays of the
intensely interesting modern sort, full
of unexpected situations and lively dia-
logues at this theater Mrs Gather
woods play will probably be performed here.
Tue other theaters have engagements as good.
We are to have a number of amateur concerts
and plays, and ah, yes, the Flower Mission en-
ertainments. Indianapolis is now theatrical
center. Our stage-struck damsels and lads are
in demand, being good artists and successful in
their calling, and we sure of something good
at our amateur performances.
We have already had Macbeth, for begin
ming, given to good house, which is always
drawn by Shakespeare, when he is done decent
| ly. This Macbeth was done by an actor OF the
real old-fashioned roaring sort, he shouted HIM
| self hoarse in the first act, and died utterly
broken winded his support being in much the
same cenaItion-scarcely able TO humble and
growl their parts in the latter part
or play. Our Macbeth slune
| his crown and dagger about and snook his
armor, while ear-piercing stage thunder ratified
and stage lightning flashed. 1t was dunder and
bitten. and come on, Macduff, from beginning to
end, with him, His favorte pose, with his back
| to the king, would have sent him to the scaffold
! before a real king, and his remarkable habit oil
soiiioquizng at midnight in a terrific bawl
would have Weakened any c5steful of sleepers
in the known world. Why can't actors be nat
uralq The Lady Macbeth was Swapping woman
! Miss Hamblin, good actress, don't forget her J
who, when she grabbed Macbeth by the shout
der and gave him a shake, hearty took him of
his feet, to the grinning amazement oil
the gods. What must it have been to
have seen this fearful, terrible, beauti-
ful drama played in Shakspeare's
time; played by actors all great and before an
audience great the actors. Imagine a
Macbeth played as he is in the book-ai
| first frank, brave, generous, but gradually be-
witched and Over-persuaded into murder. I'm
agine the effect of the "knocking" II it broke in
| upon tho murder scene played in whispers
while the thunders Of the stormy night, if heard
at all, were far and deeply heard through the
walls of the Old castle.