The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-28
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= - N actor / trust that It viii be
mind that personally 1 esteem
lnIEs and roepect him in m in
Hoo Ferson6lly / regard him
- - t6reet. Mhitsss specimen Of
~ that ! taNo ever seen on the
but - N = unfortunats play.
9ouGht TO play Little Eva or the death
= Uncle Toms CaDin." He wants
hing more touchful As . black
IN knee panties he does not seem TO
\ 70 ~ nobler sensibilities g he
John 1. Sullivan. if he could give
ends course Of banting to reduce
light or ind place on the stage
- could conceal them, would make
Hamlet-without the let.
~ must admit, even If We criticiss
nIlivan - IN actor, that his strong
" + his wonderful power Of conceal
~ thoughts from the audience and
II ~ the time Is though he had never
w any at all. No face ever on the
"A stage has ever so effectualIy and
ceossfully banished and effsced the
= evidences Of thought as has that Of
uAivsn. 1t would fool any one.
y y Why the audience laughs when
Sullivan folds his woolly arms across
qetline stomach and says: Leave me
HnHf tn thi0k ~
~ naturally suppose that be says it
- humorous. So they laugh quite 9
and call him before the curtain.
q Harrison, who, Is We say ct the
yasds. would dress of about two
Eed. and Mr.. Sullivan who looks even
have i've acts and about three
, n which to get away with . little
Q.pound villain, who ought 70 die .
~ death, If Tor nothing else but mis-
eeung. They, however, fool away
nme BY rsscuing people every
eSscued while they wait are brought
- men for miles. In one scene Mr..
1iaon skins down an ostsnsible wv
aand over hand, and rides q piece of
bareback while holding upon his
SHOULDERS blooody-nosed villain
ID McNab. The difficult and danger.
eas OF going down q mountain which
potion and while clinging to bean
ns never been before attempted. In
- MI. Harrison goes down behind
ountain. and then. suddenly remem-
mat the audience cannot see him,
- some stage hands to turn the mount
oound and slide it in where the people
good view of his heroism.
l. Ss,lt a
- q o. the play, has advanced rapidly,
y aoW says "nyether" easily and with.
9e use OF stimulants. IL is believed
= the future, with suitable mechan-
.pphances, he can do much TO elevate
Hsta9e.
the FIRST round be did little
he got through the second
g other people on the stage got them
y MS way, and the man in the orches-
sn0 plays the hcmocide got under
sAge through q small door and I'm
Si6on. ~ y
~. sullivan makes painstaking but un-
loned lover. and places his great
arms around his little .f,saaciey as
9nt do II he had . feion on each
dis voice also needs some train
- pruning. He might try husking
and then opening his lower
little more so as TO warm up
oience II is very doubtful If Mr..
- ever becomes q great tragedian
~ - can Convince his auditors early
piece that it is q tragedy he Is play.
.uch valuable time is now con-
IN trying TO show the audieacs that
farce. and so the real web of
eedy is lost sight of. This
y my own criicism.
ecene with realism in il would draw
Nj. Harrison viii pardon me for
Of it Mr.. Sullivan might have q
gray bronco mule brought from
- General Dare 70 the foreo 70 be