New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05
as not Inlet AN emotional part Z -

NO. it Is d part of passion as in ense as You WILL but
of emotion in the sense that we apply that word to
play The feelings avOwed and depicted in the
emotional play are those of the nervous, hysterical
temperament In them the emotions evoke and rule the
thought; in poetic plays the thoughts call forth and
govern the feelings. Camille Miss Mutton East
Lynne are plays of the emotional order"
But Madame Modeska You play Camille in add
ton to many shakesperean parts"
Yes but 1t is the only OF the kind attempt, and
succeed fairly in it, the fact is due to my having had
so thorough training in every style OF acting. And
this brings back to your supposed young Let
work we'll! no matter III what line she Is cast. and
will gain experience bat viii be Invaluable II she
has intelligence and poetic feeling she Will he able TO
play higher roles when the opportunity Bat
above all things she must seek 10 begin at tia Of
the ladder Very rarely does an actress who so begins
make any Improvement. Practice only confirms faults,
and the frequent repetition OF role impcrfectiy
ceved and executed seems To blunt the perceptions and
the sensbililies unfortunately gained my knowledge
on this head from experience During my very first
season WAS what you cali here star. At the end OF
il / fortunately had sense enough to know that
than at the beginning and that II pcrsevered in
that course should never make an actress 80 went
into company and played the smallest parts and those
OF every kind have been even drunken servant and
could sing and had fair amount Of experience in
opera. am almost ashamed TO say what my salary was
again went starring After that was over was iorir-
parts was fully I'VE years on the stage before had
Yes but the serious plays have "A semi-mys'ic ee-
ment reminds one strongly OF East Indian poetry.
They breathe the same spirit rs the 'sikuntala Our
thoIlgnts and feelings TO have the delicate
gradations II Ia music here have tones and
semiiones; East Indian music has quarter-tones: so
has Indian poetry, and Che Polish resembles It, As III
Chopin's music the highest gayety and the deepest
sorrow alternate and sometimes minge; so Is IN
serious dramatic literature. IL 10 the expression OF the
peculiar spirit OF the people But we have some excel
lent comedies that would bear transpaDting only few
English writer's know Polish and the Poles do not write
English well enough. | have translated 80 ne English
process satisfactorily One OF older comedy writers
worked very much In the vein OF Moliere."
Nine Modjeska is naturally proud of the of her
young counrynaD. Josef Hoffman, In speaking about
him she said More than three years when he was
Just turned seven remember how he used TO TO the
piano and compose and then 10 the table TO write
down phrase No chair tall enough for him 10 sit
IN write comfortably 80 he would climb up AMI throw
himself full length the table. and In that position
mark down his notes At that time he said to me-
love you. for you like music think that the
most perfect compliment paid INC, and what
amount of feclin. II showed In child of that age!"