Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-31
ELLEN TERRY ON ACTING.
She Holds to the Theory That an Act
or Must Feel to Act, and Must Learn
to he Natural-Hands and Feet on

or Must Feel TO ACT, ana MUST Learn
to he Natural-Hands and Feet on
the Stage.
from Treasure Trove.l
remember once. when was about ten
years old, acting Prince Arthur at the
Princess's. Mrs Charles Kean was teaching
me my part, which was doing very badly.
couldn't get up enough of emotion when
was going to have my eyes put out
could not realize the situation. can hear
now Mrs. Kean saying scornfully, ''Doyou
think you would 60 on like that if your
eyes were really going to be put outa Why,
you would make more fuss if you had lost
your doll" But could not rise to the
occasion; and at last Mrs. Kean, kind as
she usually was, lost patience with mel
think she did it ON purpose"-and burst
out into paroxysm Of sobbing and crying.
"Thats It'll Now say the words and re-
exclaimed Mrs Kean, delighted. "Bravo!
Keep that up and you'll do capitally.. just
initiate the way you are crying now anoth-
er time and You'll nave no more trouble. !"
was just intelligent enough to catch her
meaning, and have ever since profited by
the advice. My reason for telling this an
ecdote is that it proves how essential
genuine piece OF feeling is as model to
initiate. / don't mean to say, after run of
500 nights, that you can feel your part
with the same intensity that you did when
the piece began to run. But, you must
have wildly felt your part at first, or else
you will play fatty before many nights are
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